Fifa has no plans to replace Iran with Italy at this summer’s World Cup according to sources, after the switch was proposed by US president Donald Trump’s special envoy. There has been ongoing uncertainty over Iran’s participation in the tournament because of the war with US and Israel. US special envoy Paolo Zampolli told the…
Record numbers of people in England are playing sport or taking part in physical activity, according to a survey by grassroots funding agency Sport England. The findings – which cover the period from November 2024 to November 2025 – suggests that 64.4% of adults are meeting the chief medical officer’s recommended guidelines of 150 minutes…
Wilderness Magashi Peninsula — Akagera, Rwanda Rwanda is known for its mountain gorillas. But less well-known are the Big Five creatures in this park adjoining Tanzania. To the park’s north, Wilderness’s Magashi Peninsula is the only luxury lodge within a private, 23-square-mile concession. Each of the three villas is located on the game-rich shores of Lake Rwanyakazinga,…
Perspectives on questions such as the availability of research funding and what leads to impactful science varied widely in the Nature Index survey.Credit: Evgeniy Shkolenko/iStock via Getty A leading research career is influenced by many factors: a researcher’s interests, yes, but also funding conditions, institutional expectations and the often-shifting priorities, policies and attitudes of wider…
In brief OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has suggested that rival firm Anthropic is using “fear-based marketing” to promote its Claude Mythos model. Claude Mythos has shown unprecedented ability to find software vulnerabilities. Governments and researchers have warned of both defensive and offensive risks involving Mythos. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed back against growing alarm over…
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King claimed Lampard was in “a happy place” at Coventry and added: “You can see how emotionally connected [Lampard] is with the city, you can see what it meant to him to get promotion and then the title and I think he’s found a happy place at the moment. “It doesn’t mean there’s not going…
Microsoft is rolling out a new Agent Mode inside Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint this week. Previously described by Microsoft as “vibe working,” the Agent Mode is a more powerful version of the Copilot experience in Office that Microsoft has been trying to sell to businesses. “When we first shipped Copilot, foundation models…
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Hugo Selignac’s Chi-Fou-Mi Productions is set to make a feature film about the life of late celebrity chef Bernard Loiseau, who partly inspired the character of chef Auguste Gusteau in “Ratatouille.” The untitled film will be written and directed by Thomas Lilti, the Cesar-nominated French director of the hit Canal+ series “Hippocrate,” which was initially…