Parrot eggs hatch after suspected Thai smuggler arrested at South African airport
A 50-year-old Thai suspect was arrested with the eggs in a “homemade incubator” carried as hand luggage.
Month: August 2026
Two German airport workers die of malaria after ‘mosquito arrives on plane’
It is believed the mosquitoes arrived at Germany’s busiest airport on a plane, according to German public health officials.
Watch Nashville fans lay flowers in tribute to Dolly Parton
The BBC’s Helena Humphrey is outside the Country Music Hall of Fame where fans gathered to mourn Dolly Parton.
India’s sugar squeeze threatens its biggest season for sweets
Domestic sugar prices have jumped nearly 40%, forcing India to import 1 million tonnes of the sweetener.
What you eat before age 2 may affect your health 70 years later
Britain’s postwar sugar rationing created a rare natural experiment that let researchers examine how early sugar exposure might affect health decades later. People who experienced
Once upon a time, insects had 24 legs
A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just
Microbes might get freeze-dried on the moon’s south pole
Artemis IV will put people on the moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years. NASA research reveals the microbes that might hitch a
US sanctions Palestine Action as ‘transnational terrorist group’
Protesters from “Palestine Action” demonstrate on the roof of Guardtech Group in Brandon, Suffolk. Pic Reuters
Anthropic signs $45B compute deal with Britain’s Nscale
Anthropic has agreed to spend $45B over six years renting AI computing power from Nscale’s flagship West Virginia data centre development, covering about 460 megawatts.
Flipboard acquires Graze, the tool for building your own social algorithm
Flipboard has acquired Graze, a Portland startup that lets creators build, tune and monetise custom social feeds without writing code, mainly on Bluesky. Graze says
At least 50 injured as fireworks explode into crowd at Spanish festival
At least 50 people were injured after several fireworks exploded among a crowd at a festival in northern Spain.
Why Hormuz remains high risk for ships despite US claims of mine-clearing
Analysts say mine clearance alone is unlikely to make shipping ‘safe’ in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran emphasises self-sufficiency in battle against US economic war
Iranian authorities believe they can withstand US sanctions, but warn of a tough year ahead.