Rising ocean temperatures and lingering industrial toxins are proving deadly for short-beaked common dolphins in UK waters. Researchers led by the Zoological Society of London have drawn a clear connection between environmental stress and the spread of infectious disease in
The food bank in Darlington says it can no longer afford to pay four out of five of its staff.
Plants, especially flowering ones, are often grown along roads to beautify cities. Now, a new Singapore study has found that such small artificial green spaces beside busy roads are also beneficial to butterflies, which are important pollinators in urban ecosystems.
[Vanguard] Nearly seven out of 10 children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are unable to understand a simple text by age 10, a report by the Global Coalition for Foundational Learning has said. The meaning is that such children suffer from Leaning Poverty.
Argentina's Forum of Journalists (Fopea) Tuesday condemned President Javier Milei for his "aggravating and violent expressions" against journalists Jorge Fernández Díaz, Carlos Pagni, and Alfredo Leuco, whom he accused of "poisoning people," lying, and causing economic harm.
Relatives of the victims of the April 8 roof collapse at the iconic Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, killing 231 people on site and 10 others after hospitalization, insisted Tuesday that they intended to file lawsuits against the facilities' owners.
Milkias Maekele is among the growing number of African cyclists with a professional deal, and the Eritrean teenager has been tipped to follow in the footsteps of Biniam Girmay.
Archaeologists believe they have discovered the birthsite of Alexander the Great’s grandmother in North Macedonia.
This story is the third in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. As the precipitous rise in housing costs over the past decade has put buying a traditional home out of reach for many Americans, a growing number are turning to nontraditional alternatives.
The Commerce Department and its National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are already refiring probationary employees after a temporary court restraining order was lifted. The Trump administration first attempted to get rid of the employees, who were recently hired
Congressional Democrats are growing concerned that their hopes of bringing home a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador may be slipping away, even as they struggle with how to push for his return. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
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"Europe is still a peace project. We don't have bros or oligarchs making the rules. We don't invade our neighbours, and we don't punish them," Ursula von der Leyen said in a wide-ranging interview with the Zeit newspaper.
Jeezy is now facing a countersuit from one of his former managers, following a lawsuit he filed against the manager over a financial disagreement..
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that Iran's enrichment of uranium as part of its nuclear programme was "non-negotiable" after US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff called for a halt. "Iran's enrichment is a real, accepted matter. We are ready to build confidence in
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Cuts to disaster agency and deregulation of fossil fuels, plus rise of water-guzzling datacentres, highlighted in new report The Trump administration ’s sweeping cuts to the federal climate disaster agency – and the full-throttle deregulation of fossil fuels and water-guzzling
Trump nominee Ed Martin’s 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.
It is 2016, and the City Council of Sausalito—a wealthy enclave on a hill overlooking Richardson Bay, north of San Francisco—is holding a public meeting about its plans to build a shelter for people experiencing homelessness. A man in a San Francisco Giants jacket gets up and
Republican lawmakers are quietly hoping the Supreme Court will hit the brakes on President Trump’s trade war, which has become a growing political liability for the GOP even with the president’s pause of much of his tariff regime. The high court has ruled in favor of Trump
Things are pretty grim right now for American democracy. President Donald Trump’s first few months back in power have (correctly) received the most attention for the damage he’s done to constitutional government. But a court battle in North Carolina over the last unresolved
It was just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, and bleary-eyed reporters aboard Air Force One were halfway through a roughly 30-minute flight from Miami to Palm Beach, Fla. That’s when members of the traveling press pool got word that President Trump was going to pop by the press cabin of
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has slashed thousands of federal jobs and decimated entire departments and agencies, leaving a trail of chaos and dysfunction in its wake. One thing it hasn’t done, however, is meaningfully cut spending. At the end of January as
Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed Russian troops fighting in Ukraine as "heroes" at last year's 9 May event.
The Chinese Embassy in Argentina issued a strong rebuke against US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent for his statements during his visit to Buenos Aires on Monday, accusing him of "maliciously slandering" China by labeling its bilateral swap agreement with Argentina as
Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) Tuesday approved the first vaccine against chikungunya, a viral disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which also spreads dengue and Zika.
A Russian drone strike injured three in Odesa, damaging civilian infrastructure. Over the past day, Russia conducted 109 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements.
ECB expected to cut rates by 25bp to 2.25%—its sixth straight reduction—as inflation cools and tariff risks rise. Economists see the move as insurance amid growth shocks and US-EU tensions weighing on sentiment and policy outlook.
Democratic contender Nathan Sage, who's the executive director of the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, is launching a Senate bid to take on Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) next year in Iowa. Sage made that announcement official on Wednesday; in his campaign launch and an interview with
Former Argentine President Alberto Fernández (2019–2023) has been indicted by a Buenos Aires Federal Court of Appeals and will therefore face trial for gender-based violence against his former partner and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez, it was announced Tuesday.
The tech billionaire is embroiled in a row with the government over black empowerment legislation.
The new study will attach the pig liver to up to 20 patients in a bid to give their own livers time to regenerate.
[Radio Dalsan] A fresh contingent of Djiboutian soldiers touched down in Beledweyne on Tuesday, marking the latest phase of troop deployment under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), which officially succeeded ATMIS earlier this year.
Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his ex-wife, Nadine Heredia, were sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated money laundering related to illicit funds used during the 2011 campaign. In both cases, their pretrial detention counts as time served. The couple
Nvidia shares have fallen more than 5% in after-hours trading after the US said the chipmaker would require a licence to sell H20 chips to China.
Although there is increased speculation of more interest rate cuts this year, sticky-high inflation, which remains above the Bank of England's 2% threshold and an escalating global tariff war continue to be concerns.
Efficiency + Convenience. Not everything is industrialized. A backyard garden, a freelance editor, even a chef with a hands-on restaurant. These folks are building a practice and producing value, but they haven’t embraced industrialization. That happens when management steps
Disney’s live-action “Snow White” has been banned from playing in movie theaters in Lebanon due to the presence in the film of Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who plays the role of the the Evil Queen. The ban was ordered by Lebanon’s Interior Minister Ahmad Al-Hajjar who, according
The Austrian military engineer Conrad Haas was a man ahead of his time — indeed, about 400 years ahead, considering that he was working on rockets aimed for outer space back in the mid-sixteenth century. Needless to say, he never actually managed to launch anything into the
Slim Thug believes he might have a shot with Megan Thee Stallion, pointing to the fact that she danced to a few of his songs at Coachella
The Italian prime minister’s visit to Washington is high-stakes, risking her political capital in Europe and at home on a meeting with possible negative outcomes.
There's a sensation that you experience—near a plane taking off or a speaker bank at a concert—from a sound so total that you feel it in your very being. When this happens, not only do your brain and ears perceive it, but your cells may also.
In a blockbuster antitrust trial that’s just getting underway, the Federal Trade Commission is making its case that Meta ( META ) abused its social-networking dominance as part of a “ buy or bury ” strategy to squash emerging threats. Read more...
Harvard University has declared that enough is enough, and it’s now openly refusing to buckle to Trump’s command for subservience on multiple fronts. In response, Trump erupted on Truth Social like a petty tin-pot dictator, raging that Harvard should lose its tax exempt status
It’s no secret that getting married isn’t cheap — the average U.S. wedding costs $35,000. But not having tens of thousands of dollars to drop on a day shouldn’t prevent you from celebrating your nuptials. Read more...
The UK accounting regulator says it will look at whether EY met accounting standards.
