11 h. ago Massive shark prowls close to tourists as beach evacuated in British holiday spot

The tourist beach had to be evacuated after the shark's fin was seen sticking out of the water just a few feet from where people were bathing.

Society

12 h. ago Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say

Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millenniaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCritics of Australia’s Aukus submarine deal say the government has given itself the power to nominate any place in Australia as a potential nuclear waste dump, without proper consultation with communities and indigenous landowners.Australia has agreed to take sole responsibility for the management, security and storage of all nuclear waste from its fleet of proposed nuclear-powered submarines, including the spent fuel from the submarines’ reactors – high-level nuclear waste that will be radioactive for millennia once the submarines are decommissioned from the early 2050s. Continue reading...

Events

16 h. ago Nuclear power station in France closed after massive swarm of jellyfish swim into cooling system

Four reactors shut automatically after jellyfish infiltrated the pumping stations

Events

26 h. ago Swarm of jellyfish shut down massive nuclear plant in France

A nuclear plant in France temporarily closed on Monday after a 'massive and unpredictable' cluster of the sea creatures clogged the pumps used to cool the reactors, energy group EDF said.

Events

36 h. ago Gold prices fall; Britain’s biggest chemical plant under threat – as it happened

Spot gold falls by over 1% as White House says it will clarify ‘misinformation’ about import tariffs on one-kilo gold bars; China says hopes US will strive for ’positive’ trade outcomesFour reactors at France’s Gravelines nuclear power station were shut down late on Sunday when the filter drums of the pumping stations that pull in cooling water became packed with a swam of jellyfish.The operator, the electricity company EDF, which is owned by the French government, said reactors 2, 3, and 4 stopped automatically when a “massive and unpredictable” swarm of jellyfish showed up, and reactor 6 went offline shortly after. Continue reading...

Economics

41 h. ago Oil and gold prices retreat amid Ukraine optimism; Britain’s biggest chemical plant under threat – business live

Spot gold falls by over 1% as White House says it will clarify ‘misinformation’ about import tariffs on one-kilo gold bars; jellyfish swarm shuts French nuclear power stationFour reactors at France’s Gravelines nuclear power station were shut down late on Sunday when the filter drums of the pumping stations that pull in cooling water became packed with a swam of jellyfish.The operator, the electricity company EDF, which is owned by the French government, said reactors 2, 3, and 4 stopped automatically when a “massive and unpredictable” swarm of jellyfish showed up, and reactor 6 went offline shortly after. Continue reading...

Economics

9 d. ago Brave 6'4 cyclist who stepped in to stop crazed man harassing kids at train stop is butchered to death

Colden Kimber, 28, was stabbed to death at a San Francisco train station on July 26 after he stepped in between a family who were being harassed by a crazed man.

Events

3 w. ago Tour de France: Pogacar pulls more than four minutes clear with stage 13 victory

Defending champion eases to time-trial triumphVingegaard finishes second with Roglic in thirdTadej Pogacar continued his charge towards an anticipated fourth Tour de France title when he stretched his overall lead to over four minutes by winning the 13th stage, a lung-busting 10.9km uphill time trial on Friday.The defending champion dominated the eight-kilometre climb at 7.9% to clock 23mins and beat Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard by a massive 36secs, a day after leaving his closest rival shattered in the first major mountain stage in the Pyrenees.Jeremy Whittle’s report to follow Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Hotel Pools in and Around London That Swim Laps Around the Competition

Hotel Pools in and Around London That Swim Laps Around the Competition  Cool Hunting

Politics

3 w. ago A look inside a lab making the advanced fuel to power growing US nuclear energy ambitions

At Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, a half-dozen workers are making what appear to be gray billiard balls

Events

4 w. ago DOGE official told nuclear regulators they expect a ‘rubber stamp’ approval on new reactors: report

The comment comes as the Trump administration increases its interest in nuclear power

Politics