Thousands of endangered species in British Columbia are not receiving the help they need to survive, according to new Simon Fraser University research. B.C. is Canada's most biodiverse province, but analysis of nearly 20 years of data indicates that very few of its threatened
All affected products have been fully recalled and replaced with correctly manufactured items.
SYDNEY, April 2 - Australia is introducing a raft of measures to curb gambling advertising, including banning promotions by celebrities and sports stars, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.
By Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump staunchly defended his handling of the month-old, U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in a prime-time address on Wednesday, saying the U.S. military was nearing completion of its mission while also
The passenger fell seriously ill on a flight from Incheon to Manila on March 24.
Little has seemingly gone as Washington planned in the war against Iran. The Iranian people have not risen up, one hard-line leader has been replaced by another, Iranian missiles and drones keep hitting targets across the Middle East, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, driving
President Trump said the U.S. war in Iran was nearing its end during a primetime address to the nation on Wednesday, but details about the operation’s path forward remain vague as his poll numbers slump and gas prices rise. In a televised address from the Cross Hall at the
NASA's Artemis 2 mission launched Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in December 1972 — 54 years ago.
Researchers at the University of Manchester have used artificial intelligence to uncover a complex picture behind England's long-running productivity puzzle, challenging the idea that the country's economic performance can be explained by a simple North-South divide. In a major
Trump's first televised address of the conflict with Iran did little to quell uneasy markets.
Number one was of course himself, the voice of Mario's brother in the movies
As Australia faces renewed strategic tension and the heightened prospect of conflict abroad, new Flinders University research warns that many veterans and their families—the very people relied upon to protect the nation—are being failed long after their service ends.
International Emmy-winning Indian comedian Vir Das has set his next directorial venture. Found-footage horror film “Baara Number” will be produced via Das’ banner Zazu Productions. The project sees Das reunited with Kavi Shastri, with whom he co-directed his directorial debut,
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 12 of “The Masked Singer,” “Finals,” which aired March 25 on Fox. The stars aligned for Ashlee Simpson, who was unmasked on the Season 14 finale of Fox’s “The Masked Singer” as Galaxy Girl, this season’s champion and winner
A grand jury in a Manhattan federal court on Wednesday charged a friend of former New York City Mayor Eric Adams for his alleged involvement in a fraud scheme that cost medical insurance programs tens of millions of dollars. Zhan Petrosyants, who goes by "Johnny," was taken
President Donald Trump addressed an uneasy nation on Wednesday as the United States’ war with Iran entered its second month. He used the prime time slot to briefly address skyrocketing gas prices, outline indeterminate next steps and flaunt his victories in the conflict thus
JAKARTA, April 2 - An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 struck in Indonesia's Northern Molucca Sea on Thursday, killing one person, damaging some buildings and triggering tsunami waves, authorities and witnesses said.
Australia marks 50 years of monitoring the world's cleanest air in remote northwest Tasmania at Kennaook / Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station, supporting global efforts to track human-driven changes to the atmosphere.
Tiffany Young, the Los Angeles-born K-pop pioneer who came of age as a lead member of Girls’ Generation, has signed with Pacific Music Group in a 360 deal that covers both recording and management. Her first release under the arrangement is penciled in for May 2026, landing on
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” now playing in theaters. “Mario” video game fans are in for another treat with “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” the sequel to the first animated blockbuster that grossed more than $1 billion at the
President Trump threatened to annihilate Iran’s energy infrastructure if its leaders refuse to agree to a peace deal in the coming weeks, reiterating a threat that many legal experts say would violate international laws of war. “I can say tonight we are on track to complete all
As of March 22, the country recorded 16,355 confirmed measles cases since the start of 2026.
The DNC and the party’s campaign committees asked a judge to block the executive action that seeks to limit mail voting.
The Malaysian govt is seeking to shore up public confidence amid a global energy crunch.
Three Indonesian UN peacekeepers were killed in two separate incidents in Lebanon on March 29 and 30.
WASHINGTON, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Washington will strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and hit the country into the "Stone Ages." "We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We
Civil servants at the central and regional levels will begin working from home every Friday.
Natura 2000 is regarded as a milestone in nature conservation: this network of around 27,000 protected areas across the EU is designed to preserve wild plant and animal species and their habitats. It is the world's largest network of protected areas across countries.
NASA launched the Artemis II moon mission on Wednesday, April 1—a date that will enable the crew to observe the moon pass in front of the sun from space
Lawyers for Naveed Akram had argued his mother, brother and sister live in 'constant fear'.
April 1 - Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a 10-day trip around the moon that would be the farthest humans have ever traveled and a major step toward returning people to the lunar surface this decade.
The judge said the mass shooting has caused "unprecedented public interest, anger, outrage and grief".
SYDNEY, April 2 - A man accused of one of Australia's worst ever mass shootings on Thursday lost a bid to prevent media from reporting the identities of his family.
The planet Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and also the most difficult for spacecraft to visit and explore. This is because as spacecraft get closer to Mercury, the sun's enormous gravity pulls in the spacecraft, greatly increasing its speed and making it hard to slow
The powers will force fuel suppliers to provide detailed information on their supply chains.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has walked back a controversial policy to review major expenditures, implemented by former Secretary Kristi Noem. In an emailed statement on Wednesday night, a DHS spokesperson told The Hill that DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin
Ottawa, April 1 - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed developments in the Middle East conflict. (Reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa)
A new international study offers insights into the health risks posed by crops' absorption of "contaminants of emerging concern" (CECs) and flags knowledge gaps the authors say must be addressed. CECs include pharmaceuticals, microplastics, engineered nanomaterials and PFAS
April 2 - A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Northern Molucca Sea off the coast of Ternate, Indonesia, on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for neighouring countries.
This would be like us saying 'Remember the good old days of, uh, 2016?'
New York University (NYU) has temporarily closed its campus in Abu Dhabi after Iran said U.S. universities in the Middle East were “legitimate targets” amid ongoing military operations in the region. NYU had already moved classes completely online in early March, following the
In a society increasingly shaped by self-checkouts, GPS navigation and touchscreen ordering kiosks, new research shows face-to-face conversation may be quietly fading. A new study published in Perspectives on Psychological Science suggests that people are losing 338 spoken
When appearing on Billy Corgan's podcast, Love urged Grohl to tell his fan base of "straight white males" to stop "picking" on her
Democrat Analilia Mejia and Republican Joe Hathaway battled it out in a heated debate for New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s (D) former U.S. House seat, with support for Israel being a notable flash point between the candidates. During the Wednesday debate, Mejia was asked if she
“ LLM-generated passwords…appear strong, but are fundamentally insecure , because LLMs are designed to predict tokens – the opposite of securely and uniformly sampling random characters.”
Butterfly fossils are rare, and finds that preserve fine anatomical details and wing patterns are an absolute exception. An international research team from Sweden, the U.S., and Germany, led by Dr. Hossein Rajaei, lepidopterist at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart,
In this new Makan Kakis series that takes you across the Causeway, Mediacorp Gold 905’s Denise Tan tries eating tawa chicken briyani served on banana leaves with her hands – under the guidance of Oli 968's RJ Vimala – at an eatery inspired by a railway station.
A 2,000-year-old papyrus fragment, discovered in the archives of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, reveals 30 previously unpublished verses by Empedocles, a pre-Socratic philosopher of the fifth century BCE. This discovery offers researchers direct access
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” now playing in theaters. Just like its predecessor, “The Super Mario Galaxy” movie is packed with characters, enemies and power-ups from the entire history of “Mario” video games — but this time
Indonesian broadcaster Metro TV reported one person had died from falling rubble in the Manado area.