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Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into the dawn of our own solar system.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 10:53 pm
Fireworks burst and smoke rises as a fire engulfs the main stage at a music festival. Houses are in the foreground, but not burning.

A huge fire on Wednesday at Belgium's Tomorrowland music festival site has “severely damaged” the main stage two days before the event was due to start, organizers said.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 8:42 pm
An oilsands facility.

Giant shovels, driverless trucks and a dog-like robot have all helped Canada's oilsands companies including Imperial Oil and Suncor become some of North America's lowest-cost oil producers, driving down overheads even as the worst inflation in a generation pushed U.S. shale costs up.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 6:36 pm
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More than 900 former U.S. Justice Department employees are warning the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee against confirming President Donald Trump's nominee Emil Bove to serve as an appellate court judge.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 6:34 pm
Norwegian ski cross racer Audun Groenvold holds a bronze medal in his right hand during the medal ceremony of the men's final of the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 21, 2010.

Olympic ski cross medalist Audun Groenvold has died after being struck by lightning, the Norwegian ski federation announced Wednesday. He was 49.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 5:06 pm
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An $8 billion US trial by Meta Platforms shareholders against Mark Zuckerberg and other current and former company leaders kicks off on Wednesday over claims that they illegally harvested the data of Facebook users in violation of a 2012 agreement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 4:21 pm
A large rock sits on a stand in front of a display that reads, "The largest piece of Mars on Earth."

For sale: a 25-kilogram rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million US. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 2:58 pm
Monks in orange robes sit in prayer along steps

Police in Thailand arrested a woman on Tuesday who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then pressured them into making large payments to cover up their intimacy.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 1:43 pm
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New information about the Jeffrey Epstein case may soon be made public after a reversal from U.S. President Donald Trump and weeks of criticism — the loudest of which has come from within the MAGA movement.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 2:01 am
A man on one knee lifts a bat in the air.

Kyle Schwarber went three for three in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off as the National League (NL) won the game on a tiebreaker following a 6-6 tie, in which the American League (AL) rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night.

Posted: July 16, 2025, 12:44 am