Israel Plans to Control Large Parts of Southern Lebanon, Defense Minister Says
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, suggested that Israeli troops might remain in parts of Lebanon even after the fighting there winds down.
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British PM Starmer helps snooker world champs stay at the Crucible amid overseas interest
Helped by an intervention from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, snooker’s world championship is staying at its long-time home of the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield until at least 2045 amid fears it could have moved to China or Saudi Arabia.
US Gulf breakbulk ports lean into project boom
Houston and New Orleans are coming off a year of growth for project cargo volumes, albeit with a drop in steel imports, and both ports anticipate a continuation of those trends.
Scotland awards new ferry contract to Chinese yard
The contract follows a competitive tender process assessing shipyards on capability, capacity and facilities, with no UK yards submitting bids.
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Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays (Kati Pohjanpalo/Bloomberg)
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Finland suspends a plan to move its election platform to AWS, opting to remain on domestic servers through the 2027 general election, as trust in the US frays — Finland put on ice a plan to move its elec…
Qatar says it is not mediating as it remains in ‘the eye of the storm’
Missile and drone attacks on Qatar have eased in recent days with no alerts issued, but officials say the country remains vigilant and reserves the right to respond, as indirect talks continue in the region.
Mel Schilling, Dating Expert on ‘Married at First Sight,’ Dies at 54
Ms. Schilling, an Australian psychologist, was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023. Two weeks ago she said the disease had spread to her brain.
China FM Wang Yi tells Iran counterpart ‘talks better than fighting’
China’s top diplomat says that while Beijing remains a key partner of Iran, it “does not go along” with Tehran’s strikes on Gulf states.
Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML (Sean Michael Kerner/VentureBeat)
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Ai2 launches MolmoWeb, an open-weight visual web agent available in 4B and 8B parameter sizes, operating via browser screenshots rather than parsing HTML — Engineers building browser agents today f…
Israeli strike hits Tyre during Al Jazeera report
An Al Jazeera journalist’s report was disrupted by an Israeli missile striking a waterfront building in Lebanon’s Tyre.