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French police on Wednesday arrested nearly 200 people in early Wednesday as”Block Everything” protests, called by a loose left-wing coalition amid grassroots anger at President Emmanuel Macron’s leadership, got underway. France 24’s James Andre reports on the latest in Paris.

Two former Meta safety researchers told a US Senate committee on Tuesday that the social media giant covered up potential harms to children stemming from its virtual reality (VR) products.”Meta has chosen to ignore the problems they created and bury evidence of users’ negative experiences,” said Jason Sattizahn.The hearing comes a day after the Washington Post reported the whistleblowers’ allegations that Meta lawyers intervened to shape internal research that could have flagged risks.Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, denies the allegations and in a statement referred to the “claims at the heart” of the hearing as “nonsense.”Mr…

Goodbye #MomTok, and hello The Bachelorette: ABC has announced Taylor Frankie Paul as the next lead of its reality dating franchise.  A cast member on Hulu’s Emmy-nominated series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Paul will serve as the next Bachelorette for season 22, marking a shocking, franchise-crossing move.  The news was announced on a Wednesday episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy, arriving on the heels of The Bachelor spinoff taking a notable season off. Jen Tran was the last lead, and her season wrapped in the early fall of 2024. Season 22 of The Bachelorette, starring Paul, will…

Celtic are 63.3% likely to win the Scottish Premiership again, with rivals Rangers having a 28.9% probability despite enduring their worst league start since 1983.In Spain’s La Liga, Real Madrid (40.6%) are most likely to reclaim the trophy, with Barcelona given a 29.6% chance of defending their title.Bayern Munich stand out as Bundesliga favourites in Germany on 61.4%, ahead of Borussia Dortmund (8.8%).In Serie A, the top three are Inter Milan (25.6%), Juventus (18.2%) and Napoli (17.4%). Paris St-Germain, meanwhile, are 73.0% likely to win a fifth straight Ligue 1 title in France.The CIES Football Observatory have developed a statistical…

The cry of a distressed baby triggers a rapid emotional response in both men and women that is enough to make them physically hotter, researchers say.Thermal imaging revealed that people experienced a rush of blood to the face that raised the temperature of their skin when they were played recordings of babies wailing.The effect was stronger and more synchronised when babies were more distressed, leading them to produce more chaotic and disharmonious cries. The work suggests that humans respond automatically to specific features in cries that ramp up when babies are in pain.“The emotional response to cries depends on their…

Receiving compensation for flight delays and cancellations in the US has long been a major pain point for travelers—especially those accustomed to the legal protections granted to airline passengers in Europe and Canada.Under the Biden administration, the Department of Transportation (DOT) made it a priority to address this. But now, the DOT has officially abandoned a federal plan that would have helped ease the financial burden of lengthy flight delays for airline passengers in the US.The plan was introduced in 2023, when the Biden administration proposed a new rule that would require US airlines to compensate passengers with cash payments…

Rupert Murdoch is ensuring the handoff of power to his oldest son Lachlan, ending a saga over the control of News Corp. and Fox News. Father and son are seen here in July 2017, as they attended the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Rupert Murdoch, 94, has anointed Lachlan Murdoch, his oldest son, as leader for decades to come, of a conservative media empire that includes Fox News, the The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post as well as prominent outlets in the…

Flakpanzer Gepard, self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on drone protection duty near Kyiv, Getty Images Last night Russia attacked Ukraine with over 400 Shahed-type drones, many of which flew though Polish airspace, one hitting a house in the village of Wyryki, while Polish forces shot down others. Such incidents are likely to continue, and any future war is likely to involve even bigger waves of attack drones. As the DSEI Defence Exhibition & Trade Show opened in London yesterday, drone defense for Europe loomed large, with many anti-drone guns on display. Armin Papperger, CEO of German arms maker Rheinmetall CEO says he…

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Demand for sugary beverages goes up when it’s hot out. Here, delivering soda on a hot July day in New York City in 2016. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images It’s no secret Americans consume too much sugar, according to public health guidelines. Now, researchers have found one possible trigger that pushes people to reach for sweet things: hot weather. Researchers tracked Americans’ grocery receipts over several years and found that sugar intake rises in the summer — and the spike in consumption is driven largely by consuming more sugary beverages like sodas, energy drinks, and…