Four killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium
Two schoolchildren, their chaperone and the minibus driver were killed in the crash, says a Belgian minister.
Senegal’s sacked PM Sonko elected parliamentary Speaker in challenge to president
As speaker, Sonko could use his position to challenge the policies of the president, his one-time ally.
Dozens of drones crash into Sydney harbour after light show glitch
Vivid Sydney organisers and the UK company behind the drone show blamed it on technical difficulties.
Wave of child abuse cases shakes schools in Paris
A school assistant goes on trial accused of sexual mistreatment of children in his care, in the latest case to rock the Paris school system.
Study links ceramide levels to prostate cancer drug response differences
Ceramides-lipid molecules in cells that affect many physiological functions including cell differentiation, migration, and death-and their metabolites have been implicated in the development of cancer
Could Your Oral Health Be Affecting Fertility?
Chronic oral inflammation may impair female fertility by triggering a systemic immune response that affects the ovaries.
How heat-smart cities can protect outdoor recreation in a warming world
This review shows how rising humid heat threatens the health benefits of nature-based recreation in tropical cities. The authors call for heat-smart urban planning, targeted
Neural progenitor timing influences formation of distinct brain layers
The outer regions of the brain, the cortex, have specific layers of different cells – neurons – that are similarly ordered among all mammals, from
Why Kenya, Ethiopia, Japan, and the US stand out in global distance running
This global analysis of 152,943 endurance runners found that nationality, gender, age, and race distance were significantly associated with running performance from 1999 to 2024.
Brutal GOP primary could leave red state’s party in tatters: ‘Trump destroyed trust there’
President Tweety McTreason’s decision to back Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday’s Texas Republican Senate runoff has opened a deep rift
Insiders reveal Vance taking political shots ahead of White House invite: report
Vice President JD Vance snubbed Democratic state attorneys general in a White House invite for an upcoming meeting for his fraud task force, according to
Jazz legend Sonny Rollins dies
Jazz musician Sonny Rollins, known as the “saxophone colossus”, has died aged 95.
Foreign-brand phone shipments to China rose 1.8% in April, CAICT data shows
Foreign-branded smartphone shipments to China, a category dominated by Apple, rose 1.8% year-on-year in April to 3.59 million handsets, according to Reuters calculations based on figures
China extends AI travel curbs from DeepSeek to other private firms
Top researchers at private Chinese AI companies are being asked to surrender passports, in a quiet expansion of the controls that began at DeepSeek earlier