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The Senate candidate denounced opponent Ken Paxton, calling out corruption allegations and support from Musk

James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Texas, has taken aim at Elon Musk, warning that the tech mogul is trying to buy political influence and declaring: “Texas is not for sale.”

Talarico held a campaign rally on Friday at the University of Texas at Austin, packing an auditorium at his alma mater with hundreds of students and other supporters, who cheered, whooped and waved campaign signs.

Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled

Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees and severing power as it weakened and ⁠headed north toward ⁠the ​Chinese coast.

Earlier classified as a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the ⁠Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of about 126km per hour (78 miles per hour) near its ⁠centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA).

Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelled

Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees and severing power as it weakened and ⁠headed north toward ⁠the ​Chinese coast.

Earlier classified as a super typhoon and one of the strongest storms in the ⁠Pacific this year, Champi was still packing gusts of about 126km per hour (78 miles per hour) near its ⁠centre, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration (CWA).

Как понять, что предмет в облаке точек действительно мешает поезду? Разбираю геометрическую часть нашего решения: поиск рельсов, продолжение пути по контактному профилю, восстановление габарита и подтверждение препятствий. На одном эпизоде пройдём весь путь от облака точек до обнаружения квадрата почти в ста метрах. С формулами, промежуточными результатами и отдельным примером с проводом над путём.

Footage broadcast on state TV shows three attackers approaching Greek Orthodox church and firing shots

Nine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a funeral at a church in Jordan in a rare attack ⁠on the country’s Christian minority.

Authorities described the attack on Friday as a terrorist act by extremists.

В первой статье я рассказывал, как создавал VPN-TIME и почему решил отказаться от привычной модели подписок.

С тех пор прошло немало времени, и в этой статье я хочу рассказать о некоторых технических и не совсем технических изменениях, произошедших за время развития сервиса.

Letters from federal prosecutors represent latest escalation as Trump continues to make claims of voter fraud

Federal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday demanding that local officials set aside and verify ballots that the Department of Justice said may belong to noncitizens, according to the Los Angeles county registrar and a letter obtained by the Associated Press.

The letters are the latest escalation in a legal battle between California and Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, which has recently focused on the state in its efforts to root out noncitizen voting ahead of the midterm elections.

Footage broadcast on state TV shows three attackers approaching Greek Orthodox church and firing shots

Nine people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a funeral at a church in Jordan in a rare attack ⁠on the country’s Christian minority.

Authorities described the attack on Friday as a terrorist act by extremists.

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campuses

The ⁠US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses ⁠known as Confucius ⁠Institutes ​as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete ⁠Hegseth said on Friday.

Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda ⁠tools and has taken steps to ​crack down on them.

• WXV: Canada 31-22 England

• England beaten in Ottawa for third loss in past 74 matches

History-makers, era-enders, giant-slayers. Breaking England’s unbeaten run was a statement for Canada last Friday but they backed it up in a 31-22 win to deal the Red Roses their first consecutive loss in a decade, sending a formidable message to the rest of world rugby.

Some may view it as too early to call but Canada are serious contenders for the World Cup trophy in 2029, especially if they progress at the same rate that their performances have improved in just a year from that World Cup final loss to England in 2025.

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campuses

The ⁠US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses ⁠known as Confucius ⁠Institutes ​as a threat to US national security, defense secretary Pete ⁠Hegseth said on Friday.

Washington has long accused Confucius Institutes of being Chinese propaganda ⁠tools and has taken steps to ​crack down on them.

WA politician says he considered attending Senate estimates virtually but was told it would be ‘unacceptable’

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Jordon Steele-John has confirmed he will not attend parliament next week as the embattled Greens senator apologises for publicly releasing the letter outlining the claims against him.

On Saturday afternoon, Steele-John removed a social media post containing a three-page letter marked as “confidential” sent to the Greens leader, David Shoebridge, earlier this month. The letter urged an investigation into allegations he had acted inappropriately towards women between 2017 and 2025.

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Independent MP now serious but stable, according to update from Melbourne’s Alfred hospital

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Independent MP Helen Haines’s condition has been downgraded to serious but stable after she lost both legs following an alleged attack near her electorate office in north-east Victoria on Monday afternoon.

The Alfred hospital in Melbourne provided an update on Haines’s condition on Saturday morning.

В прошлой статье я рассказал про найденные недавно коричневые карлики в окрестностях Солнца. Это небольшие, размерами с Юпитер, горячие и почти не светящиеся в видимом диапазоне тела. В комментариях развернулась интересная дискуссия, какой могла бы быть жизнь на экзопланете, вращающейся вокруг такой недозвезды. Там есть тепло, есть приливы, вулканы, наверное, тоже есть. Только света почти нет. Я эти недели думал, читал первоисточники, считал, копил идеи, и хотел поделиться этим материалом в виде статьи, но никак не мог придумать интересный формат. И вдруг осенило.

Представим, что со мной связался режиссер и предложил поработать научным консультантом фильма. У нас, сказал он, в разработке фантастический триллер‑ужастик с рабочим названием «Инфра, царство мрака». Это история про первую межзвездную пилотируемую экспедицию с посадкой на экзопланету. Там будут аварии, трагические смерти, подвиги, ураган, нападения местной живности из темноты, луч фонаря как в темной комнате, выхватывающий отдельные детали, пешие марш‑броски через тамошние джунгли почти на ощупь. Есть сценарий, есть концепты, которые уже набросал художник. Но нужен консультант, который это все просмотрит и скажет, нет ли там глупостей. Вот этот черный рогатый тигр, мыши какие‑то летучие, живой лабиринт из растений типа кактусов, ночной пейзаж с черно‑красным диском в небе. Не хочу смешить людей и критиков. Поможешь?

Конечно, помогу. Попробуем сконструировать правдоподобную среду, флору и фауну такой планеты. И, чувствую, придется балансировать между реализмом и киноусловностями, выслушивая режиссерские нотации про «особый язык экрана». Статья получилась большой, и я разбил ее на две части.

US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran

Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying “now is the time” moments after Donald Trump told a Friday rally for candidates in south Florida that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war.

The US secretary of state, in his social media post addressed “to those who seek to create positive change”, urged Cubans to capitalize on Trump’s plans. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete [sic] partnership with the CIA,” Rubio said.

Intense rainfall slammed the Four Corners region late this week. As rivers flooded, towns declared evacuations and emergencies and made rescues.

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US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran

Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying “now is the time” moments after Donald Trump told a Friday rally for candidates in south Florida that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war.

The US secretary of state, in his social media post addressed “to those who seek to create positive change”, urged Cubans to capitalize on Trump’s plans. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete [sic] partnership with the CIA,” Rubio said.

Everything has become so frictionless and optimised that concerted efforts must be made to turn back towards beauty and individuality – even if it has no explicit market value

By the time it’s 5pm on a Friday, the headache and dry eyes have well and truly settled in. Maybe it’s a long day in front of your four screens while funnelling white noise through a large pair of headphones to cancel out the calls of your co-workers. Or maybe it’s the almost chemical wash of white fluorescent lights that shine from the low ceiling in your open-plan office, or the feeling of enclosure as you look out the window on to the reflective walls of other towers.

To lift your spirits, you decide to treat yourself to a weekend at a beachside Airbnb.

BBC series deliberately uses ‘more organic’ shots to assure viewers animals are not AI-generated, producers say

The David Attenborough-narrated series Blue Planet III deliberately includes cloudier, less polished footage to counter AI fakery and assure viewers it is “authentic”, its producers have said.

Nearly a decade after Blue Planet II shone a light on plastic pollution, and 25 years since the first Blue Planet aired, the hit BBC series is returning with more animal behaviour and cutting-edge technology, including the world’s first underwater CCTV camera – dubbed “stonefish” cam.

What happened in Wangaratta this week has horrified Australia. But around the world, politicians – and women in particular – face raised safety threats

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“Thoughts and prayers.” After each soul-destroying mass shooting in the United States, this is the platitude invariably trotted out by every impotent politician unable to confront the stranglehold reality of the country’s gun lobby.

“Turn the temperature down,” risks becoming Australia’s equivalent. The plaintive cry to hold back a rising tide of hatred and anger, incubated, amplified and legitimised online, now spilling into grotesque real-world violence.

Kaylub Giamanco recounts the day he confronted the Silver Rail elementary school shooter, who killed three boys and one teacher

The Oregon father hailed as a hero for stopping a school shooting last week spoke for the first time about the incident, describing his experience and how he told a 911 operator: “I have to go in. People are going to die.”

Kaylub Giamanco, a 36-year-old carpenter, has received national attention and praise for stopping the bloodshed at Silver Rail elementary in Bend, Oregon, where his children attend school.