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NASA briefing with reporters. Daily temperature records have already been shattered this month, and extreme heatwaves are being observed globally in the US, Europe, and China.

Beethoven, have returned to Vienna, where the legendary 19th century German composer was buried, experts said Thursday. US businessman Paul Kaufmann donated the fragments, which he inherited, to the Medical University of Vienna where researchers will probe the illnesses suffered by the impresario and his cause of death. «This is where the bones belong, back in Vienna,» Kaufmann told reporters.

Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have become parents to their second child, a baby boy. Gerwig, who is awaiting the release of her film 'Barbie' which she co-wrote with her partner, told fashion magazine Elle UK that she gave birth four months ago.

A bill to create a regulatory framework for digital assets has been introduced by Republican members of the Agriculture and Financial Services Committees of the United States House, the result of several months of joint effort by the two committees.

Notorious serial killer and rapist Paul Bernardo will stay in a medium-security prison as the decision to transfer one of Canada’s most infamous murderers was “sound,” the head of Correctional Service Canada says.

Besides Stockton Rush, entrepreneurs of Pakistan origin Suleman Dawood and Shahzada Dawood, British adventurer Hamish Harding, and French citizen Paul-Henri Nargeolet were killed when the OceanGate submersible Titan imploded, killing all onboard. They were on an adventure trip as well as a research mission and wanted to reach near the debris of the submerged iconic ship Titanic. Participating in a program called ‘60 Minutes Australia’, submarine operator and a friend of Stockton Rush, Karl Stanley said that he had warned the OceanGate CEO about the submersible. Stanley claimed that Rush definitely knew that the mission would end this way. He went to the extent of accusing him of murdering these persons and making them pay for this. Describing his experience of going on a test diving in the Bahamas in 2019, he said that he had heard gun-shot-like noises every three to four minutes. He also said that he had raised his concerns about the carbon fiber hull and warned that it would worsen. He added that he had no doubts that it was the carbon fiber hull that failed. The two friends had a heated exchange of calls and emails. Multiple agencies are investigating the incident. The US Coast Guard, the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch, and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada are probing the mishap from different angles. Structural titanium rings were seen at the front and rear of the submersible in the pictures of the fragments of the submersible. Scientists believe that extreme pressure at the depth of the ocean might have caused the implosion. Stanley is the owner of Stanley Exploration, a deep-sea exploration company, based in the Latin American country of Honduras.

pink.Barbiecore outfits, focused on the doll's signature color, are dominating the fashion scene for a second straight year, helped by Mattel Inc's all-out marketing blitz to build buzz for the "Barbie" movie that debuts in theaters on Friday. There are Barbie sneakers, Barbie backpacks, Barbie swimsuits, and Barbie hoodies for your dog. There are rhinestone-studded water bottles, neon yellow roller blades with pink wheels — and much more.

New Delhi: India is considering expanding its solar STAR-C initiative, run by the International Solar Alliance, to a number of Pacific Island countries, according to persons aware of the matter. The programme aims to boost solar power ecosystems in the poorest countries. In the Pacific, it currently runs in Tonga.

Tour de France, covering a 185-km route from Moutiers on Thursday. Meanwhile, defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark maintained his lead, holding the overall leader's yellow jersey. Although officially categorized as «hilly,» stage 18 was mostly a flat journey heading northwest from the Alps, passing through the gap between Lyon and Geneva before reaching the finish at Bourg en Brasse. The stage concluded with a quick and technical finish, navigating roundabouts and a sharp corner before a critical right-hand turn to the home straight, where the outcome was determined.

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Senior Republican members of the US House of Representatives expressed their concern about the US Securities Exchange Commission’s approach to crypto regulation in a letter to the financial regulator’s chair Gary Gensler. 

Atishi on Thursday termed «horrific» a May 4 video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur and hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying though he had time to visit foreign countries, he hasn't yet gone to the strife-hit northeastern state. Tension mounted in the hills of Manipur after the video surfaced on Wednesday. The state has been witnessing ethnic clashes since May 3 between the majority Meitei community, concentrated in the Imphal Valley, and the tribal Kukis, occupying the hills.

Sam Kerr has been ruled out of Australia’s Women’s World Cup opener against Ireland and the subsequent game against Nigeria through injury.

Investing.com — European stock markets traded in a mixed fashion Thursday, as investors digested more corporate earnings with the tech sector particularly fragile following weak cues from Wall Street.

Two members of the United States House of Representatives have added their names to a list of lawmakers criticizing Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler’s approach to digital asset regulation. 

Societe Generale has become the first company in France to obtain a license for crypto services, as a growing number of mainstream financial companies embrace crypto globally this year. Societe Generale's crypto unit, Forge, is licensed as of Tuesday to offer services, including crypto custody, trading and sales, according to the website of France's AMF market regulator.

This week, the UK will see rail strikes as workers demand significantly higher pay raises. From Sunday, workers on London’s fabulous metro are threatening industrial action. Earlier this month, it was the turn of doctors of the National Health Service (NHS), who rejected Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s offer of a 6% salary hike and are demanding 35% to catch up with what in developed-world terms has been runaway inflation.

G20 ministerial in Goa and Chennai, ministers from 14 countries including the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Vanuatu, Colombia, have under the banner of the High Ambition Coalition called on G20 hosts India and other members to agree on measures such as phasing out fossil fuel use to ensure that average increase in global temperature does not exceed 1.5°C compared to the 1850s. “We urge you, as leaders of the G20, to accelerate your efforts to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions, to expand your cooperation and lead the way in phasing out all fossil fuels and in transitioning to a green sustainable energy future where access to energy is guaranteed for all,” the ministers wrote in an open letter to the G20.

EU antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, triggered the furore last week by picking Fiona Scott Morton as the chief economist of the EU's antitrust unit, the competition arm currently running probes into US tech giants Alphabet, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft and Amazon's bid for iRobot. It is rare for the Commission to pick a non-EU national for such a senior job unless there are exceptional circumstances.

A recent Wall Street Journal editorial suggested Canada should sit at the kiddies table in the NATO alliance instead of with the adults. This is because as a share of GDP our defence spending is seventh lowest among NATO’s 31 member nations. It’s also lowest among the G7, which prompted the Journal to question whether we are still willing to accept our responsibilities as a member of the G7. It concluded that if this country “doesn’t want to play that role, then the G-7 should consider a replacement.”

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