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Astronomer Professor Michele Dougherty is the first woman in over 350-year history to be appointed the UK’s Astronomer Royal. She’ll serve as the official adviser to King Charles III on astronomical matters. Source link
NewsFeed Video shows a massive explosion at a Russian oil facility in Novokuybyshevsk, 1,000km from the Ukrainian border. Ukraine’s military says it used drones to target several sites inside Russia, including refineries, an airfield, and an electronics plant. Published On 3 Aug 20253 Aug 2025 Source link
Lebanon has lost one of its most beloved artists, the playwright and musician Ziad Rahbani. Source link
Yashasvi Jaiswal makes sparkling hundred with Mohammed Siraj striking with last ball of day as India look to tie series. Yashasvi Jaiswal loves playing against England’s cricketers. India’s 23-year-old opening batter struck his fourth test century against England, and his sixth overall, to put the visitors firmly in control on Day Three of the fifth … Read more
The humanitarian situation in El Fasher, one of the regional capitals of Darfur, is dire, with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces laying siege to the city for the past 15 months. Source link
Among the first batch of freed prisoners were prominent rivals of former President Joko Widodo jailed during his term. Indonesia has begun releasing hundreds of inmates from prison, including people convicted of political offences, after parliament approved the first stage of President Prabowo Subianto’s wide-ranging clemency plan, reportedly aimed at building national solidarity. A first group … Read more
NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Michael Lynk, former U.N. Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, about recent international moves to recognize a Palestinian state. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: This week, the United Kingdom and Canada joined France in recently announcing plans to formally recognize a Palestinian state. These announcements came amid growing international alarm … Read more
Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice in the abuse of underage girls by high-society sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has been moved to a minimum security facility in Texas, the United States Bureau of Prisons said, triggering an angry reaction from some of the pair’s victims. Maxwell, a former girlfriend of Epstein, was moved from the Federal Correctional … Read more
With anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth approaching in December, her fans are donning gowns and tailcoats at costume balls across Britain. Source link
Here are the key events on day 1,255 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Saturday, August 2: Fighting Ukrainian rescuers recovered more than a dozen more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in Kyiv overnight, bringing the death toll from Thursday’s attack by Russia to 31. A … Read more