Israel said it came under Iranian missile fire on Thursday after US President Donald Trump threatened to bomb the Islamic republic into the "Stone Ages" with heavy strikes in the next two to three weeks. In a speech from the White House, Trump sought to reassure war-weary
India’s Reliance Animation Academy and Tenali Rama Animation have unveiled “Ravana – The Lost Battle with Shri Ram,” one of India’s first student-led theatrical feature films, to be produced through an industry-education partnership. The project centers on Ravana, the
April 2 - Myanmar's parliament will hold a bicameral vote to elect a president on Friday, house speaker Aung Lin Dwe said on Thursday, with the country's former military chief and junta leader Min Aung Hlaing in the running for the position.
[Spotlight Initiative] UNITED NATIONS, New York - Grammy-winning artist Audrey Nuna - known to many as the singing voice of Mira in the film 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' - used her first appearance at the United Nations to call for greater investment in education for girls.
The Iran conflict has sent oil prices higher — and has stripped bare a long-ignored vulnerability in South Korea’s energy system. While the headlines focus on Middle Eastern tankers, the crisis reveals that this is not merely a supply problem dictated by geopolitics, but a
Bills including council tax, water, internet and broadband have increased, as well as food and fuel.
Four astronauts blasted off aboard a massive NASA rocket Wednesday on a long-anticipated journey around the moon, the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years.
[African Union] At the High-Level Forum on Sustainable #Health Financing, held on the margins of the Fifty-Eighth Session of the @ECA_OFFICIAL Conference of #African Ministers of Finance, Planning & Economic Development in Tangiers, Morocco this morning, the Chairperson of
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya and France have signed key hosting instruments for the upcoming Africa Forward Summit, paving the way for a high-level meeting expected to shape the continent's position ahead of the G7 Summit in June.
Scientists have discovered a new species of miniature marsupial frog in the Peruvian Amazon that carries its young in a natural pouch on its back, a research institute reported Wednesday.
One of the most anticipated Indian films in years has taken its first bow. On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, the makers of “Ramayana” unveiled a new trailer, offering audiences their most substantial look yet at Ranbir Kapoor in the role of Hindu God Lord Rama. The film is
Research in the International Journal of Business Information Systems suggests that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is remarkably uneven across Italian firms. While some may have made a deliberate choice not to use AI, of the many that are planning to use it, some
Kaʻiulani Murphy is quick to spot white terns flapping their wings when she's guiding Polynesian voyaging canoes across the Pacific.
An undersea magnitude -7.4 earthquake toppled buildings in parts of northern Indonesia, sent people fleeing from their homes, killed at least one person and generated a small tsunami Thursday.
Violence by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank has reached unprecedented levels since the start of the war with Iran, with NGOs and opposition figures denouncing an environment of impunity. While so-called "Jewish terrorism" has drawn
Dating back to ancient Persia, Nowruz, celebrated in March, marks the arrival of the vernal equinox and the first day of spring in Iran. Uniquely for this year, Nowruz occurred side by side with Eid al-Fitr, the most important festival among Muslims to celebrate the end of the
Luke Grimes, Miranda Lambert, Ava Phillippe, and more feature in the cinematic visual for the country singer's hit song
Trump told the White House briefing that the U.S. is going to hit Iran 'extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages, where they belong,' adding that discussions between Iran and the U.S. are ongoing
[The Conversation Africa] From the moment raw ingredients are harvested to when you cook and eat a meal, an invisible process is taking place: the growth of antimicrobial resistance. This happens when microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, and so on) stop responding to antibiotics or
[IPS] Tangier, Morocco -- Africa must move swiftly to harness data and frontier technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drive its economic growth and make the continent globally competitive in the digital economy, a senior official at the United Nations Economic
[The Conversation Africa] By Easter 2026 it was still not clear when - or how - the war initiated by Israel and the US against Iran would end. But what was already clear was that it would harm Africa in a number of ways.
[The Conversation Africa] Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species will cope with rising temperatures driven by climate
Initial investigation found a broker had offered to help a traveller from Singapore for a fee.
US tariffs stand at the highest rate in decades. But what has the impact been?
WASHINGTON/CAIRO, April 2 (Reuters) - Hopes for a swift end to the Middle East war faded on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed more aggressive strikes on Iran, in an eagerly anticipated address that disappointed investors hoping for clearer signals of a way out.
He called for de-escalation, having previously said Australia is not a participant in the war.
The bill "would be the only way at this point to truly prevent your child from accessing content you don't want them to see," Rep. Josh Gottheimer told The Post late Wednesday night.
A new study in American Antiquity presents evidence that the earliest known dice in human history were made and used by Native American hunter-gatherers on the western Great Plains more than 12,000 years ago at the end of the last Ice Age, long before the earliest known dice
The US president called on nations that need Gulf oil to take the lead to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
Speaking in his first national address since the war began on 28 February, Trump sought to reassure war-weary Americans that the offensive was worth the effort.
A study of ancient artifacts suggests Native American dice games began thousands of years earlier than previously documented.
A new archeological finding shows that Native Americans were exploring probability through games of chance far earlier than their Old World counterparts
The quake struck between the islands of Manado and Ternate. Tsunami warnings have now been lifted.
In the holiday hotspots of the Costa del Sol, the risks are rarely mentioned. But in neighbouring Cádiz, the country’s first tsunami-ready town is leading by example Even on a wet, wintry day in Málaga, the Mediterranean looks benign. But only 25 miles (40km) south-west of its
Colorectal cancer may carry a unique microbial “fingerprint,” setting it apart from other cancers and opening a new frontier in diagnosis and treatment. By analyzing DNA from over 9,000 patients, researchers discovered that only colorectal tumors consistently host distinct
JAKARTA, April 2 - A fire broke out at a liquefied petroleum gas filling station near a residential area in Indonesia's Bekasi regency, east of the capital Jakarta, injuring at least 12, state news agency Antara said on Thursday, citing the local disaster mitigation agency.
TAIPEI, April 2 (Reuters) - A delay in approving Taiwan's budget this year threatens T$78 billion ($2.44 billion) in weapons procurement, maintenance and training, a senior defence ministry official said on Thursday. Defence spending is set to increase by 22.9% to T$949.5
"Is Netanyahu real or AI?" an internet headline blared, pointing to a video that supposedly showed the Israeli prime minister with six fingers. But the clip was real. Speculation spiraled online that Netanyahu might be dead or wounded in an Iranian strike and that Israel was
The voyage should last approximately 10 days in total, and aims to pave the way for a Moon landing in 2028.
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said during a primetime address Wednesday that the US military’s “little journey” in Iran will conclude “very shortly.” “We are systematically dismantling the regime’s ability to threaten America or project power outside of their borders.
There were some glaring omissions in the president's primetime address, writes the BBC's Gary O'Donoghue.
President Trump delivered a primetime address about the war on Iran on Wednesday evening, more than a month after hostilities commenced. Trump’s decision to launch the war, in conjunction with Israel, has come to look more and more risky. The conflict has been unpopular since
The government has said it needs to spend more to deter China.
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
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) joined Democratic lawmakers in supporting the U.S.’s membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), after President Trump said he was considering withdrawing from the alliance. “NATO is the most successful military alliance in
There was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the launch, writes the BBC's Pallab Ghosh.
High in a South American rainforest canopy, scientists have discovered a bizarre new termite species that looks strikingly like a miniature sperm whale. Named Cryptotermes mobydicki, this tiny insect has an elongated head and concealed mandibles that give it an uncanny
All affected products have been fully recalled and replaced with correctly manufactured items.