The Australian government has said it is “deeply frustrated and bitterly disappointed” that Laos is not pursuing more serious charges in relation to the deaths of six backpackers who died after drinking methanol-laced alcohol in 2024. Australians Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, were among six people who died at a hostel in Vang…
Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingya asylum seekers left Myanmar’s Rakhine state on 29 June, and have not been heard from since. The equivalent of a jumbo jet full of people has vanished. It is very likely that they both capsized. The monsoon has started, the seas are rough, and the boats – usually…
The internet has completely changed the way people earn money. Beyond freelancing, tutoring, and food delivery, a growing number of people are making an income through jobs that sound too unusual to be real. While some of these side hustles have existed for years, social media has brought them into the spotlight, turning niche gigs…
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IQAir, a company which tracks global air quality, ranked Detroit, Toronto and Minneapolis as the cities currently with the worst air quality in the world. Wildfire smoke is hazardous for humans as it contains a mixture of very small polluting particles like PM2.5 and nitrogen dioxide. “These particles when they get into our system get…
Image Credit: X/ @FloridaAtlantic Scientists have officially identified a previously unknown monkey species with vivid orange lips in the remote rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ending years of scientific uncertainty over whether the small, isolated population represented a distinct species. The scientific findings have been published in the journal PLOS One.Named Colobus…
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Downing Street has supported calls for Fifa to investigate, with the prime minister’s official spokesperson saying: “The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are. Our commitment to the Falklands will never waver.” Argentina’s President Javier Milei called the players’ action “understandable” and “valid”, according to media reports. But he also…
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Happiness is often seen as something we achieve after reaching a major goal, getting a better job, or solving every problem in life. But many Japanese philosophies suggest that joy is not something we chase. Instead, it is something we cultivate through small, mindful habits that become part of everyday living. These techniques are not…