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Iran School Bombing: Grounds To Believe US Was Behind Atrocity, UN Finds
A UN fact-finding mission on Iran has said there are reasonable grounds to believe the US was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in February, and that these constitut...
Spermageddon, ‘Greedy Jobs’ And Abject Fear: Why Birth Rates Are Plummeting – And Why It Matters
Generation Maybe is the most tactful possible title for Camilla Cavendish’s bracing new book – because the trend she’s describing is anything but a “maybe”. “The wave of childlessness that is sweeping...
2025 Was Among Driest Years On Record For World’s Rivers, Study Finds
Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a comprehensive study of global water resources has found.The assessment of the global water cycle by ...
De Cuyper And Brighton Pile On Pain For Manchester United With Comeback
Across four days Manchester United have lost the 199th derby against Manchester City, were told by JJ Gabriel that he wants to leave, and now they have been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Brighton....
Top Trump Military Adviser Says US Must Prepare To Fight Around Moon
American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US...
Send in the clowns: the new guard of activists combating the right
On a humid morning on 15 July, Tillie the Clown, a Brooklyn-based drag performer whose real name is Taylor Horne, was waiting to be let inside a New York City council meeting. Horne had started gettin...
Cassandra Wilson obituary
Cassandra Wilson, the double Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and songwriter who has died aged 70, was described in 2001 by Time magazine as “America’s best singer”. Superlatives accompanied Wilson throug...
Are you cleaning your cat litter box correctly?
Throughout history, people have revered cats. Ancient Egyptians worshipped feline deities. In Norse mythology, the Viking goddess Freya rode around in a sled pulled by two cats. And my father regularl...
‘Godfather of AI’ says tech regulation is nearing Covid-style pivot moment
Concerns over AI safety are reaching a point where governments realise they must act to protect the public, similarly to in the Covid pandemic, according to one of the “godfathers” of the technology.Y...
Big-money donations poison British politics. We can stop the mega-rich buying access and influence | Gordon Brown
The British people cannot be bought, but their views and votes can be heavily influenced by a flood of political party propaganda – from expensive advertising and constant leaflet drops to personalise...
Why the real AI apocalypse is already here – Stateside with Kai and Carter
Stateside with Kai and CarterAI (artificial intelligence)Why the real AI apocalypse is already here – Stateside with Kai and CarterA former Anthropic researcher’s apocalyptic declaration about artific...
Carney Says Canada Will Pursue ‘Unique Security and Economic Alliance’ With EU Amid US Trade Spat
Mark Carney said Canada will pursue a “unique security and economic alliance” with Europe as he positions his country as a base to build in the “new global economic order”.Speaking to investors, compa...
Trump-Appointed Kennedy Center Board Votes To Close Institution Indefinitely
The Trump-appointed leaders of the Kennedy Center voted Tuesday to immediately close the institution’s performing arts building in Washington, citing safety and financial concerns.The riverside landma...
Indonesian Wildfires Threaten Leading Orangutan Research Site In Borneo
Wildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical research site for Bornean orangutans and are now threatening a celebrated research camp, home to one of the world’s longest-running studies of wi...
Judge Blocks Trump Limits On How Long Foreign Students and Journalists Can Stay In US
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from implementing a new rule that would limit how long foreign students and journalists can remain in the US without applying for extension...
The Debut Review – Julianne Moore Is A Thrill In Jesse Eisenberg’s Oddball Comedy
Jesse Eisenberg’s last two directorial efforts – the prickly comedy When You Finish Saving the World and the slightly softer A Real Pain – are small films rooted in the real world. They have their lit...
The Pirates Arrived With AK-47s. They Took Us Hostage – Then The Torture Began
It was at noon on 8 May 2010 when the pirates came. Chirag Bahri remembers the exact time and date because it marked the start of the seven months and 20 days he was held hostage by a gang of Somali p...
Panama Canal Traffic To Be Cut Again As Drought From El Niño Worsens
The Panama canal plans to again cut maritime traffic due to worsening drought caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon, further choking up one of the world’s most important shipping lanes.The canal ha...
It’s A Superfood But Natto As We Know It. Japan’s Slimy Fermented Beans Are Coming Your Way
It is smelly, slimy and contains bacteria – and a sizeable number of Japanese wouldn’t touch it with a pair of barge pole-length chopsticks. But after centuries as a breakfast food for Japanese diners...
How Britain's Kings and Queens Powered The Slave Trade – Video
Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians who have documented the monarchy’s centuries-long involvement in Britain’s slave ...