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US-Iran strikes: latest developments

US and Iranian strikes extended into Sunday as America said it sought to "punish" the Islamic republic for killing two US servicemen at a base in Jordan, and Gulf states said they responded to Iranian attacks. Its CENTCOM military command said they were partly to "punish" Iran

Observations investigate the nature of a peculiar supernova

An international team of astronomers has performed follow-up observations of a peculiar Type Ia supernova designated SN 2023vjh. Results of the observational campaign, published July 9 on the preprint server arXiv, deliver important insights into the nature of this explosion.

Palestinians say Israeli settlers torch mosque, factory

Israeli settlers set fire overnight to a mosque in a village in the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian official said Sunday, as an AFP journalist saw the structure's entrance scorched and Hebrew graffiti sprayed on its walls. More than two dozen settlers, some masked, attacked

Israel approves use of crocodiles for prison security

Israeli Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman has reclassified crocodiles from wild animals to “captive-bred wildlife,” a move that clears the way for the reptiles to be used for security purposes, including to deter prison escapes.Far-right National Security Minister

US launches strikes to 'punish' Iran after troops killed

The United States said airstrikes on Sunday aimed to "punish" Iran over the first US military deaths since renewed hostilities with the Islamic republic. The attacks aimed to "swiftly punish Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces who launched attacks against American service

Pointless banality and the uncanny valley

The folks at TryAI put Fable to the test in directing a music video. The AI glitches show up from the start and continue. But it’s even more unsettling than this. When AI tries to create and direct joyous human dancing, it fails. The dancers look like retired accountants at a