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In high latitudes, the sun is an unreliable companion. It lingers long past midnight in summer, washing mountains and shorelines in a perpetual glow, then abandons the horizon entirely in winter, leaving only a faint blue light at midday. This is the reality of polar day and polar night, phenomena born of the Earth’s axial tilt. Above the Arctic Circle and below the Antarctic Circle, the planet tips far enough for the sun to stay in view—or out of sight—for months at a stretch. For locals, it’s a rhythm as familiar as the seasons. For visitors, it can be disorienting,…

Here are the key events on day 1,292 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 8 Sep 20258 Sep 2025Here is how things stand on Monday, September 8:Fighting Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least four people, including a one-year-old baby, and wounding 44 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attack also set the main government building in central Kyiv on fire. It marked the first time that the building had been hit since the war began. “Such killings now, when real diplomacy could have already begun long ago, are a deliberate crime…

Megan Moroney (R) attends the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 07, 2025 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV)Getty Images for MTVOn Sunday night, Megan Moroney became the first artist to win the Best Country trophy at the MTV Video Music Awards. Moroney accepted the fan-voted “Moon Man” while walking the red carpet ahead of the primetime show at UBS Arena in New York. Moroney won for “Am I Okay?,” the lead single off her 2024 album of the same name. “Thank y’all so much for voting. Thank you for everything,…

An AI company is to reconstruct the missing portions of Orson Welles’ legendary mutilated masterwork The Magnificent Ambersons, it has been announced.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Showrunner platform is planning to use its AI tools to assist in a recreation of the lost 43 minutes of Welles’ 1942 film, removed and subsequently destroyed by Hollywood studio RKO.Edward Saatchi, CEO of interactive AI film-making studio Fable, which operates Showrunner, said in a statement to IndieWire: “We’re starting with Orson Welles because he is the greatest storyteller of the last 200 years … So many people are rightly skeptical of AI’s…

Australia is a step closer to having its own national agency to inform and coordinate public health responses – a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control.Long-awaited draft legislation was tabled in parliament last week to create this permanent CDC, which is to start from 1 January 2026.It’s a milestone for public health in Australia.This national agency will help protect us against immediate issues including avian influenza (bird flu), falling immunisation coverage and health misinformation. Down the track it’s expected to address other areas of public health such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease.But there’s much we don’t know about how…

O’Neill was left to lament some soft defending as a defensive mix-up allowed Amiri to pounce for Germany’s second, whilst he also questioned the awarding of the free-kick which Wirtz superbly dispatched.”For 60 or 65 minutes we were well in the game. The second goal is a bit of a freak goal, we could have defended it better. The third goal isn’t a free-kick. It’s a fantastic finish but it’s a soft free-kick,” he explained.”I thought the referee was a bit fussy in the second half. He refereed it well in the first.”We were well in the game and needed…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

Erin Patterson sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 yearsAdeshola OreErin Patterson has been sentenced to a minimum of 33 years in prison.The prosecution and defence both agreed Patterson should receive a life sentence for her crimes. But the defence argued Justice Christopher Beale should impose a minimum term when she could apply to be released.ShareUpdated at 20.19 EDTKey eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureCaitlin Cassidy‘Stressful’ time for UTS staff after SafeWork NSW interventionSafeWork NSW has removed a prohibition notice that prevented the University of Technology Sydney’s from pushing ahead with its…

Gemma HandyBusiness reporterWilkie Arthur, Eagle Legal NewsThe Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force is increasingly having to respond to fatal shootingsJacques Phanor used to sleep with his windows open.Until just a few years ago, the Turks and Caicos Islands were known predominantly as a luxury Caribbean tourist destination.The startling beauty of the archipelago has regularly earned it “world’s best beach” titles, and thrust it onto the bucket lists of the globe’s most affluent travellers.But alarming levels of violent crime have rocked the once sleepy British Overseas Territory, earning it accolades it welcomes far less.Last year it recorded 48 homicides,…

Any questions about how ‘80s-influenced Doja Cat’s next chapter will be were laid to rest within the opening minutes of the 2025 MTV VMAs: After being introduced first by LL Cool J and then a Max Headroom-influenced video, and then a sax intro from ’80s icon Kenny G, she opened the show with a performance of her new single, “Jealous Type,” delivered on a hilariously over the top ‘80s-inspired set, complete with pink flourishes, squiggles and black and white checkered floor, a keytar and Kangol-clad dancers. It actually perfect for the VMAs, as it reflects the channel’s earliest videos. Doja’s…