Bill Gates told the House Oversight Committee that meeting Jeffrey Epstein was “a grave error in judgment” and said Epstein tried to use information about his infidelities to pressure him. Gates said he ended contact in 2014 after promised philanthropic support failed to materialize.
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Researchers have found the largest known whale graveyard, a 1,200-kilometer deep-sea site in the Indian Ocean with fossils up to 5.3 million years old. The remains support thriving communities of deep-sea life, including organisms that may be new to science.
U.S. consumer prices rose 4.2% in May from a year earlier, the fastest increase since April 2023. Energy costs, especially gasoline, drove much of the rise as conflict disrupted oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan says air strikes along the Afghan border killed 26 militants and destroyed four targets. Afghanistan’s Taliban government says the strikes killed 13 civilians, including 11 children.
South African police said more than 10 attackers killed 12 people and wounded at least nine others in an informal settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg. No arrests have been made, and police said the motive remains unknown.
Disorder broke out across Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland after a 30-year-old Sudanese man was charged with attempted murder over a knife attack. Homes, vehicles and a bus were set on fire as officials appealed for calm.
Hundreds of anti-immigration protesters gathered in Belfast after police charged a Sudanese man over a knife attack that seriously injured a man in his 40s. Police said they were investigating the motive but had no information suggesting terrorism.
Anthropic has released Claude Fable 5, a publicly available version of its powerful Mythos-class AI systems, with safeguards on cybersecurity, biology and chemistry prompts. Trusted organizations will receive access to the less restricted Claude Mythos 5 for defensive and infrastructure uses.