US President Donald Trump’s decision to block ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz presents China with a sticky choice: to accept Trump’s prohibition on trade with Iran, Beijing’s staunch ally, or challenge the closure and turn this Middle East conflict into a duel between
Venus, often called Earth's twin, is in fact a planet of extremes. Beneath its thick carbon dioxide atmosphere are crushing surface temperatures and dense clouds of sulfuric acid. While the planet's main cloud layer sits between 47 and 70 kilometers above the surface,
The talks are aimed at securing a ceasefire in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon but are likely to be fraught with difficulty.
Gaza's civil defence agency said on Tuesday four people, one of them a toddler, were killed in an Israeli strike in the northern part of the Palestinian territory. Violence continues to grip the war-torn Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire which came into effect on October 10, with
MUMBAI, April 14 - At Indian startup Pronto's training hub, women hone their chopping and mopping skills while learning how to send SOS signals if they feel unsafe inside customers' homes. They are set to join India's newest consumer craze: house help for $1 an hour.
An Adelaide University study has revealed that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) found in tap water, at levels currently considered safe, affected the development of embryos, causing irreversible damage that may be passed on to future generations. The researchers
An interactive explainer on the physics of GPS . “The answer is in some ways simpler than you’d expect, and in other ways more complex. GPS is fundamentally a translation tool: it converts time into distance.”
What do bats do at night when they're not hunting? Using tiny GPS trackers, Leiden researchers discovered that pond bats spend a substantial portion of the night resting—often outdoors. This surprising insight could change the way we protect them. "To rest or to roam:
Sealed Truth is now unsealed.
Pool of Madness is a terrifying look into a irrational dimension where I'm slightly better at pool.
Families will be able to get help with back to school costs for children in reception to Year 11.
The financial services firm Ally has worked to carve out new roosts in sports that in years past might never have been shown on TV. Ally is a major sponsor of the Unrivaled three-on-three women’s basketball league and plans to invest ad dollars in “Women’s Sports Sundays,” a
Donald Trump’s social media post attacking Pope Leo XIV as “weak” left late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel in disbelief during their respective April 13 episodes. Both men regularly bash Trump during their monologues, but the president’s tirade against the Pope
Vice President JD Vance thinks economic terrorism is OK—as long as President Donald Trump’s the one doing it. Speaking to Fox News Monday night, the vice president made a startling admission about how Donald Trump intended to end the war in Iran. “When it comes to weapons of
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday will join talks between Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors — the nations' first direct talks in decades — as they strive to find a workable peace deal within the short-term ceasefire that is keeping the U.S., Israel and Iran from
CAIRO, April 14 (Reuters) - An Israeli airstrike on a police vehicle in Gaza City on Tuesday killed at least four people, including a child, health officials in the territory said, in the latest violence overshadowing a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement. Medics and witnesses
By Samia Nakhoul and Maayan Lubell DUBAI, April 14 (Reuters) - The Iran war was meant to deliver a defining victory over Tehran that would secure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's place in history. More than six weeks into the conflict, he has been unable to translate
Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say As scientists confirmed that March was the United States’s most abnormally hot month in recorded history, dozens of climate deniers gathered to promote misinformation and tout
The financial body cuts its growth forecast for the UK and warns the war threatens to throw the global economy "off course".
At least two ships sailing from Iranian ports crossed the Hormuz Strait on Monday despite a US military blockade, maritime tracking data indicated Tuesday. They were among at least four Iran-linked vessels that used the route after Washington's blockade came into effect at 1400
Israel said it was open to peace with Lebanon ahead of the first direct talks in decades between the neighbours Tuesday, but that Hezbollah remained the "problem" blocking an agreement on ending fighting. The United States is pressing for a halt to the conflict between Israel
Nick Apostolides, the voice behind Leon S. Kennedy, tells us his favorite Resident Evil one-liner.
"Mother Mary," as it takes the leap into Gothic metaphysical fantasy, becomes almost completely incoherent, and stays that way. It’s like an exorcist movie where the devil is a piece of bolt fabric.
