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France heatwave's first major outage leaves 68,000 homes without power

France heatwave's first major outage leaves 68,000 homes without power RENNES, France: Europe's record-breaking heatwave left around 68,000 households without electricity in northwestern France on Wednesday (Jun 24), authorities said, in the country's first major power outage of the latest bout of extreme weather. The outage, which involved a transformer on the electricity grid, was related to extreme temperatures and did not injure anyone, the prefecture in the coastal department of...

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YouTube settles with teen averting new US addiction trial

YouTube settles with teen averting new US addiction trial SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube reached a confidential settlement with a 15-year-old American who accused the Google-owned platform and other social media networks of harming his mental health, three months after an unprecedented verdict in a similar case. Google spokesman Jose Castaneda confirmed the deal, saying the company had "built YouTube responsibly" for more than a decade and that its "focus remains on building age-appropriate products...

Watch: Heavy rain lashes Mumbai, Thane; landslide hits Malshej Ghat

Heavy rain continued to batter Mumbai and neighbouring districts on Wednesday, triggering a minor landslide at Malshej Ghat, inundating low-lying areas and prompting weather alerts across the region. A minor landslide was reported on Tuesday evening on the Malshej Ghat stretch connecting Thane and Pune districts. The incident occurred between the "wash point" and "umbrella point" between 6 pm and 7 pm, officials said.