Nine-storey building under construction collapses in the Philippines, 19 feared trapped
Officials said the building's walls and scaffolding had buckled, likely trapping people in a pile of debris.
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19 feared trapped after collapse at Philippines construction site
Initial reports suggest 24 people were rescued, and efforts to identify them are underway.
Jackbox's first externally published game looks like the shot in the arm the stealth genre needs, and it'll be out this year
Ha ha, get it, because it's called My Arms Are Longer Now.
Usyk rocked before stopping Verhoeven to retain heavyweight belts
Heavyweight boxing king Oleksandr Usyk retained his titles after a dramatic and controversial stoppage victory over kick-boxer Rico Verhoeven with a second left of the 11th round in Egypt on Saturday. In the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Verhoeven had rocked the
‘No nonsense’ Wall Street titans playing nice with Mamdani are part of the problem
Jamie Dimon and David Solomon — maybe the two most powerful bankers in New York — are invariably described as “tough,” “no nonsense” and “hard-charging.”
The Log from the Sea of Cortez: John Steinbeck’s Forgotten Masterpiece on How to Think and the Art of Seeing the Pattern Beyond the Particular
"Everything impinges on everything else... Everything is potentially everywhere."
'Six eggs used to be £1' - why everyday essentials cost so much more now
Six supermarket brand eggs cost £1 in 2022. How much are they now, why have they gone up, and is anyone profiteering?
Qinyuan, a quiet Chinese county hit by deadly coal mine disaster
Preliminary findings showed the company operating the mine had committed "serious" violations.
A 23-year-old D&D CRPG just got patched to add achievements and fix a bug that stopped you from earning XP
Time to go back to The Temple of Elemental Evil.
Ebola resurgence sparks global concern, travel restrictions: What to know
The resurgence of Ebola in central Africa is prompting international concern, with health officials issuing urgent warnings and travel restrictions as an outbreak linked to the rare Bundibugyo strain spreads. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health
With John Lennon as Muse, Palestinian Rapper Tamer Nafar Tells Stories of Past and Future
The DAM co-founder weaves family history, hip-hop, and political witness into an album shaped by loss and endurance
Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?
Indonesia plans to build a "giant sea wall," more than 500 kilometers long, to defend Java's north coast from rising sea levels.
Cannes Jury President Park Chan-wook Teases: ‘I Didn’t Want to Award the Palme d’Or to Any of the Films’
Cannes’ jury president, Park Chan-wook — long a Cannes favorite, never a Palme winner — managed to roast himself and plug his latest movie at the closing press conference of the 79th Cannes Film Festival. Park quipped that he struggled with the decision of which film should
East Africa wants to curb imports of used clothes. But it's not easy
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania are major importers of used garments from the West and China.
Great moments in PC gaming: Stealing and selling someone else's treasure in Sea of Thieves
It's what the pirate life is all about.
It's like the Olympics - except steroids are allowed
The first ever Enhanced Games are taking place this weekend in Las Vegas, with big names, big money and much controversy.
In Japan, divorce splits parents from children. Could a law change end sole custody?
An amendment to Japan's Civil Code looks set to allow shared parenting for the first time.
Rosenberg: Luhansk strike sparks Russian accusations and vow to retaliate
Eighteen people were killed and 42 others injured in the strike on the town in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.
Australia news live: Queensland police shoot dead man north of Brisbane; David Pocock calls for Senate inquiry into CGT changes for businesses
Shooting of man who was allegedly armed with a firearm at a house in Narangba to be investigated Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Climate activists say they have blocked two coal ships from entering Newcastle port Climate activists say they have
I survived a missile strike in the Strait of Hormuz, but my friend has not been found
Sunil Puniya was on his first sea job when a missile struck the oil tanker Skylight at the start of the Iran war.
China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing
One of the three astronauts is to stay on the Tiangong space station for a year.
Live Nation Operates in ‘Climate of Fear,’ Finds U.K. Trade Committee, Urges ‘Full Market Investigation’
The U.K.’s Parliamentary trade committee has urged the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the live music industry as a matter of urgency, saying that Live Nation operates in a “climate of fear.” The House of Commons Business and Trade Committee, a cross-party
Early locust warning systems are key to minimizing natural disasters, returning up to 680 times investment
A study of one of the world's longest-running disaster warning systems—desert locust monitoring—finds surveillance limits damages and generates returns of up to 680 times the investment. The new study, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research as part of its working
Suspected gunman dead after gunfire exchanged with Secret Service near White House
U.S. Secret Service shot and killed a man after he opened fire near the White House on Saturday, according to a spokesperson for the agency. The spokesperson said in a statement that an individual approached the area near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW shortly before 6
Blowing up the world
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is not an isolated episode but the latest in a series of blows to the global trade and economic order that was established after the Soviet Union’s fall in the early 1990s. Hormuz should probably be unblocked one way or another – and (update