Afghan Taliban says Pakistani troops killed in ‘retaliatory’ border attacks
The attacks came days after Pakistan was accused of bombing a market inside Afghanistan.
Thirty belugas in Canada face being euthanised. Can they be saved?
After years of controversy and financial struggles, Marineland says it may have to euthanise 30 whales if it cannot find them another home.
Hamas mobilises fighters in Gaza as fears of internal violence mount
Clashes have already taken place between the group and an armed clan in Gaza City.
‘Hold my gun’: Tina Fey’s Kristi Noem opens up SNL with ‘Old Yeller’ shutdown joke
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opened SNL as Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi, respectively, and they poked fun at the current drama over the shutdown.
‘Did not appear to be routine’: Experts question White House over Trump’s hospital visit
Medical experts have questions about Tweety McTreason’s recent hospital visit, which the White House has claimed was routine. The White House raised some analysts’ eyebrows
Madagascar president alleges coup attempt as soldiers support protesters
Soldiers from a Madagascar army unit have declared support for the youth-led anti-government protests, urging police to
Bangladesh rolls out typhoid immunisation drive for 50 million children
The campaign aims to protect the children from the drug-resistant disease spreading across South Asia.
Estimated cost to rebuild Gaza not “sufficient”
The cost to rebuild Gaza will be far greater than the UN, European Union and World Bank estimate of $50bn
Physicists capture rare illusion of an object moving at 99.9% the speed of light
For the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose
Hubble went supernova hunting — and found something unexpected: Space photo of the week
The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a surprise asteroid
Which planets are the youngest and oldest in our solar system?
There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?
Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control
Odontotermes obesus is one of the termite species that grows fungi, called Termitomyces, in their mounds. Workers collect dead leaves, wood, and grass to stack
UK regulators plan to force Google changes under new competition law
Google is facing multiple antitrust actions in the US, and European regulators have been similarly tightening the screws. You can now add the UK to
Second Lady Usha Vance, NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Celebrate Reading
Second Lady Usha Vance hosted a special Summer Reading Challenge event at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Aug. 4, 2025. She was joined