The planet is experiencing its first “extreme” geomagnetic storm since 2003, a US agency said Friday. “EXTREME (G5) conditions reached Earth at 6:54 pm EDT. Geomagnetic storming is likely to persist through the weekend as several additional Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejection (CMEs) are in transit,” said NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center on X. The post Earth hit by strongest solar storm since 2003: US agency appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

A huge solar storm is heading for Earth, supercharging auroras and bringing possible disruptions to satellites and power grids as early as Friday evening, US officials say. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) — large expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun — are predicted to arrive late Friday to early Saturday US time, the […] The post Solar storm could bring auroras, power and telecoms disruptions appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Ukraine’s agriculture minister formally resigned from his post on Friday after he was named a suspect in a multimillion-dollar corruption investigation. Mykola Solsky offered to step down in April amid accusations he seized land worth more than $7 million while working as the head of a major farming company. “The Ukrainian parliament has accepted the […] The post Ukrainian minister accused of graft formally resigns appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Experts have long warned about the threat posed by artificial intelligence going rogue — but a new research paper suggests it’s already happening. Current AI systems, designed to be honest, have developed a troubling skill for deception, from tricking human players in online games of world conquest to hiring humans to solve “prove-you’re-not-a-robot” tests, a […] The post AI systems are already deceiving us — and that’s a problem, experts warn appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Europe’s leading stock exchanges closed at record levels on Friday as investors looked forward to cuts in interest rates. The Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London and Paris stock exchanges all closed at their highest ever levels. The post Frankfurt, London and Paris stocks close at records appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Countries trying to strike a landmark global agreement on handling future pandemics began discussing how to keep the process alive as they ran out of time to seal a deal Friday. With the chances fading of concluding an agreement by the end of the day, negotiations turned to what the next steps might be. Shaken […] The post Pandemic agreement talks reaching end with deal elusive appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Two environmental activists in their 80s were arrested after glueing themselves to the case containing the historic Magna Carta document at the British Library in central London Friday, the Just Stop Oil group said. Anglican priest Sue Parfitt, 82, and retired teacher Judy Bruce, 85, held a sign saying “The government is breaking the law”, […] The post Octogenarian Just Stop Oil protesters target Britain’s Magna Carta appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Police carried out pre-dawn swoops on students protesting the war in Gaza at two more prestigious US universities Friday, in the latest unrest on campuses across the country. At least ten people were arrested at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston in the northeast, according to university president Sally Kornbluth, who said she […] The post US police clear MIT, UPenn Gaza protests, multiple arrests appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

A passenger train crashed into a maintenance train in Buenos Aires on Friday, leaving at least 30 people hospitalized, two of whom were in serious condition, emergency officials said. “There are no fatalities,” said Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Macri. The SAME emergency service said that firefighters had evacuated all passengers from the train after it […] The post Trains collide in Argentina, at least 30 injured: officials appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was reappointed as head of the country’s government on Friday, following weeks of speculation over a possible political reshuffle in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin is constitutionally required to name — or reappoint — his government ministers following victory in a March election devoid of opposition. “A lot has been done […] The post Putin reappoints Russian PM after election victory appeared first on Insider Paper ..read more