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It was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including 81…

A day after his younger brother was denied release from prison by the California Parole Board, Lyle Menendez’s steady march toward earning his freedom back 36 years after the two young men shot their parents to death in their Beverly Hills home suffered the same fate as he was also denied release.  Erik and Lyle Menendez have been in California’s prison system for over three decades now and they will remain there for three more years after separate hearings that were held for both. On Friday night, at the end of a 10-hour hearing, the Board agreed with an assessment…

Malik Beasley is no longer the target of a federal gambling investigation, according to his attorneys Steve Haney and Mike Schachter. Haney and Schachter told ESPN’s Shams Charania that they were informed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York that Beasley was not being investigated further as part of their probe. “Months after this investigation commenced, Malik remains uncharged and is not the target of this investigation,” Haney told ESPN. “An allegation with no charge, indictment or conviction should never have the catastrophic consequence this has caused Malik. This has literally been the opposite of the…

A viral story spread through the tabloids this week, proclaiming that a CEO of a technology company in China was in the midst of developing a “pregnancy robot.” A prototype of the bot would be ready by next year, the CEO projected, and would be designed to sustain a human pregnancy from conception to birth, around 10 months.The robot and the related story were — as you might have guessed — pure fiction. But the viral tale nonetheless raised questions about whether designing such a robot could be possible with today’s technology, and what ethical quandaries that possibility might raise,…

In the Atlantic islands of Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa, recovery efforts are ongoing after Tropical Storm Erin brought torrential downpours. At least nine people were killed and hundreds more were displaced when the rainfall turned streets into raging rivers, triggering landslides and destroying vital infrastructure. Hundreds of families have lost their homes and livelihoods and are now wondering how they will get by.

Postal services around the world are pausing some deliveries to the US over confusion around new import taxes that must be paid on parcels from the end of the month.US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month ending the global import tax exemption on low-value parcels, which takes effect from 29 August.While gifts worth less than $100 will remain duty-free, the changes mean all other packages will face the same tariff rate as other goods from their country of origin.Postal services, including Royal Mail and Germany’s DHL, said they would suspend deliveries until they had proper systems in…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysIn iPadOS 26, the addition of a Mac-like windowing system, a menu bar, a real cursor, and a much-improved Files app makes the iPad a lot better for getting work done.There are still a couple missing features that would make a big difference in iPadOS 26.While iPadOS 26 makes the iPad a much more complete device, power users shouldn’t expect to get productivity benefits versus using a Mac. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.The iPad and the Mac have always been complimentary devices with a few overlapping functions — until iPadOS 26, which brings them a…

Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired a spec script based on the dramatic true story of NBA legend Kobe Bryant joining the Los Angeles Lakers, Variety has confirmed. The project comes from screenwriters Alex Sohn and Gavin Johannsen. Rumors of the project had piqued the interest of multiple studios and streamers. One source told Variety that Warner Bros. preempted an auction and took the script, tentatively titled “With the 8th Pick?”, off the table early. Curiously, Bryant was taken by the Charlotte Hornets with the 13th pick in the 1996 NBA Draft — not the eighth pick. The Hornets then traded…

In-form Alex de Minaur has brushed off a minefield draw to declare himself primed to lead Australia’s 15-strong charge at the US Open in New York.Having secured a precious top-eight seeding courtesy of his 10th career title in Washington and a last-eight run in Cincinnati, De Minaur is guaranteed to avoid a higher-ranked rival until at least the quarter-finals.The upbeat tennis roadrunner is unfazed about the prospect of potential first-week battles with his rivals Stefanos Tsitsipas and Hugo Gaston, who both hold dominant records over Australia’s world No 8.De Minaur is more focused on getting past friend Chris O’Connell in…

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