Few places on the planet look less like Earth than the Danakil Depression, a scorched, sunken stretch of northeastern Ethiopia where the ground bubbles with acid, glows in shades of yellow and green, and sits low enough to trap some of the hottest average temperatures ever recorded anywhere on the surface of the planet. Streaks…
UK parents urged to stop sharing kids’ photos publicly Parents should avoid posting photographs of their children on public social media accounts as advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are making it easier for criminals to create child sexual abuse material (CSAM), the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) have warned.Issuing…
China’s President Xi Jinping has promoted two senior People’s Liberation Army (PLA) officers to the rank of general in a fresh shake-up of the military’s top leadership, as Beijing moves to rebuild its depleted command structure following years of anti-corruption purges. The appointments are widely seen as a precursor to a broader reorganisation at the…
Long before concrete and steel arrived in the Philippines, Filipino communities had already worked out how to live comfortably in a hot, humid and flood-prone archipelago; they simply raised their houses off the ground. The bahay kubo, or nipa hut, is the clearest example, a small home built from bamboo, wood and thatched nipa palm…
The White House took a swipe at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebrations by spoofing the couple’s viral marriage announcement on social media. The White House took a swipe at Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding celebrations by spoofing the couple’s viral marriage announcement on social media.In a post shared on its official X…
Mamdani delivers pro-immigration July 4 speech, says America’s strength lies in welcoming immigrants New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a pro-immigration address on Friday marking the eve of the United States’ 250th Independence Day celebrations, presenting an alternative vision of America to President Donald Trump hours before the president’s scheduled speech at Mount Rushmore.Speaking…
A massive wildfire raging in northern Portugal has scorched an estimated 10,000 hectares of forest, prompting the government to seek international assistance as extreme heat and dry conditions fuel multiple blazes across the country. The fire, which broke out on Wednesday night in the municipality of Vouzela in the district of Viseu, has left at…
Assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania (File photo) WASHINGTON: The US secret service did not receive 102 local radio transmissions about the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to a govt watchdog report released on Thursday.The agency was unaware of the transmissions on…
Blueface (Image Via Getty) Rapper Blueface abruptly ended a livestream after reacting to online claims involving his former partner Jaidyn Alexis and his former manager, Bravo. The moment, first shared by the X account @FearedBuck, showed Blueface looking through posts on his phone before making a few emotional comments. He laughed at times, but his…
‘A house without curtains cannot face the wind’ A house without curtains is not just exposed to wind. In Palestinian speech, it becomes a warning about fragility, about what happens when protection is missing where it is needed most.“بيت بلا ستارة ما بيستحمل ريح”“A house without curtains cannot withstand wind.”This proverb is short, domestic, and…
Rare 1776 copy of US Declaration of Independence discovered in London after 250 years A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, believed to have been lost for more than 250 years, has been discovered at Britain’s National Archives in London, making it the only known example of its kind to survive outside the United…
Two Indian men seen being detained by the police in Ohio in connection with a huge gold scam. In March this year, the Westlake Police Department in Ohio conducted an undercover operation after a 78-year-old woman became a victim of a gold scam, and arrested two suspects who were working as couriers. At that time,…
