Germany World Cup 2026 team preview: Players to watch, group and squad list
The 2014 champs exited in the group stages of the last two World Cups but look a stronger force under Julian Nagelsmann.
Month: May 2026
Rescuers race to save two people still trapped in cave in Laos
Rescuers face heavy rains, equipment failures in search for two people trapped in central Laos cave by flash floods.
‘We were being bullied in our own home’: How ‘authoritarian’ HOAs are contributing to the insect apocalypse
In the book “Bitter Honey,” writer and researcher Jennie Durant explores how industrial agriculture is destroying bees — and what can be done to stop
Bronze Age 5-year-old’s skull found in Uzbekistan is the oldest known evidence of surgery in Central Asia
A child’s 4,000-year-old skull found in Uzbekistan has signs of trepanation, making it the oldest evidence of surgery in Central Asia on record.
‘Astonishing’: James Webb telescope spots the most chemically primitive galaxy in the ancient universe
The James Webb telescope peered into an ancient spot of light, and found it to be the most metal-poor galaxy in the early universe.
Israeli army captures strategic castle in Lebanon in deepest incursion into the country in a quarter-century
Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than
Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer
New research shows a novel pill is helping people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer
South Africa made to look like fools over World Cup visa issues, says minister
The country’s football association says it is working to resolve the problems that have delayed the team’s departure to Mexico.
Israel seizes castle in Lebanon as it expands ground offensive
The Israeli military says everyone south of the Zahrani river should leave, after it captured the strategic Beaufort Castle.
Nigerian retired general abducted with his wife in the north-west
Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar’s kidnapping highlights continuing security challenges facing parts of the country.
A new pancreatic cancer pill may be a game changer for patients
Daraxonrasib, which nearly doubled patients’ survival time, fights the disease in a new way. It bear-hugs a cancer protein that drives cell growth.
Remember when Tweety McTreason tried to call Pete Buttigieg dumb? It backfired immediately.
Tweety McTreason ranted about wiring allegedly installed by former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in an attempt to make Buttigieg sound dumb, but instead, everyone pointed
Investigating alleged image of chained McDonald’s worker preparing food
The image supposedly shows a locked chain and strap tying an employee’s ankle to a food preparation station.
On its 40th anniversary, we reassess 1986’s SpaceCamp
Forty years ago, the future seemed just around the corner—and the vehicle that was going to take us there was NASA’s Space Shuttle. Originally envisioned