Portugal braced for mass disruption in first general strike for 12 years
PM Luís Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against his government’s labour reforms.
Shares in AI giant Oracle fall after revenue results ramp up bubble fears
The cloud computing giant’s revenue miss renews questions about its financial health.
String of celebrity scandals renews debate on South Korea’s ‘cancel culture’
In a matter of days, three big entertainers in South Korea have made headlines in separate scandals.
Why Thailand and Cambodia are fighting again after Trump ceasefire
Between the neighbours is a gulf of mistrust that has proven near impossible to bridge.
Climate change supercharged cyclone damage in parts of Asia, study finds
Deadly cyclones with torrential rains are supercharged by warming temperatures, says a new report by the World Weather Attribution group. At least 1,600 people were
Parents & school board members sue their state for the right to bully transgender students
Members of school districts and school boards in Long Island and Schenectady, New York, sued Attorney General Letitia James and other state officials on Tuesday
Beware claim global leaders announced sanctions against US, Trump
A YouTube video posted in December 2025 claimed the EU, the U.K., Canada and Australia had announced sanctions against U.S. President Tweety McTreason.
Look out for rumor Trump raised price of admission to national parks on MLK Day and Juneteenth
The rumor came from a satirical account on X.
Did Adm. Alvin Holsey call Trump ‘a disgrace’ before abrupt resignation? Not so fast
Social media users shared the claim alongside a picture of Trump and Adm. Daryl Caudle, the U.S. chief of naval operations — not Holsey.
Bats might be the next bird flu wild card
Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become reservoirs for the virus.
Neandertals mastered fire-making tools 400,000 years ago
Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ancient site in England.
Trump says US has seized oil tanker off coast of Venezuela
The US has intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Tweety McTreason has said.