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France is pursuing its own investigation into the Epstein affair, looking at potential crimes committed in the EU country or involving French nationals tied to the US sex offender.

Around 10 new suspected victims have come forward since France launched a probe into late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his network, Paris' top public prosecutor said Sunday.

France set up a special task force of magistrates in February to probe potential crimes committed in the country or involving French nationals who might be implicated in Epstein's crimes.

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SYDNEY: Australia's Qantas was forced to divert a flight bound for the United States over a disruptive passenger, with local media reporting the man bit a flight attendant.

The man was met by local authorities on arrival and has been slapped with a no-fly ban on all Qantas planes.

An article with more details (The Guardian)

Established in 2021, the center uses artificial intelligence (AI) for comprehensive emergency response, monitoring 900 CCTV cameras across 17 of Seoul's 21 pedestrian-accessible Han River bridges. Beyond suicide prevention, its most frequent task, the center also handles criminal tracking, traffic accidents and drug enforcement.

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Much of that credit goes to AI, which triggers an alarm if an object identified as a person remains for more than 300 seconds in a bridge's "loitering zones," sections where people are able to stand for extended periods.

Newlyweds opt to put on professional grappling showdown instead of traditional nuptials; guests lap it up

A couple in southwestern China turned their wedding into a professional wrestling showdown, with the loser agreeing to do the housework for life.

The referee then declared her the winner, announcing that she was “exempt from doing housework for life”.

Each year, some of the power solar could have produced is blocked by aerosols.

Researchers have found that aerosols, both natural and human-derived, significantly reduce the power we could be getting from solar panels, to the tune of hundreds of terawatts a year. And a lot of those aerosols come from burning coal.

A 12-year-old boy in Chernihiv Oblast has disabled an FPV drone heading towards his younger siblings after learning how to do so from soldiers he knew.

The incident took place on 18 April. The boy was outside when he spotted a Russian fibre-optic drone in the sky – a UAV controlled via a thin cable that unwinds from a spool during flight. The drone was heading towards the area where his younger siblings were playing.

Anatolii recounts: "I saw that it started to turn. I crouched down, then looked – it was going up. I said: 'That's it, 15 seconds and I'll cut [the fibre optic]!' My nephew ran out and shouted: 'Cut it!' I pulled it and saw the drone start accelerating upwards because it had lost control and was beginning to fall. We were already bracing for an explosion. But it fell into bushes about 100-150 m away from us."

Africa's top health agency says around 246 cases have been reported.

‘Monster Wolf’ was originally designed to protect cropland from deer, boars and bears

The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

Crickets that received the hot probe “overwhelmingly” directed their attention to the affected antenna – they groomed it more frequently, and tended to it over a longer period of time, he says. “They weren’t just agitated and flustered. They were directing their attention to the actual antennae that was hit with this hot probe.”

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Researchers find 50+ hours a week can be detrimental to health but lighter responsibilities have positive effect

“Providing a few hours of support outside the household may help caregivers maintain their cognitive health as they age.”

In contrast, though, “carers providing 50+ hours of care a week exhibited accelerated cognitive decline, indicating that the cognitive stimulation associated with caring is overshadowed by the demands of high-intensity care”, the researchers wrote.

Link to the paper