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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot and wounded in an assassination attempt this afternoon moments after he left a meeting of MPs.
Mr Fico was taken to hospital after he was struck by bullets to his abdomen shortly after he attended a government meeting in Handlova, some 150 kilometres north-east of the capital Bratislava.
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“In Parliament, there is a clear majority position in wanting obligations, perhaps limited but clear, for the developers of the most powerful models.”
-European Parliament’s co-rapporteur Brando Benifei
Story of the week: The heated discussion on foundation models seems far from settled after an intense week of negotiations. On Sunday, France, Germany and Italy showed their hand
The Jordanian military said Tuesday one man died and two others were arrested during an attempt to infiltrate the country.
The military said it had applied its “rules of engagement” during Monday’s infiltration attempt and arrested the three suspects.
It said a Georgian man was found unconscious and transferred to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, while the other two —from Turkey and Azerbaijan — were detained.
IRANIAN HORNET’S NEST OF TERROR GROUPS SURROUND ISRAEL AMID CALLS FOR NEW
The Biden administration’s effort to regulate pistol braces was dealt a blow Tuesday after a ruling by a federal appeals court cast doubt on its constitutionality.
The Biden admin rule required gun owners to register pistol braces, which are accessories that can be attached to the rear of a gun to make it easier to aim and fire with one hand.
Semi-automatic handguns are displayed at shop in New Castle, Pa., March 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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It’s so bonkers that you might assume it’s just the plot of an upcoming Hollywood blockbuster.
But scientists really are toying with the idea of catching an asteroid, in the name of saving the planet from climate change.
The bizarre mission, if ever given the go ahead, would then see a massive umbrella stuck on top of the trapped rock to shield Earth from the sun’s rays.
István Szapudi, an astronomer from the University of Hawaiʻi, argued his far-fetched concept
More than two and a half years after Donald Trump attempted to steal the 2020 presidential election, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., has indicted the former president on four felony counts related to the plot.
This is the third time that Trump has been charged with felonies in 2023, but it is also the most significant case against him. Although other charges allege serious misconduct, this cuts to the gravest act he committed: his lengthy, concerted effort to subvert
Coutts and its parent company NatWest de-banked Nigel Farage in an attempt to ‘woke-wash’ their image due to banks having lost touch with the general public, a public relations expert has claimed. And the resulting scandal was made worse due their own “hubris” and failed attempts to “spin” the facts, the PR guru added.
NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose resigned on Wednesday (July 26) after admitting she was the source of an inaccurate story about Farage’s finances. The resignation followed
The ongoing political instability in Niger presents a threat to U.S. counterterrorism operations as the ultimate outcome of a coup attempt could dictate the future of Washington’s involvement in the region.
U.S. officials have urged the rebel forces to release Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, with Vice President Kamala Harris stressing that Washington’s “substantial cooperation with the government of Niger is contingent on Niger’s continued commitment to democratic standards.”
Bazoum remains detained inside his palace in Niamey in the possession of
Authorities have recovered the body of a “much-loved” firefighter who went missing as he tried to swim the English Channel.
Iain Hughes, 42, a crew manager at Wednesbury fire station in the West Midlands, set off from the Kent coast with a support vessel on June 20 this year bound for France.
But he went missing as he entered French waters, sparking a frenzied search backed by international authorities.
French and Belgian officials extensively combed the area but failed to
A dead British-built satellite is set to plummet to Earth later with the help of a never-before-tried manoeuvre to bring it down safely.
Mission controllers have embarked on a daring and unprecedented attempt to steer the 1.3-tonne Aeolus probe into a position that will see it crash harmlessly into the Atlantic Ocean.
The weather-monitoring satellite was not designed for a controlled re-entry at the end of its mission, but the European Space Agency (ESA) wants to use what little fuel
