India beat Ireland by eight wickets: T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 – as it happened
Sunil Gavaskar’s 174-ball 36 in the first men’s World Cup?Who ya gonna believe? (It does look like it’s filling up a bit.) 12th over: Ireland 52-8 (Delany 2, Little 1) Delany survives a stumping referral after missing a slog-sweep. We…
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lifts off for first crewed flight after multiple delays
Two Nasa astronauts were on their way to the international space station on Wednesday after Boeing’s pioneering Starliner capsule finally made its much delayed first crewed flight from Cape Canaveral. The visually stunning liftoff, against a mostly clear and blue…
Fossil fuel firms are ‘godfathers of climate chaos’, says UN chief – video
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Twickenham tightens security for Premiership final amid protest fears
Undercover operatives are set to be deployed in the stands at Saturday’s Premiership final at Twickenham as part of measures aimed at avoiding a repeat of last year’s pitch invasions, with the Rugby Football Union described as being “all over”…
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lifts off carrying two Nasa astronauts to ISS – video
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AI used to predict potential new antibiotics in groundbreaking study
A new study used machine learning to predict potential new antibiotics in the global microbiome, which study authors say marks a significant advance in the use of artificial intelligence in antibiotic resistance research. The report, published Wednesday in the journal…
Carbon detected in galaxy observed 350m years after big bang
Astronomers have detected carbon in a galaxy observed just 350m years after the big bang, in observations that raise the possibility that the conditions for life were present almost from the dawn of time. The observations, made by the James…
‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban
Fossil-fuel companies are the “godfathers of climate chaos” and should be banned in every country from advertising akin to restrictions on big tobacco, the secretary general of the United Nations has said while delivering dire new scientific warnings of global…
Leading UK cyclist out of Tour of Britain after being struck at ‘high speed’ by 4×4
One of the UK’s leading young cyclists has been forced to pull out of this week’s Tour of Britain after being hit at “high speed” by a 4×4 driver, who she said then verbally abused her. Kate Richardson, who won…
The hidden story behind India’s remarkable election results: lethal heat | Amitava Kumar
The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), led by India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has won more seats than the opposition alliance, and yet its victory tastes of defeat. Why? In the days leading to the election, the BJP’s main slogan had…