War photographer Paul Conroy dies as tributes paid
Jamie Doran played the photographer, who has died aged 61, in the 2018 movie A Private War. Source link
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Is Sahara Desert dust secretly feeding the Amazon? The science behind a 10,000-mile journey |
About 27 million tons of Saharan dust deliver roughly 22,000 tons of phosphorus to the Amazon annually/ Image: NASA In 2015, scientists reported evidence that vast plumes of dust from the Sahara Desert help replenish phosphorus in the Amazon rainforest, linking the world’s largest desert to its largest rainforest through what researchers described as one…
Iran's regime is still intact – the coming days will show if it can hold out
Iran’s surviving leaders are in crisis mode, battling to project security as US and Israel strikes continue. Source link
Deadly Texas bar shooting is 'potentially an act of terrorism', FBI says
Two people were killed and 14 injured, with the suspected gunman also shot dead on the scene. Source link
What the Warner Bros deal could mean for streaming, cinemas and news
Rodney Benson, a media professor at New York University, called the deal “concerning”, would leave America’s largest media companies further concentrated in the hands of conservatives. Many of those owners, including the Ellison family, have separate, non news-related business interests that depend on government contracts or regulation and are therefore particularly vulnerable to pressure, he…
The months of planning behind US-Israeli mission to target Iran's supreme leader
A piece of crucial intelligence arrived just hours before the attack on a compound in central Tehran. Source link
One killed and 11 injured at Dubai and Abu Dhabi airports as Iran strikes region
Falling debris from intercepted Iranian drones and missiles cause widespread damage across the Gulf. Source link
DOJ charges 30 more people in Minnesota anti-ICE church protest
Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon was one of the original nine defendants arrested last month Source link
World Clap Day: ‘Imagine the entire planet clapping together at once,’ one-man’s vision for 16 August 2026 |
The agenda is a one-second global clap celebrating humanity and unity across the world. World Clap Day has announced a worldwide synchronized clap scheduled for 16 August 2026 at 10:00 PM New York time (EDT), inviting people across continents to clap together at the exact same second in what organisers describe as a non-political, non-religious…
why people are injecting drugs ‘not for human consumption’
“The people using these products are, in essence, becoming lab rats,” Adam Taylor, professor of anatomy at Lancaster University, explains. “There is some data out there, but in pre-clinical models. Essentially they’ve been tested on animals, but not on humans.” Source link