Fire engulfs Seoul’s last shanty-town, forcing hundreds to evacuate
A fire has torn through Guryong Village, Seoul’s last shanty-town, forcing more than 100 people to evacuate.
Funeral held for family killed in Jordanian airstrikes in Syria
Mourners have buried four members of a family, including three children, killed in Jordanian airstrikes in Syria.
Nanotyrannus skeleton auctioned for $47.3m in New York
The auction of the rare skeleton comes amid debate in the scientific community about whether dinosaur remains should end up in private hands or public
Flávio Bolsonaro’s passports cancelled after he fails to surrender them
The defeated presidential candidate is under investigation for alleged money laundering and barred from leaving Brazil.
Turnout so far highest on record as Israelis vote in pivotal election
The elections – the first since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel and the wars which followed – are widely seen as a referendum on Benjamin
Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah detained after court orders news site’s closure
Amnesty International said the verdict against Attalah and independent outlet Mada Masr represented “a crushing blow to press freedom”.
Congo’s Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases as authorities race to slow the spread
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has topped 10,000 confirmed cases as authorities race to slow the spread across Africa
Vance cuts off reporter with ‘you’ve asked your question’ after ‘do your job’ complaint
As he prepared to board a plane to attend a rally in Michigan, Vice President JD Vance harangued reporters about the Senate election in Alaska
Pirro’s Biden laptop case teeters as team accused of ‘bad faith’ filing in ‘dead of night’
A former senior FBI official charged with lying to Congress about the Hunter Biden investigations accused U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office on Tuesday of a
Microsoft offers exits to thousands of employees, including staff on AI and Copilot teams
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce, including staff on teams building Copilot and other AI products
OpenAI bets on AI economics with lower-cost GPT-6.1 Terra
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Terra, a new reasoning model that it says delivers near-frontier performance on visual reasoning, professional task execution, and computer-use benchmarks without
Scientists invent implant that can transform sugar in the blood to treat type 2 diabetes
An experimental medical implant that removes excess sugar from the blood has shown promise in treating diabetes and obesity in tests with lab mice. Coupled
Twin hurricanes stare out to space as they barrel toward Hawaii
QUICK FACTS Where is it? Pacific Ocean What’s in the photo? Hurricane Madeline (left) and Hurricane Lester (right) Which satellite took the photo? Suomi NPP
Narcissistic brains show less consistent activation during shared embarrassment
People with more narcissistic traits had less consistent patterns of brain activation in real life-like scenarios involving another’s loss of face––a finding that may help