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At least 71 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in predawn attacks by Israel in the north and south of the territory. The latest killings will add to the Gaza Health Ministry’s death toll of some 436 Palestinians, including 183 children, killed since Israel shattered the ceasefire on Tuesday. Palestine’s Mission to the United Nations called on the “international community to act with urgency” to put an end to Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza, which has killed at least 436 Palestinians since Tuesday, including 183 children. “This ruthless, unlawful use of force against a defenceless civilian population must be halted immediately,” it said in a statement. It added that “failure to act” against Israel’s “blatant war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide will further undermine any shred of credibility the Security Council might still have”. Hamas has condemned Israel’s targeting of a building in Deir el-Balah used by foreign workers with UN ag...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday held talks with Donald Trump to hear details about the US leader’s call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a lasting ceasefire to end the grinding three-year conflict. Kyiv said Zelensky was being briefed about Tuesday’s 90-minute call between Trump and Putin that saw the Kremlin leader agree to a limited 30-day halt on strikes against Ukraine’s power grid. Despite both Ukraine and Russia saying they backed a temporary truce, each accused the other of failing to adhere to halt strikes on energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s defence ministry said an overnight barrage of Russian missiles and drones struck the war-battered nation, killing one person and damaging two hospitals. “Today Putin effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire,” Zelensky said. Ukraine’s national railway service said the barrage had hit railway energy infrastructure in the central Dnipropetrovsk region. “So much for a pause in the attacks on the energy s...

Two Nasa astronauts have returned to Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay in space, landing safely off the coast of Florida in a SpaceX capsule following a mission that was meant to last only a few days but turned into a prolonged ordeal due to technical issues. A SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams—alongside fellow American Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—streaked through the atmosphere before deploying parachutes for a gentle splashdown off the Florida coast at 5:57 pm (2157 GMT). Ground teams erupted in cheers as the gumdrop-shaped spacecraft, named Freedom, charred from withstanding scorching temperatures of 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit (2,000 degrees Celsius) during re-entry, bobbed steadily on the waves beneath a clear, sunny sky. Fast boats raced to the capsule for initial safety checks, soon to be followed by a recovery vessel that would retrieve the crew before they were flown to Houston to begin a 45-day rehabilitati...

At least 14 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli attacks on southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and Rafah, apart from the attacks, drones are everywhere in the skies of Gaza City. The northern parts of the Strip are clouded with these drones that keep buzzing and causing much concern and worry for the already traumatised and displaced population. In the earlier evening hours, at a site in Deir el-Balah, two people were reported killed – confirmed by Al-Aqsa Hospital. There have been more attacks on other public facilities across the eastern part of Gaza City and the northern part, causing further civilian casualties and pushing more people into further internal displacement in the western part of the city. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that massive overnight strikes on Gaza were "only the beginning". Netanyahu said in a video statement on Tuesday evening "Hamas has already felt the strength of our arm in the past 24 hours. And I want...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is expected on Tuesday to reveal fresh details about the company's newest artificial intelligence chip at its annual software developer conference. Nvidia (NVDA.O), stock has more than quadrupled in value over the past three years as the company powered the rise of advanced AI systems such as ChatGPT, Claude and many others. Much of that success stemmed from the decade that the Santa Clara, California-based company spent building software tools to woo AI researchers and developers - but it was Nvidia's data center chips, which sell for tens of thousands of dollars each, that accounted for the bulk of its $130.5 billion in sales last year. Huang hinted last year the new flagship offering will be named Rubin and consist of a family of chips - including a graphics processing unit, a central processing unit and networking chips - all designed to work in huge data centers that train AI systems. Analysts expect the chips to go into production this year an...

Israeli air strikes in Gaza martyred at least 300 people, Palestinian health authorities said, as attacks hit dozens of targets early on Tuesday, ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire that halted fighting in January. Strikes were reported in multiple locations, including northern Gaza, Gaza City and the Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah in central and southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian health ministry officials said many of the martyred were children. The Israeli military, which said it hit dozens of targets, said the strikes would continue for as long as necessary and would extend beyond air strikes, raising the prospect that Israeli ground troops could resume fighting. The Israeli strikes in Gaza were far wider in scale than the regular series of drone strikes the military has said it has conducted against individuals or small groups and follows weeks of failed efforts to agree an extension to the truce agreed on January 19. In hospitals strained by 15 mont...

United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday. The stranded duo have been on the ISS since June after the Boeing Starliner spacecraft they were testing on its maiden crewed voyage suffered propulsion issues and was deemed unfit to fly them back to Earth. Nasa said in a statement on Sunday evening that it had moved forward the astronauts' anticipated ocean splashdown off the Florida coast to approximately 5:57pm Tuesday. It was initially slated for no sooner than Wednesday. "The updated return target continues to allow the space station crew members time to complete handover duties while providing operational f...