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• French farmers tested a system of tilting solar panels flat over nectarine trees during forecast frost events in 2022 and 2023. • The method warmed flower buds by up to 1.7 degrees Celsius and reduced flower injury from 35 percent to under 10 percent. • This dual-use approach allows orchard owners to protect delicate fruit blossoms from unpredictable climate shifts while simultaneously generating electricity.

Former 2GB and 2UE broadcaster has pleaded not guilty to 22 indecent assault and sexual touching chargesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn alleged victim of Alan Jones has told a Sydney court that an unwanted kiss from the former shock jock more than a decade ago is seared in his memory and he wished it never happened.The ex-sportsman, known as complainant M, agreed during cross-examination by the defence that he sent Jones a shirtless photo of him in Paris some months before the alleged kiss. Continue reading...

• NanoViricides will begin a Phase II clinical trial next week for NV-387, an oral gummy drug designed to treat the Bundibugyo Ebola virus. • The trial responds to an expanding outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo where the crude fatality rate has reached 48%. • A successful treatment could reduce deaths and slow the spread of the virus during the largest outbreak currently affecting the region.

• Connect Biopharma reported that its asthma trial reduced failures by 66% based on recent patient data. • Lung function improved by 250 mL by Day 7 compared to 120 mL for the placebo group among 160 patients. • These results impact the drug's regulatory approval and market potential because investors use FEV1, a measure of how much air a person can exhale, to judge if respiratory treatments work.

Rachida Dati accused of lobbying for carmaker Renault-Nissan when she was member of European parliamentRachida Dati, a former French culture minister, has gone on trial in Paris on corruption charges linked to dealings with the Renault-Nissan carmaking group.Dati, 60, is accused of illegal lobbying when she accepted €900,000 (£770,000) in lawyer’s fees from a Netherlands-based subsidiary of Renault-Nissan while she was a member of the European parliament. The court will have to decide what the money was for. Continue reading...

• NanoViricides will begin a clinical trial next week for the oral drug NV-387 to treat an expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. • The current outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebolavirus variant has a 48% crude fatality rate and no approved treatment or vaccine. • The virus has spread into displacement camps hosting over 4.4 million people, creating a high-risk population with poor sanitation and medical resources.

• The FDA is meeting this Wednesday to gather input from the public and industry stakeholders for the next Prescription Drug User Fee Act, which will set agency priorities for fiscal years 2028–2032. • Health policy firm Aviva Strategies noted in a Friday memo that the FDA's Rare Disease Innovation Hub is working to align the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. • This alignment aims to resolve a longstanding coordination issue for developers creating treatments for rare diseases.

• Clinical trials for the oral drug NV-387 will begin to treat a rapidly expanding outbreak of the Bundibugyo Ebolavirus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. • The virus has spread into displacement camps hosting over 4.4 million people who lack adequate drinking water, sanitation, and medical resources. • This trial is critical because there is currently no approved treatment or vaccine for this specific variant of the Ebolavirus Disease.

Witness tells court he sent Jones friendly messages after two alleged assaults because he had been generous to himListen to the podcast Alan Jones on TrialGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA prominent athlete who has accused Alan Jones of twice kissing him without consent has told a Sydney court he continued to text the broadcaster after the alleged assaults because Jones was powerful and had been generous to him.The witness, who is appearing for a second day in the seventh week of a lengthy trial, agreed he had sent Jones friendly messages after the two alleged assaults. Continue reading...

Alleged victim tells court he froze and was ‘in disbelief’ after broadcaster kissed him on corner of his lips at public eventA prominent athlete froze and was “shocked and embarrassed” when Alan Jones kissed him on the side of his mouth at a public event, the broadcaster’s trial at Sydney’s Downing Centre has heard.The witness said the kiss on the corner of his lips happened years after Jones sent him a weekly bouquet of flowers after he had complimented the flowers on Jones’s dining table. He said Jones’s driver would drop the flowers at his home every week. Continue reading...

Kevin Reddington says prosecution did not offer evidence that client’s killing of her children constituted murderLindsay Clancy’s lawyer on Thursday asked the judge who oversaw the Massachusetts woman’s murder trial to declare her not guilty of murder by reason of insanity, saying prosecutors had failed to ⁠prove that, despite being mentally ill, ⁠she knew killing her ​three young children would be wrong.Defense attorney Kevin Reddington made the request to Judge William Sullivan six days after the trial ended in a deadlock, and as a fourth member of ⁠the 12-member jury went public to describe how a single juror had prevented the panel from reaching a unanimous verdict. Continue reading...

The defense says: ‘It’s about competition, not conspiracy’ A US prosecutor described China’s Huawei as a criminal enterprise that stole from US companies to build its telecommunications empire, as ⁠the trial against the tech giant kicked off in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday.“Theft, lies, cover-up,” Taylor Stout, a trial attorney from the US Department of Justice, said in the government’s opening statement. “For 20 years, that’s how Huawei, a massive Chinese telecommunications company, victimized American companies ⁠and abused the American financial system, all ⁠in an effort to dominate the telecommunications ​industry around the world.“ Continue reading...

FitzSimons tells court that complainant C told him Jones, who has pleaded not guilty, would touch his penis and he ‘kept pushing it away’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney Morning Herald columnist Peter FitzSimons has told the Alan Jones trial an alleged victim he spoke to in 2019 was “tearful” and sounded “emotionally traumatised” when detailing alleged assaults by the 2GB broadcaster.The commentator and author gave evidence in the Downing Centre local court on Thursday about a telephone call he had with the alleged victim known as complainant C in October 2019. Continue reading...

• China rejected claims on Wednesday that its artificial intelligence companies are stealing American AI models. • The accusations were issued by three U.S. federal agencies, including the FBI, the National Security Agency, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. • This dispute highlights the growing tension between the two nations over the security and ownership of high-tech AI systems.

Three men are on trial over the death of brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend, US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad, in EnsenadaThe father of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico two years ago testified in court on Tuesday that his life had been turned into hell, as the high-profile trial continued into its second day.Three men are charged in the killing of Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad, who were on a surfing trip to Mexico’s Pacific coast in April 2024. Continue reading...

• NanoViricides announced on September 8, 2026, that it has registered a Phase II clinical trial for NV-387 oral gummies to treat the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. • The company reports that NV-387 previously performed better than the drug Remdesivir in a lethal animal model of a viral disease. • This trial addresses a critical gap in healthcare because there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment for the specific strain of ebolavirus causing the expanding outbreak.

• NanoViricides announced on September 8, 2026, that it registered a Phase II clinical trial for NV-387 oral gummies to treat the Bundibugyo Ebola virus. • The trial is listed in the Pan African Clinical Trials Database to address the expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. • This development provides a potential oral treatment option for patients in a region currently facing the largest Ebola outbreak on record.

• New artificial intelligence tools including specialized large language models and AI-assisted CT scans are being integrated into oncology care to improve early detection and pathology. • ChatGPT Health now allows patients to connect medical records and wellness apps to their AI experience to assist with health-related decisions. • These technologies aim to reduce administrative burdens for medical teams and accelerate patient access to clinical trials and guideline-concordant care.

Attorney hopes Trump would ‘consider a pardon’ given ‘the type of person she is’ and ‘what she has been through’Murder trial ends in dramatic deadlock – what comes nextThe lawyer of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman accused of killing her three young children, has said he hopes Donald Trump will pardon his client after her trial recently ended with a deadlocked jury.Clancy’s attorney, Kevin Reddington, made the appeal on a televised interview on the ABC show Good Morning America on Tuesday. The plea comes to Trump after a judge on Friday declared a mistrial after the jury in the Clancy case could not reach a unanimous verdict on whether she was guilty or not guilty.In the US, the national maternal mental health hotline is 1-833-852-6262. In the UK, the Pandas foundation offers support via Whatsapp on 07903 508334. In Australia, the national maternal and perinatal mental health hotline is 1300 726 306 Continue reading...

David Burke’s defense argues there is no evidence he had any intent of killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas HernandezThe family of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has called for the singer D4vd, who is on trial suspected of killing the girl, to face the death penalty.D4vd, who was born David Anthony Burke, in July was ordered to stand trial over the killing of Rivas, whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of his Tesla car on 8 September 2025. Burke has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Continue reading...

Sinking of inflatable dinghy in 2021 resulted in 31 people dead or missing, including a seven-year-old childFourteen men will go on trial in Paris on Tuesday over the deaths of at least 31 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record.The accused men, alleged to be linked to people-smuggling networks, face charges including manslaughter and facilitating illegal immigration as part of an organised criminal group. Continue reading...

Corie Walsh charged with murder after two-year-old Barrett found dead in basement of Illinois family home last weekAn Illinois woman charged with killing her two-year-old son had been closely following the murder trial of Massachusetts mother Lindsay Clancy and was texting friends about the case just hours before her son was found dead, prosecutors said.Corie Walsh, 40, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder after her son, Barrett, was found dead in the basement of the family’s suburban Chicago home last Tuesday, according to court records obtained by NBC Chicago. Continue reading...

Three men on trial for killing Jake and Callum Robinson and Jack Carter Rhoad in Baja California in 2024The alleged killers of two Australian surfers and an American at a Mexican surfing hotspot in 2024 have gone on trial in the border resort where the three were murdered.The Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, aged 30 and 33, respectively, and their 30-year-old American friend Jack Carter Rhoad were shot dead after being robbed in Mexico’s violence-hit Baja California. Continue reading...

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Police received information nearly immediately after the killing. It took Las Vegas police 27 years to make an arrestFor years, US law enforcement officials blamed their failure to solve hip-hop star Tupac Shakur’s murder on the lack of cooperation from key witnesses, and on gang members’ “snitches get stitches” culture.But testimony in a much-delayed murder trial, which concluded this week, almost 30 years after Shakur’s death, highlighted just how much law enforcement officials knew about the shooting, and how early. Continue reading...

District attorney must decide whether to retry case after jury’s failure to reach verdict despite hours of deliberationLindsay Clancy, prosecutors, defense lawyers, the judge and millions watching on are back where they started after her five-week trial over the murder of her three children ended in a mistrial.America’s saddest case has ceased for the moment, but the legal wrangling is not over, and a second trial could now be on the horizon, prolonging and repeating an agonizing spectacle that has gripped America and the world. Continue reading...

Healthy middle-aged people deemed to be at higher risk of developing condition among those eligible to participatePeople without memory loss will be offered an experimental Alzheimer’s drug that could stop the development of the condition before dementia symptoms emerge.Healthy middle-aged people deemed to have a higher risk of developing the condition will be eligible to participate in the trial, which is being run by an NHS trust as part of an international clinical trial aiming to prevent dementia. Continue reading...

The case essentially goes back to the same status as before the trial began, and prosecutors have to decide whether to try againFull report: Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy caseSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA Massachusetts jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, a mother accused of murdering her three children, and a mistrial has been declared by Judge William Sullivan.The 12-person jury was made up of nine women and three men and, according to the notes given to the court, was split 11 to one. Continue reading...