Boy 'brought back to life' by rescuers at Bryngarw Country Park

'Lifeless' three-year-old resuscitated by heroes after pond rescue

A man is looking at the camera and smiling.  He is wearing a beige jumper and has a brown beard and hair.  He appears to be in a restaurant.Image source, Stefan Johnson

Australia dock workers call for 28-hour week in AI talks

Australian dock workers are demanding a 28-hour work week with no loss of pay as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation expands across the country's ports.

The AI push is being led by port logistics giant DP World, which the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) said has put workers' jobs "in the crosshairs".

Iran’s economy faces long road to recovery as fragile truce tested

Tehran, Iran – Three weeks after Iran and the United States signed a memorandum of understanding to extend their ceasefire, their truce remains fragile.

Three tankers have been hit in the Strait of Hormuz over the past two days, even as Iran and the US are expected to restart mediated negotiations to end the war next week, after the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Britons to buy 8m mini fans this year – but almost half will end up in landfill

Britons are expected to buy nearly 8m mini fans this year as they are “surging on to the market” in the hot weather – but almost half of those are expected to be low-quality products that end up in landfill within a year.

Nato allies announce £37bn for new missile project

Twelve countries, including the UK, are set to spend more than £37bn ($50bn) over the next 10 years on a new long-range missile to protect Europe.

The Deep Precision Strike project has just been unveiled by No 10 and is due to be discussed later on Wednesday at the Nato summit in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

France vs Morocco: Key talking points ahead of FIFA World Cup quarterfinal

France will face Morocco in the World Cup quarterfinals at Foxborough Stadium, outside Boston in the US, on Thursday in a rematch of the 2022 World Cup semifinal won by Les Bleus.

Pakistan locates wreckage of Boeing 737 cargo plane that went missing off coast

Pakistan has located the wreckage of a Boeing cargo plane, the country’s airports authority said, adding that rescuers were searching for the five crew members on board when the aircraft went missing.

More or less protein? What to eat to get you through a heatwave

"There's no need for more protein in a heatwave," says Aisling Daly, senior lecturer in nutrition at Oxford Brookes University.

But if you fancy it, some of the most common proteins will need cooking (like meat, chicken and fish) and that can be off-putting in the heat. Even an outdoor BBQ can be too hot to handle.

At UN, Cuba rallies support against ‘ruthless’ US blockade

Diplomatic tensions between Washington and Havana have widened in recent months.

Cuba has denounced the “ruthless” US embargo against the island during a United Nations General Assembly debate.

“The government of the United States is carrying out against Cuba a multi-dimensional, non-conventional warfare that has already lasted for almost seven decades now and has become ever more cruel and more ruthless during the last seven months,” Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez told the UN on Tuesday, slamming the blockade’s “collective punishment” of the population.

Childhood on hold: How Gaza’s children spend a summer without play

Gaza City, Gaza Strip – In a partially destroyed building in western Gaza City, Faten Nabhan sat, surrounded by her six school-age children, taking a brief rest after a morning spent filling water containers from the trucks that visit the camp.