Two boys rescued from Venezuela earthquake rubble after days of being trapped

Rescuers spent six hours carefully digging to reach one of the boys, as many residents continue searching through the rubble by hand, still waiting for heavy machinery to arrive.

Australia politics live: Vanuatu PM in Canberra as hopes rise over treaty; fossil fuel companies accused of marketing to children

Jotham Napat’s visit renews expectations that the two countries can sign the Nakamal pact after long negotiations. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Social media ban ‘flexible and adaptable’ says Wells Anika Wells denies the announcement the government would toughen penalties for breaches of the social media ban, and give the eSafety commissioner more powers, is an admission the ban is failing. We’ve consistently said that our social media minimum age law is a world first. It’s going to need to be flexible and adaptable. I think we can all agree we would like the scheme to work better than it is currently, but that is on big tech taking the mickey. Continue reading...

Andy Burnham to pledge ‘good growth in every postcode’ in devolution plan

Makerfield MP on course to be PM will argue for more decision-making in regions and communities as he sets out platform for government Andy Burnham will pledge to deliver “good growth in every postcode” by overseeing a significant transfer of power out of Whitehall to local communities as he sets out his case to become the UK’s next prime minister. In his first major speech since winning the Makerfield byelection, Burnham will argue for decision-making to be devolved to regions and communities to drive economic growth locally, replacing the current top-down national model. Continue reading...

In Venezuela, silence has become a rescue tool

In Venezuela rescue crews now stop almost everything and ask for silence so they can hear anyone still alive underneath the rubble. NPR's Eyder Peralta reports from the port city of La Guaira.

낮 최고 33도 무더위…전국 곳곳 천둥·번개 동반 소나기

월요일인 29일은 내륙을 중심으로는 낮 기온이 30도를 웃도는 무더위가 이어지는 가운데 오후부터 곳곳에 소나기가 내리겠다.기상청에 따르면 이날 오후부터 저녁 사이 서울·경기내륙과 강원내륙·산지, 충청권내륙, 전라권내륙, 경남서부내륙에 소나기가 내리겠다.소나기로 인한 예상 강수량은 △서울·경기내륙 △강원내륙·산지 △대전·세종·충남내륙·충북 △전북내륙·광주·전남내륙 5~40㎜ △경남서부내륙 5~20㎜다.소나기가 내리는 지역에서는 돌풍과 함께 천둥·번개가 치는 곳이 있겠고, 우박이 떨어지는 곳도 있어 시설물과 농작물 관리, 안전사고에 유의해야 한다.비가 내리는 지역은 가시거리가 짧아지고 도로가 미끄러울 수 있어 교통안전에도 주의가 필요하다.기온은 아침 최저기온이 평년(18~21도)과 비슷하겠고, 낮 최고기온은 평년과 비슷하거나 조금 높겠다. 낮 최고기온은 24~33도로 예상된다.전국 내륙을 중심으로 낮 최고기온이 30도 이상으로 오르는 곳이 많겠고, 최고 체감온도도 31도 안팎

6층서 추락한 외국인, 5층 실외기에 대롱대롱…23분만에구조

상가건물 6층에서 추락한 외국인이 아래층 에어컨 실외기에 매달렸다가 구조됐다.28일 인천 부평경찰서 등에 따르면 이날 오전 10시40분경 부평구 부평동의 한 상가건물 5층 외벽에 설치된 에어컨 실외기에 미얀마 국적 남성(47)이 매달려있다는 신고가 접수됐다.현장에 출동한 소방당국은 건물 아래 에어매트를 설치한 뒤 5층 문을 강제로 개방해 이 남성을 구조했다. 신고 접수 23분 만이었다. 당시 남성은 건물 6층에 있는 미얀마 종교 기도원에서 추락했고, 20분가량 5층 외벽 실외기에 매달려있었다. 남성은 발목을 다쳤으나 다행히 생명에는 지장이 없는 것으로 확인됐다. 경찰은 구체적인 사고 경위를 조사 중이다.

“저 먼 건널목까지 어느 세월에”… 차도 가로지르는 노인들

경기 부천시 소사구 소새울역 인근의 한 골목길. 지난달 13일 오후 손에 장바구니를 든 이영석 씨(82)는 양옆을 살피더니 왕복 2차로 도로를 가로 질러 건넜다. 건널목을 두고 무단횡단한 이유를 묻자 그는 “저 먼 건널목까지 어느 세월에 갑니까”라고 답했다. 이곳은 2차로와 이면도로에서 나오는 차량이 만나는 신호등 없는 ‘T자형 삼지교차로’였다. 골목 안쪽에는 편의점과 식당, 미용실이 밀집했고 맞은편은 빌라촌이었다. 보행자가 많은 곳이지만, 주민이 자주 오가는 편의점 앞에서 가장 가까운 건널목은 70m 넘게 떨어져 있었다. 길을 건넜다가 다시 목적지까지 돌아오는 동선까지 고려하면 고령층에게는 아득한 우회로다.● 2시간 동안 100명이 무단횡단위험천만한 횡단은 끊이지 않았다. 삼성화재 교통안전문화연구소 장효석 연구원과 함께 2시간 동안 현장을 관찰한 결과, 시간당 약 50명이 건널목이 아닌 차로를 그대로 건넜다. 이들 중 약 90%는 고령층이었다. 비교적 걸음이 빠른 젊은 층은

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China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity

China's Zhipu AI (Z.ai) released its open-weight GLM-5.2, and some researchers have claimed that it matches Mythos in certain bug-finding and cybersecurity scenarios. While GLM lags behind models from Anthropic and OpenAI in other, more general tasks, it seems that China has dramatically reduced the gap in the capabilities between its models and those of the US. This level of advancement is particularly concerning to the US government, which has worked to restrict China's access to powerful models like Anthropic's Mythos and Fable, as well as the hardware necessary to train and run them. The Trump administration views Mythos and other advan … Read the full story at The Verge.

Suno launches Spark incubator program to feed independent artists to its AI machine

Suno has ambitions to be more than just a toy to churn out AI slop, it also wants to be a streaming destination and to break new artists. Spark is their new incubator program for independent artists that provides grants, mentorship, and marketing support. To apply, artists need to be an unsigned singer, songwriter, or producer releasing music under their own name. They also need to agree to some terms and conditions that have raised some eyebrows over on the Suno subreddit. For one, you need to agree to make your songs available on Suno for remixing. That's not necessarily super concerning, but the broad license it grants Suno to your works … Read the full story at The Verge.

China claims the worlds fastest supercomputer

The LineShine supercomputer at the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen. | Photo: Liang Xu/Xinhua via Getty Images Despite trade restrictions, China has reclaimed the title of the world's fastest supercomputer for the first time since 2018. LineShine has pushed El Capitan out of number one on the TOP500 ranking. That's despite strict limits on what high-powered computing components can be sold to China by US firms, which dominate the list, with America holding three of the top five spots. LineShine doesn't even use any GPUs, which are typically the backbone of modern supercomputers. While reaching the peak of the Top500 carries obvious bragging rights, it also serves as a message from the Chinese government to the US. The Trump administration has sought … Read the full story at The Verge.

The Cube is Jim Henson’s little-known proto-Black Mirror masterpiece

That sure is a man in a cube, alright. | Image: NBC / Jim Henson Company I'm sure we're all familiar with Dark Crystal, so we know that Jim Henson can be weird and tackle slightly more mature subject matter. But there is little in his oeuvre that is quite as mind-bending as the Muppetless The Cube. This 1969 teleplay was produced for an NBC anthology series called Experiment in Television, which featured, appropriately enough, various experimental films, plays, and documentaries. One episode even featured Marshall McLuhan explaining his oft-cited theory that "the medium is the message." Even among all these oddities, however, Jim Henson's The Cube stands out. It's a 53-minute bottle film - taking place almost e … Read the full story at The Verge.

What if doing more isn’t always the answer?

It’s tempting to treat overwhelm with clever fixes – but that might be part of the problem According to my Instagram feed, I am not doing enough. Not spending enough, not saying enough, not taking enough care. I feel more sure of this than anything. And it’s bringing out an irrationality I’m not proud of: one afternoon, in between screengrabs of masked men snatching civilians from their homes, videos of wellness influencers evangelising “anti-trauma” hip stretches, and carousels of political action items disguised as catchy memes, I am served a targeted ad for a “Don’t Talk to Me About AI or I’ll Kill Myself” crochet pattern; and even though I have never crocheted anything in my life, I find myself looking up the materials to get started … on Etsy to avoid supporting any big, Maga-oriented corporations. It’s overwhelming, this general pressure, palpable not only on social media but throughout the larger culture: today’s most urgent issues, from technological end times to tight hips, can only be solved by squeezing as much into the day as humanly possible. Continue reading...

Full Strawberry Moon set to light up night sky

The first full Moon of summer will rise across UK skies this week

Zoo repopulating one of UK's rarest butterflies

Dartmoor Zoo hopes to repopulate rare black-veined white butterflies in the UK.

'Lost' ant species reintroduced to woodland

Southern red wood ants are considered a keystone species, benefiting the ecosystems around them.