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Correctly spelling 32 obscure words in just a minute and a half has won 14-year-old Shrey Parikh this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. Source link

Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin says all personnel are accounted for after experiencing an “anomaly”, a term commonly used by rocket companies to describe a launch failure or explosion. Source link

The decision will be made by the US House and Senate, but reports say Donald Trump’s supporters are pushing to expedite the process.  Source link

Last year in the US alone, projects collectively worth $200 billion were scuppered or delayed as communities protested the construction of new data centres promised to deliver the AI of the future.  Source link

New waves of missile strikes and vast advisories from the Israeli government to evacuate have left residents in Lebanon’s south uncertain of where to turn. Source link

The website features a space-inspired background but its real purpose is to highlight the work of ICE. Source link

Israel effectively controls an estimated 64 per cent of Gaza, now bombarded to ruins by Israel’s two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel. Source link

The blaze reportedly started when a student set a mattress on fire inside the school’s dormitory, with a further 79 students taken to hospital with injuries. Source link

US President Donald Trump says he is not yet satisfied by negotiations to end the war in Iran, and the US is not discussing easing sanctions, which is one of Tehran’s key demands. Source link

A diver describes the “emotional moment” when he found a group of men alive after they were trapped for more than a week in a Laos cave, while a South Australian renowned for his ability to navigate tight spaces joins the rescue mission. Source link