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The Victorian opposition, led by Jess Wilson, is promising to extend the period shops can be shut down if they are found selling illegal tobacco.

Note: Some spoilers for Control Resonant's "Recursions and Iterations" mission follow. One of Control Resonant's most memorable missions involves time travel - kind of. There are certainly multiple timelines intersecting, or maybe overlapping, or maybe running in parallel. As protagonist Dylan Faden, you meet some of the researchers who are trapped in and in

The first engineered structure built to last for 100,000 years is about to begin operations. The hope is that Onkalo, deep below ground in Finland, will offer a safe place for the country to store nuclear waste

Alterra, the UAE's $30 billion climate vehicle , has designed its artificial intelligence investment strategy to protect it against a much talked about bubble in the sector, its chief executive has told The National . The fund's focus on investing in energy systems powered by AI and not directly into the technology is serving as a “hedge” against any potenti

Health Minister says Rahul Gandhi was ‘rubbing salt into the wounds of the Sikhs’ on the anniversary of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots

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Architecturally designed homes offer many benefits, from individuality and customised layouts to functionality and responsiveness to their surroundings.

From houses with a Japanese-tiled heated pool and spa to Moroccan tiles and a teriyaki grill, these are some our favourite architect-designed homes for sale right now.

It could use a more distinctive name, though.

Rawdon Glover is unequivocal. “Jaguar is back,” proclaims the managing director of the British car maker, speaking about its new all-electric Type 01 . “It feels surreal to finally be in here [at this point] and we’re very keen to get the car out and see what the reaction is. I’m often reminded of the magnitude of feeling for the brand.” It’s a magnitude tha

The GOAT of dumb phones gets a new lease on life.

<p>The transformation of Europe’s busiest shopping street should be a case study in making cities greener, less congested and more inviting places to live</p><p>Sadiq Khan has been <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/davehillblog/2016/jun/19/pedestrianisation-of-oxford-street-pledges-trade-and-trade-offs">trying to pedestrianise</a> Oxford Street si

A cutting-edge Abu Dhabi university has unveiled an Arabic AI tool designed to decode a variety of regional dialects and respond to rapid shifts in language. Jais 3 – built by the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, in partnership with Abu Dhabi's Inception42 – is able to field queries and carry out tasks such as transcribing conversatio

Brick, the company behind the $59 gadget that blocks you from using apps on your phone, has launched a new device that's designed to help you cut back on doomscrolling in bed. The $129 Brick Night introduces a location-based element: instead of requiring you to tap your phone against the device, like the OG Brick, […]