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A “massive” Russian attack on Kyiv early Thursday killed at least three people and wounded a dozen others, city officials said. Powerful explosions shook the Ukrainian capital overnight, lighting up the sky and leaving a column of smoke as emergency crews rushed to affected areas.

ByteDance, the owner of the short-video app TikTok, is set to launch a new employee share buyback that will value the Chinese technology giant at more than $330bn, driven by continued revenue growth, said three people with knowledge of the matter.The company plans to offer current employees $200.41 per share in the repurchase program, the people said, up 5.5% from $189.90 each it offered them about six months ago which valued ByteDance at roughly $315bn.The buyback is expected to be launched in the autumn.The latest buyback at a higher valuation will come as ByteDance consolidates its position as the world’s…

Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, told the outlet that Monarez “values science, is a solid researcher, and has a history of being a good manager. We’re looking forward to working with her.” A low point for the agency The reported ouster comes at what feels like a nadir for the CDC. The agency has lost hundreds of staff from layoffs and buyouts. Vital health programs have been shuttered or hampered. Dangerous rhetoric and health misinformation from Kennedy and other health officials in the Trump administration have made once-respected CDC experts feel vilified by the public…

Children and young people are being overdiagnosed with mental health conditions in a society that has lost sight of the reality that child development is “messy and uneven”, the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.He is the latest senior figure to add his voice to calls for a radical overhaul of the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system in England.Hunt said in his half decade as health secretary, he witnessed “an alarming escalation” in the prevalence and severity of mental ill-health among young people, as well as significant increases in diagnoses of neurodevelopmental conditions.In a foreword to a…

Sting has reportedly been sued by his former Police bandmates over alleged lost royalties from their hit song Every Breath You Take.In the suit, filed in the high court in London, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland claim they never received songwriting credits on the 1983 single. The pair also allege they have never been paid for their writing contributions.The case is said to have been listed under “general commercial contracts and arrangements”. Sting appears as a defendant under his real name, Gordon Matthew Sumner, along with his company, Magnetic Publishing Ltd.The Police formed in 1977 and achieved a…

Aug 27, 2025, 11:24 PM ETLionel Messi scored twice in his return and Inter Miami beat Orlando City 3-1 on Wednesday night to advance to the Leagues Cup final.Inter Miami will be on the road to face the winner of the LA Galaxy-Seattle Sounders match in the final on Sunday.Messi was back for the second time in two weeks after a setback in his recovery from a hamstring injury.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedMarco Pašalić opened the scoring for Orlando just before halftime, with the play surviving a VAR review for a possible handball.Messi tied it in the 77th, converting from the penalty…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For some adventurers, scaling Mount Everest represents the ultimate test of grit and determination: a visual signifier of humanity’s epic struggle to overcome the elements. For others, the peak can seem more like a really tall trash can. Every year, around 600 climbers make the trek from the mountain’s base camp to the summit. During their time on Everest, each person produces an estimated 18 pounds of waste, most of which is left behind. Climbers have reported shimmying past the frozen remains of food containers, oxygen…

Classes began this week for students at the University at Buffalo, a public research university in western New York, but there were about 750 fewer international students on campus than expected. The new students who did make it gathered for a welcome from the school’s dean of students. “We know you have had to overcome hurdles to be here – especially this summer, with visas,” Tomás Aguirre told the assembled students, representing more than 100 countries. “And I just wanted you to know that we are so glad you were able to make it.” The sentiment was common among the…

November 1939: The Rex Theatre in Leland, Mississippi, which is segregated under the Jim Crow laws. (Photo by Marion Post Wolcott/Library Of Congress/Getty Images)Getty Images On January 21, President Donald Trump signed an executive order taking aim at diversity, equity, and inclusion practices within government agencies. It also directed government agencies to to “enforce our longstanding civil-rights laws and to combat private sector DEI.” To avoid penalties, DEI advocates are rebranding and looking for loopholes. However, the Department of Justice’s isn’t buying the changes, drawing parallels between DEI rebranding and Jim Crow laws that attempted to undermine the civil rights…