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“You can run really fast and then have a 20-minute break, or you could run slow and have a one-minute break,” Harder said. “The idea is you run as fast or as slow as you want. You just have to get the 6.7 kilometres done every hour and be ready to go the next hour.”The race continues until runners are eliminated by failing to complete a loop in the allotted time, choosing to stop or, ultimately, until one runner remains. The math adds up quickly. Completing 24 loops means running 160.8 kilometres, or 100 miles. Harder’s 42-loop performance in Lethbridge amounted to about 281 kilometres, or 175 miles, and was enough to place him among the top qualifying performances during the two-year qualification period. The world team championship is held every two years, alternating with an individual world championship. For the team event, each country has up to 15 runners. The athletes start their loops at the same time, with each country’s total number of completed loops added together at the end. “The team with the highest total loops around is the world team championship, or world team champion,” Harder said.

Last February, a Tomahawk cruise missile struck an Iranian elementary school, killing more than 150 people, most of them children. President Trump initially suggested that it could have been somebody else's Tomahawk: "Whether it's Iran or somebody else, the fact that a Tomahawk – a Tomahawk is very generic, it's sold to other countries, but that's being investigated right now," he said. When Iran put out video as evidence that it was a U. S. missile, Hany Farid, one of the world's foremost experts on deepfakes, was contacted by several media outlets to determine if it was real or fake. A professor at Dartmouth College, Farid is also co-founder of GetReal Security, a cyber security firm. "What was difficult about this case was you had very little to work on," he said. "We had a very grainy, shaky video. The missile is extremely small. And we had to reason about the physical plausibility of that missile striking the ground. " But he also had certain aspects that he could study scientifically, involving the speed of sound, the speed of light, and the size of the missile: "And those three things were enough for us to say that this is physically plausible," he said.

Headless guitars, AI tone sculpting, too many damn options… What’s the gear trend you’ve never understood?

4 October 2026Isabelle Gerretsen, Martha Henriques and Jocelyn TimperleyScott Suriano/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife AwardsFrom a fitness-obsessed bear to a rather rude orangutan, here are 10 of the most amusing photos of the animal kingdom this year. A scowling owl, bears sharing a laugh and a leisurely praying mantis are among the finalists of the 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards. In the photo above, a female brown bear was captured appearing to do her morning exercises around Lake Clark in Alaska, US. Her workout routine included some bicycle kicks as she appeared to get herself ready for the summer season. Scroll down to see nine more entertaining photos of nature's top comedians. Caught red-handed Udo Harms/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife AwardsThis red squirrel was caught red-handed in Germany while biting off more than it could chew. The squirrel managed to chomp through the huge mouthful, while striking a dramatic pose. Elegant landingTapani Linnanmäki/ Nikon Comedy Wildlife AwardsPhotographer Tapani Linnanmäki caught this white-tailed eagle touching down on watery sea ice on Finland's western coast.

The 46,000-seat venue was planned 350 metres above ground inside The Line, one of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's flagship projects A design plan for The Line, a proposed 500-metre-tall development in Saudi Arabia’s Neom project, 26 July 2022 (Neom/AFP)

DP World Tour sets strict terms for LIV Golf players seeking a return after bankruptcy. Sergio Garcia and others face tough conditions to rejoin.

Australia must turn its claim to Pacific climate leadership into concrete action Governments urged to end fossil fuel era and deliver scaled up grants-based climate finance

Saudi Arabia’s ambitious preparations for the 2034 World Cup have encountered a significant hurdle following reports that plans for a flagship stadium have been put on ice. The proposed venue, central to the kingdom's futuristic Neom development, was intended to be a crown jewel of the first-ever 48-team tournament hosted by a single nation.

An Asian Olympic chief said Sunday that more than 50 world records at the Games in Japan proved the event was a success, despite numerous complaints from disgruntled teams. The Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya saw a catalogue of mishaps, from athletes bussed to the wrong venues to the North Korean national anthem played for the South Korean hockey team.

Doing the Metroidvania very well. Why yes, another Metroidvania is gracing the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s been a pretty astonishing avalanche of high-quality titles in this genre over the last few years. Ever since Hollow Knight and the return of 2D Metroid, it’s been such a pleasure to see other developers reinterpret, add and challenge the conventions of the genre. Enter Well Dweller from Kyle Thompson Games, which is another fantastic game you should absolutely not overlook in 2026. Well Dweller sees you playing as Glimmer, a bird that lives with their family in a small well. They may very well be the last bird family in the kingdom as the cruel queen has ordered all her hunters to capture the birds for their feathers to create a dress. But the family needs food, and the scraps from the hunters will have to do. Alas, misfortune arrives and Glimmer’s family is taken away. Armed with nothing but a large matchstick, Glimmer sets out to rescue their siblings and mother from the clutches of the queen.