On the western side of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, sits Myuna Bay, a quiet bay with meadows of seagrass waving beneath the water. The most common marine plant species you find there is Zostera muelleri. It has long ribbon-like leaves that grow from stems
Michael Pennington, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who also appeared in “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi,” has died, according to The Telegraph. He was 82. In “Return of the Jedi,” Pennington appeared as Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod, an Empire admiral responsible for
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday stressed the need for bipartisan cooperation to address maternal healthcare gaps. On Mother’s Day, the two spoke to host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” about their work to improve
The Trump administration on Sunday launched the website Moms.Gov on Mother’s Day in an effort to help provide resources to expecting women and their families. The site’s tagline says it's “addressing the needs of mothers and fathers who face difficult or unexpected pregnancies
The UK and France will on Tuesday host a multinational meeting of defence ministers on military plans to restore trade flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the British government said. The announcement came hours after Iran warned London and Paris against sending warships to the
The war in the Middle East has hit Southeast Asia’s energy, fertiliser and food supply simultaneously, prompting new regional solutions - but turning them into action could prove difficult, say observers.
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON/BEIJING, May 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to discuss Iran, Taiwan, artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons as they weigh extending a critical minerals deal, according to
Iranian authorities have imposed an internet ban but using trusted sources, special correspondent Fergal Keane hears from those traumatised by conflict and government repression.
A dissident in Tehran says she feels helpless and under immense psychological pressure.
Iranian authorities on Sunday released Nobel peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi on bail following growing alarm over her health and she has already been transferred to Tehran for medical treatment, her supporters said. After 10 days of hospitalisation in Zanjan in northern
Sometimes the price wasn't missing; its disclosure was just delayed. That's what Minzhe Xu, assistant professor of marketing in Iowa State University's Ivy College of Business, and his fellow researchers noticed when shopping online. A growing number of retailers were asking
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated, for the first time, a single quantum of vibrational energy interacting with a single atomic spin, seeding a pathway to quantum technologies that use sound as an
Malaysia's RM5 meals are becoming harder to find as rising costs squeeze both operators and consumers.
While congressional Republicans have coalesced around a plan to fund immigration enforcement, there are plenty more intraparty battles that will make for rocky legislating for the summer. At the crux of many of the disputes is anxiety about the looming midterm elections that
President Trump on Sunday slammed the Iranian government’s response to his administration’s peace proposal. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform, “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called ‘Representatives.’ I don’t like it — TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” The
Make no mistake, the Bastl Kalimba is a synthesizer, you just play it like a kalimba. Its tines don't really make much sound. There is an internal mic that you can blend in for a little acoustic spice, but it's mostly driven by the synth engine that combines physical modeling
On Sunday, President Trump said federal agencies "must buy American" in a Truth Social post, doubling down on his push to prioritize the use of products manufactured, developed and produced in the United States. “ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES MUST BUY AMERICAN — NO EXCUSES! For
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Sunday called a recent Virginia Supreme Court ruling rolling back redistricting in the state “disgraceful,” saying the court “suckered the people of Virginia.” “So, what the Virginia Supreme Court did was not only wrong, it was disgraceful. They
Taiwan's Parliament approved extra defence spending of US$25 billion (S$32 billion) on May 8.
It’s anything but a dry spell commercially for Kacey Musgraves right now, as her “Middle of Nowhere” album debuted with the best opening-week numbers of her career to date, 100,000 equivalent album units. The recent Variety gover gal landed at a solid No. 3 with that figure.
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.) said Sunday that the Supreme Court sent the country “backwards in time” by declaring Louisiana's addition of a second majority-Black congressional district an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The high court ruled last month, in a 6-3
As the ADL’s national director for nearly 30 years, he battled antisemitism and other forms of prejudice, building the group into a powerful watchdog.
