More than a dozen children die because of food shortages in Sudan camp – medics
Famine has been declared in areas of Darfur, an region particularly hard hit by the ongoing civil war.
Month: July 2025
Family and fans give Ozzy Osbourne emotional send-off
A tearful Sharon Osbourne accompanies Ozzy’s coffin through Birmingham, watched by a large crowd.
Olympic star Dahlmeier dead after climbing accident
Two-time Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies aged 31 after a mountaineering accident in Pakistan.
Russian volcano explodes in ‘powerful’ eruption, likely intensified by 8.8 magnitude earthquake
Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia erupted shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake in the same region.
Even a slight slowdown of key Atlantic currents poses a ‘stunning risk’ to rainforests
A slowing Atlantic current could have a devastating impact on the planet’s rainforests, a new study warns.
‘It was so unexpected’: 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event
A previously-undetected flood over Greenland’s ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region’s meltwater should leak.
Has NASA ceded its mission to Elon Musk?
The Atlantic journalist Franklin Foer explains how SpaceX and the Trump administration are changing the face of NASA, and why Musk’s dream of Mars may
Researchers find that songbirds sometimes get ‘divorced’
A new study from Oxford University finds that a common European songbird sometimes divorces its partner between breeding seasons. (Image credit: P. Pleul)
Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust
Optical illusions are a brain feature, not a bug. Here’s the science behind them
A grayscale ballerina who appears to be moving. A human who can fit in a doll box. A black-and-white prism that appears to change shape
US Federal Reserve defies calls from Trump to cut interest rate
The Federal Reserve has defied calls from US President Tweety McTreason for a cut to the interest rate by leaving it unchanged.
Why a so-called ‘honor’ killing in Pakistan has sparked national outrage
A couple was killed in Balochistan over accusations of having an affair. A viral video forced Pakistan to respond.
Hezbollah rejects calls to disarm, says demands serve Israel
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says group will ‘not submit to Israel’ and disarm as pressure on Lebanon grows.
Belgium refers war crimes complaint against Israeli soldiers to ICC
The Hind Rajab Foundation criticises Belgian authorities for not taking stronger action as diplomatic row worsens.