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US star Jason Derulo has been accused of sexual harassment in a legal case launched by a singer who was signed to his record label. Emaza Gibson, who was offered a recording contract with Derulo’s imprint, is now suing him, alleging he ended their working relationship after she denied his sexual advances. Ms Gibson told NBC News she has been left “traumatized” by the experience. Derulo has denied the claims, calling them “completely false and hurtful”. Ms Gibson, 25, filed her complaint against Derulo, 34, on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, saying he “maliciously” promised her success, then denied her the…

As a new lunar night begins, Indian space scientists say chances of the Moon lander waking up are “remote”. The Indian space agency Isro did not confirm if further efforts will continue to communicate with it, adding that the lander and rover had completed “all their assignments – and more”. Isro had hoped that the Vikram lander would wake up on or after 22 September when a new lunar day began. A day and night on the Moon each last just over 14 Earth days. The lander, carrying the Pragyaan rover in its belly, touched down near the Moon’s little-explored south pole…

France’s government is working hard to contain a national panic over bedbugs, as a Paris school becomes the latest building hit by a reported infestation. Senior officials from the health, economy and transport ministries are meeting on Friday at the prime minister’s office to coordinate a plan of action against the insects. They are expected to speed up proposals for a national observatory on bedbugs. Their aim is to establish an accurate picture of the phenomenon. Entomologists and health experts have warned that although there has been an undoubted surge in the bedbug population – and not just in France…

Rescue operations have entered the third day after flash floods in India’s north-eastern state of Sikkim left over 100 people missing. At least 22 people, including seven soldiers, have died, officials said on Friday. The massive floods were trigged by a cloudburst over a mountain lake this week. The floods worsened after water was released from a nearby dam into the Teesta river. It destroyed the power infrastructure at the Chungthang dam before moving downstream and flooding towns and villages. Hundreds of search and rescue personnel have been deployed across Sikkim and in the northern parts of the neighbouring West…

Narges Mohammadi, who has won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, has for years been a prominent human rights figure in Iran. She was awarded the prize for her fight against the oppression of women in the country, with the head of the Nobel committee calling her a “freedom fighter”. She has also tirelessly campaigned for the abolition of the death penalty in Iran, which has one of the highest execution rates in the world. Despite being in jail almost continuously since 2010, Ms Mohammadi has managed to publicise abuses even from inside prison. She is vice-president of the Defenders of Human…

Poland prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki has ordered “urgent diplomatic action” after two Legia Warsaw players were arrested following their Europa Conference League defeat away at AZ Alkmaar on Thursday. Radovan Pankov and Josue Pesqueira were taken off the team bus by Dutch police after an altercation with security and remain in the Netherlands. “I have instructed the Polish foreign ministry to take urgent diplomatic action to verify the events of the night,” said Morawiecki. “Polish players and fans must be treated in accordance with the law. There is no consent to breaking it.” Legia president Dariusz Mioduski says he was…

Human voices cause considerably more fear in wild mammals than the sound of lions, a study in South Africa has found. Scientists played recordings of people talking normally through speakers hidden at water holes in the Kruger National Park. About 95% of animals were extremely frightened and quickly ran away. In contrast, recordings of snarling and growling lions elicited significantly less alarm. The human speech they chose to play included local languages commonly spoken in the country. Some elephants, in response to the big cat calls, even attempted to confront the source of the sound. The study’s findings suggest that the…

phisticated forms of cyber-attack, but successfully temporarily disrupted banks, companies, pharmacies, hospitals, railway networks and civilian government services for Ukrainian and Russian citizens. With few soft targets in government or military, hacktivists on both sides have revelled in causing friction for ordinary people to further their causes, often collecting angry social media posts from those affected by their attacks. By vowing to comply with the ICRC rules, hacker groups will avoid cyber-attacks that affect civilians. Speaking to the BBC, the leader of the infamous pro-Russian hacking group Killnet said he “agrees to the terms and rules of the Red Cross,…

Formula One is no stranger to engineering excellence. It is the pinnacle of motorsport, a place where otherworldly machinery is pushed to its very limit. We should no longer be surprised by what humanity and technology working in tandem can achieve. However, Red Bull Racing’s 2023 competitor, the RB19, has absolutely fried the system and blown past the boundaries of what appeared possible in this sport. The word “dominance” can now be defined by a picture of Max Verstappen standing victorious atop his race-winning machine. Many F1 fans probably know the Dutch and Austrian anthems by heart by now, considering how frequently they…

Before you start freaking out over the headline, you need to calm down. Much has been made about how Taylor Swift has helped “put Travis Kelce” on the map. With all due respect to Swift, Kelce wasn’t a total stranger to the world before they began spending time together. Yet it’s true that since Swift started showing up at the Kansas City Chiefs football player’s games, Kelce has gained more followers on social media, sales of his jersey have increased nearly 400 percent, and ratings for his team games have jumped. All of which begs the natural question as to what Swift gets…