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2026-03-29 03:14:59 (22 hours ago)

Toddler rescued after US-Israeli strike on Iran

Rescue teams from the Iranian Red Crescent rescued a toddler from a destroyed building after a US-Israeli strike.

France 24 - World News

2026-03-29 03:13:29 (22 hours ago)

Houthi attacks on Israel open new front in Mideast war, threaten Red Sea shipping

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have entered the escalating war in the Middle East, claiming two missile launches at Israel. Their involvement in the month-long conflict could further hurt global shipping should they again target vessels in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait off the Red Sea, a narrow waterway that has become all the more vital since Iran effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 03:08:53 (22 hours ago)

Kimi Antonelli wins Japan Grand Prix to become youngest F1 championship leader

• Italian leads Mercedes teammate Russell by nine points

• Oscar Piastri second for McLaren in first race of season

Kimi Antonelli won the Japanese Grand Prix ultimately dominating the second half of the race and with it the 19-year-old has become the youngest driver to lead the Formula One world championship. It was another remarkably confident drive for Mercedes from the youngster as he beat the McLaren of Oscar Piastri into second with Charles Leclerc third for Ferrari. However, George Russell’s title ambitions took a minor blow as he finished only fourth.

Lando Norris was fifth for McLaren and Lewis Hamilton sixth for Ferrari. Max Verstappen, who has struggled with a difficult car all weekend, could mange only eighth.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 03:08:37 (22 hours ago)

Formula One 2026: Antonelli wins Japanese Grand Prix – live reaction

️ Live updates from the race at Suzuka | Email Joey

Alas, today’s race will be the last time that we’ll be racing for a month; the Championship next scheduled to meet for the Miami GP on the opening weekend of May.

This is because of the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia GPs due to the ongoing stability caused by the war between Israel and the United States and Iran, which, unfortunately, continues.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-03-29 03:08:34 (22 hours ago)

Belgium thrash USA 5-2; Mexico vs Portugal ends 0-0 in football friendlies

A man died after falling from the stands at Azteca Stadium, where Mexico hosted Portugal with Ronaldo missing the match.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 03:04:12 (22 hours ago)

‘Our story proves that nothing is impossible in football’: the remarkable rise of Thun

Minnows have all but sewn up the Swiss Super League title with seven games to go having been favourites to go down

The FC Thun heroes do not hide their amusement and amazement when speaking about what has been an incredible season. They giggle when asked if they could possibly have expected such a scenario. They know that the situation is surreal and illogical. The words “incredible” and “unbelievable” are used frequently.

When Thun were promoted to the Swiss Super League in May, they were predicted to struggle. “A lot of pundits identified them as No 1 relegation candidates. Expectations were very low, and fans thought that avoiding relegation would be a major success,” Berner Zeitung journalist Adrian Horn says.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 03:03:54 (22 hours ago)

Back on form: six England-based players who are doing well on loan in Europe

Rasmus Højlund is back among the goals at Napoli while Kakub Kiwior has helped make Porto solid in defence and Largie Ramazani has given Valencia a creative spark

The Dane, like many others, struggled under Ruben Amorim at Old Trafford and was packed off to Naples. He scored on his debut, a 3-1 win over Fiorentina, and has been consistent since, netting 10 goals in 26 games for Serie A’s third-placed team. “Now it’s portrayed as if I’m back and just doing really well,” Højlund, who cost United £72m when they signed him from Atalanta in August 2023, said to Denmark’s TV2 last week. “But inside myself my thoughts are in a completely different place. I’m self-critical. I still want to be even better, more involved in the games and score more goals, but it’s fun to observe how the image of me is constantly changing.”

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 03:00:50 (22 hours ago)

My search for the perfect Sachertorte in Vienna

The luscious chocolate and apricot torte is the stuff of legend in the grand, old world of Viennese coffeehouses. But which makes the tastiest?

I’m on a tram on Vienna’s Ringstrasse as towering facades, columns, statues and domes drift past, each more ornate than the last. Here, the State Opera; there, the Austrian parliament, built in the Greek neoclassical style.

As I gawp, I shove cake in my mouth. After all, Vienna isn’t just the city of music, or lavish architecture. Thanks, in part, to its centuries-old coffeehouse culture, it’s also one of Europe’s finest pastry destinations. Cake (or more precisely, torte, kuchen or Mehlspeisen) has its own day here – “Sweet Friday”, the most delicious of Catholic customs, when meat dishes are replaced with sweets. I have been introduced to it via the medium of Marillenknödel – apricot dumplings.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 03:00:50 (22 hours ago)

Forget birdwatching, I’m into moth-watching: they’re fascinating and misunderstood insects | Helen Pilcher

According to new research, distinguishing between the UK’s 2,500 species could halt cognitive decline – so my brain could not be happier, or healthier

Do you ever worry that your brain’s slowing down and your mind is … what’s the word … fogging? If you do, I have news. A recent study on birdwatching, with the appropriately named lead author Erik Wing, found that learning to become an expert birder causes changes to the brain that may help to protect against age-related cognitive decline. Compared with novice birders, when true bird nerds tease apart difficult species, they show more activity in brain regions linked to visual processing, attention and working memory. These same areas also appear more compact, and age-related changes in them are smaller.

The take-home message is that learning to tell a chiffchaff from a willow warbler could help us to stay mentally sharp as we age. But what about discerning a common quaker from a clouded drab? Or a brown-line bright-eye from a bright-line brown eye? These are the names, not of birds, but of moths. I’ve been hooked on moths ever since I was a kid.

Helen Pilcher is a science writer and the author of This Book May Cause Side Effects

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 03:00:50 (22 hours ago)

‘Visible from space’: why Spain has the world’s biggest concentration of greenhouses

Andalusia houses ‘Europe’s vegetable garden’ – a laboratory of development and innovation producing vegetables for all of Europe

Europe’s vegetable garden is in Andalusia, southern Spain. It is so vast that it can even be seen from space: if you open Google Maps and look west of Almería, you will see a white patch that looks like a glacier, but as you zoom in, you realise it is the highest concentration of greenhouses in the world. More than 30,000 hectares (74,131 acres) of land are covered in plastic, a geometric labyrinth five times the size of Manhattan, where 3.5m tons of vegetables are produced every year – from tomatoes to cucumbers, peppers to courgettes, aubergines to melons – enough to feed half a billion people and generate a turnover of more than 3bn euros.

Workers prepare peppers inside the Hortamar cooperative, a fruit and vegetable producers’ organisation in Roquetas de Mar, founded in 1977, that now has more than 240 members and sells throughout Europe, the US and Canada.

RT News - Top Stories

2026-03-29 02:57:42 (22 hours ago)

Houthis join Middle East conflict

Yemen’s Houthis have said they’re entering the battle against the US and Israel in support of Iran
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South China Morning Post - World News

2026-03-29 02:49:43 (23 hours ago)

Iran-linked hackers open low-cost digital front as US-Israeli attacks mount

As they fled an Iranian missile strike, some Israelis with Android phones received a text offering a link to real-time information about bomb shelters. But instead of a helpful app, the link downloaded spyware giving hackers access to the device’s camera, location and all its data. The operation, attributed to Iran, showed sophisticated coordination and is just the latest tactic in a cyber conflict that pits the US and Israel against Iran and its digital proxies. As Iran and its supporters seek...