The nomination is to be discussed when the World Heritage Committee meets in Busan, South Korea from Sunday through July 29.
World
7:15pm
The expanded restrictions build on the anti-abortion advocacy work carried out by conservative US nonprofits abroad — especially in Africa, where healthcare is highly dependent on foreign aid.
6:06pm
The findings come as countries are determining how to put up guardrails around AI without impeding their ability to compete in the rapidly developing field.
6:01pm
The strikes, now part of a weeklong campaign that has seen Iran strike US-allied countries across the Middle East, comes as an interim deal seeking to find an end to the Iran war has collapsed.
5:26pm
The attack began at around 1.30am local time and continued for several hours, with explosions echoing across the capital.
5:15pm
The largest residential fire in modern Norwegian history destroyed more than 100 homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, authorities say.
4:00pm
British prosecutors announced they were seeking the brothers’ extradition on charges alleging they raped and trafficked women between 2010 and 2017.
Crime and Justice
2:30pm
The suspected perpetrator, Anastasiia Berezovska, was found dead in Ukraine a few days later.
10:19am
Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Xi says, while reiterating objections to an “overstretching” of national security concerns.
9:00am
He claimed, “Americans were blatantly lied to about the security of our election infrastructure."
8:30am
The American military has announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war.
6:37am
The region has endured days of back-and-forth attacks in a conflict increasingly focused on control of the strait.
Saturday 8:01pm
The landslide occurred in Pengshui County on the outer edge of the Chongqing municipality.
Saturday 7:40pm
Veteran Labour Party politician and popular former Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham is set to become Britain’s next prime minister, formally taking over from Keir Starmer.
Politics
Saturday 5:30pm
The 31-year-old man was 50 metres from the beach when the attack occurred in Adventure Bay, about 90 minutes south of Hobart, on Saturday morning.
Saturday 5:00pm
The newest Kimi K3 model from Beijing-based startup Moonshot appears to be catching up to the best versions of Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT.
Saturday 4:30pm
Australia's fuel stocks have climbed to record levels even as the Iran conflict continues to threaten global energy supplies.
Saturday 4:00pm
The US Interior Department cancelled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction.
Saturday 3:30pm
Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five US states as a source of a widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
Health
Saturday 1:48pm
Kyle Bylin discovered his birth family after taking an at-home test he chose randomly during a Christmas gift-exchange.
Saturday 12:27pm
Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, fell seriously ill after staying at the Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng in November 2024.
Saturday 11:17am
The renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has recently digitised more than seven million plant and fungal specimens, including hundreds of Dr Greta Stevenson's discoveries from New Zealand.
Saturday 10:16am
2:19
The proposed leasing notice was published as US President Donald Trump's administration seeks to expedite deep sea mining permits despite growing environmental concerns.
Environment
Saturday 9:48am
The Israeli military said it targeted a “terrorist cell” belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group and was aware that civilians may have been harmed in the strike.
Saturday 8:14am
Burnham has been prime minister-in-waiting for weeks, since winning a special election for a seat in Parliament a month ago.
Saturday 6:56am
