Consultants and specialist doctors begin strike action over pay
Full emergency cover remains in place and patients have been told to attend all scheduled appointments unless advised otherwise.
Did Hegseth once say he hadn’t washed his hands in 10 years?
A remark by the defense secretary while hosting “Fox & Friends” in 2019 is circulating again. He has said it was a joke.
The “sad inevitability” of Europe’s heat wave
Europe is in the midst of its second big heat wave of the year, and it’s breaking more records. France just recorded its hottest day
Did US official say America wants to acquire Greenland to restore endless shrimp at Red Lobster?
Trump appointee Tom Dans reportedly said, “You could bring back all-you-can-eat shrimp at Red Lobster” by taking Greenland’s seafood.
New effort will get genome sequences for entire Endangered Species list
The US Endangered Species Act compels the government to identify species at risk of extinction and devise plans to restore populations and the habitats they
Larry Sanger, a Wikipedia Founder, Is Barred From Editing on the Site
A vote to bar Larry Sanger indefinitely from the volunteer community of Wikipedia came days after he submitted a proposal on “intellectual diversity.”
Don’t fall for fake image of Donald and Ivanka Trump with Epstein
A real 1991 photo of Trump with his then-nine-year-old daughter was altered to include now-deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
TensorX and Solstice line up $1bn to finance Europe’s sovereign AI buildout
The partnership will fund EU AI hardware and data centres, and launch aiUSX, a yield asset that puts companies’ idle AI cash to work as
Kremlin demands an explanation from Apple after VK apps vanish from the App Store
On Thursday, a clutch of apps belonging to the Russian tech group VK disappeared from Apple’s App Store, and by the afternoon the Kremlin was
Iran, Israel and the Bomb
How a decades of sabotage and brinkmanship over Iran’s nuclear programme erupted into the 2026 US-Israeli war on Iran.
For Haitians in the US, the pride and joy of the World Cup comes with fear
Haiti have come and gone at World Cup 2026, but the experience was about more than just football for its supporters.
Venezuela quakes: How will sanctions impact aid operations?
Financial sanctions are known to limit the flow of aid, but political influence is also a concern amid the devastation.
Europe’s heatwave shifts east as France raises health alert to highest level
Temperatures in Germany could hit 40C in some areas while French officials say deaths linked to the heat are being seen among young people.
Ryanair says it will reluctantly let parents sit with children for free
The airline had typically charged adults a fee of £8 each way to sit with their young children.