Spanish saying on friendship that still true today: ‘Tell me who your friends are, and I’ll tell you who you are’ A person enters a room and says nothing, yet people often begin forming an impression based on who they are with. The group they spend time around, the conversations they take part in and…
Volcanoes have shaped some of the world’s most productive landscapes, leaving behind fertile soils, natural harbours and landscapes that have supported communities for centuries. The same geological forces that enrich the land also create hazards that can return with little warning. Around the world, millions of people continue to live beneath active volcanoes, accepting the…
Henry Nowak and Vickrum Digwa Two Hampshire Constabulary police officers are under investigation for potential gross misconduct over their handling of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, who was handcuffed and arrested while suffering fatal stab wounds after being attacked by Sikh man Vickrum Singh Digwa in Southampton in December 2025.Digwa was later convicted of murder and sentenced…
In a subsequent update, the secretariat said a third victim, a 48-year-old woman, suffered asphyxiation on a nearby street. Three people died from suffocation after massive crowds gathered on the streets of Mexico City to celebrate the country’s FIFA World Cup victory, the capital’s health secretariat said early on Wednesday.The victims were caught up in…
Deep in the rugged hills outside Ojai, California, a lonely bridge and winding mountain road have become the setting for one of the state’s most enduring ghost stories. For decades, locals have spoken of Char-Man, a horribly burned figure said to emerge from the surrounding forests after dark, terrifying anyone who dares to enter his…
Millions of black plastic balls floating on a drinking water reservoir might sound like an environmental disaster, but for Los Angeles, they became an ingenious solution to several major challenges. The unusual sight attracted worldwide attention and left many wondering why a city would deliberately cover its water supply with 96 million plastic spheres. Far…
On the outskirts west of Jerusalem, a burial chamber was disturbed long before scientists reached it, its contents partly scattered and partly preserved by chance. What remained did not look remarkable at first glance: broken pottery, mixed human remains, and soil already altered by construction and looting. Yet within that disorder lay material that would…
Image: University of Texas-Austin / SWNS Access to clean drinking water is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, and scientists have now found an unusually wearable solution to it. Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a prototype jacket that harvests drinking water directly from the air around it,…
Some trees are remarkable simply because of how long they have been standing. The monkey puzzle tree, known scientifically as Araucaria araucana, belongs to a lineage so ancient that its ancestors shared the planet with dinosaurs, and individual trees alive today can trace their own root systems back nearly two thousand years. Native to the…
Europe heatwave: Why residents are skeptical about ACs As Europe reels under increasingly intense heat waves with temperatures crossing 40 degrees, one question continues to puzzle visitors from warmer parts of the world — Why are so many homes, schools and even hospitals still without air conditioning?A report by The Wall Street Journal explores the…
