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A mystery great white dubbed “Bruce” has triggered safety alerts across Adelaide’s southern coastline this Easter.

BEIJING: Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday (Apr 4), the first time these machines have raced alongside humans over a 21 km course. The robots from Chinese manufacturers such as DroidVP and Noetix Robotics came in all shapes and sizes, some shorter than 120 cm, others as tall as 1.8 m. One company boasted that its robot looked almost human, with feminine features and the ability to wink and smile. Some firms tested their robots for weeks before the race. Beijing officials have described the event as more akin to a race…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Neil Woodford picked an auspicious week to try a resurrection. The former UK fund manager, whose eponymous investment boutique collapsed in 2019, announced plans for a new “investment strategy platform” — dubbed “W4.0” — on Holy Monday. Woodford was once accused by regulators of having a “defective” understanding of his responsibilities for managing liquidity risks. It is for higher powers to decide whether he deserves forgiveness. Irrespective, this pitch for a new service offering “followable investment strategies designed by Neil Woodford, that you…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.The writer is a managing director at Frontline Analysts and the author of The Unaccountability MachineThe bank supervisors of the world are, through speeches and “Dear CEO” letters, warning their charges of the need to prepare for elevated geopolitical risk. This might be mere irony or subconscious projection, but financial regulation has its own geopolitical issues — arguably more serious than anything faced by the banks themselves.Consider the so-called Basel III endgame, the last stage of the post-crisis regulatory reforms for banks.…

An aggressive sea lion sent surfers running this week after it repeatedly went after them, even coming onto the beach, video of the incident showed. The sea lion was suffering from severe domoic acid, which is caused by an unprecedented toxic algae bloom in the area that affects the animals’ brains, causing them to be more aggressive, experts said, FOX 11 reported. It has affected thousands of sea lions and other sea life in the area, killing more dolphins than in years past and at least two whales. PAIR OF SEA LIONS CHASE PEOPLE, CHARGE THROUGH CROWDS ONCE AGAIN AT CALIFORNIA’S LA JOLLA…

British actor Ralph Fiennes has dramatically transformed himself through his fitness journey. The “Harry Potter” star known for his portrayal of Lord Voldemort in the popular film series, showed off his bulked-up physique in shirtless photos. Fiennes flexed his muscles in the new pictures, showcasing the work he’d done to portray Odysseus in 2024’s “The Return.”‘JAMES BOND’ STAR RALPH FIENNES SAYS KING CHARLES VISITING MOVIE SET PROVOKED ‘SPECTRUM OF RESPONSES’ British actor Ralph Fiennes showed off his bulked-up physique in shirtless photos. (Ralph Fiennes/X)The 62-year-old’s transformation has sparked widespread praise, and many fans applauded his commitment to physical health and fitness.Several fans…

Signage at 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe House Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating 23andMe’s decision to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has expressed concern that its sensitive genetic data is “at risk of being compromised,” CNBC has learned.Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., and Rep. Gary Palmer, R.-Ala., sent a letter to 23andMe’s interim CEO Joe Selsavage on Thursday requesting answers to a series of questions about its data and privacy practices by May 1. The congressmen are the latest government officials to…

Daria Kozyreva used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest Russia’s war on Ukraine.A Russian court has handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Daria Kozyreva, a young activist who used 19th-century poetry and graffiti to protest the war in Ukraine. A Reuters news agency witness in the court on Friday said Kozyreva, 19, was found guilty of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army after she put up a poster with lines of Ukrainian verse on a public square and gave an interview to Sever.Realii, a Russian-language service of Radio Free Europe. She has been sentenced to two years…

The American Civil Liberties Union appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, asking for an emergency injunction against the Trump administration from deporting Venezuelan nationals held in Texas back to South America under the rarely used Alien Enemies Act. The Supreme Court previously ruled there are restrictions on how the government can use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, including that those targeted under it are entitled to a hearing before being deported. Hours before appealing to the Supreme Court on Friday, the ACLU had asked two federal judges for an injunction on the deportations. One of the judges, James E. Boasberg,…

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Hertz — Shares of the rental car company soared nearly 16%, extending the gains seen in the previous session. On Wednesday, the stock skyrocketed more than 56% after Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square disclosed that it had taken a sizable stake in the name. UnitedHealth — The stock plunged more than 19% after the insurer’s first-quarter results missed analysts’ estimates. UnitedHealth reported adjusted earnings of $7.20 per share on revenue of $109.58 billion, below the $7.29 in earnings per share and $111.60 billion that analysts surveyed by LSEG were looking for. The…