Jamaica is holding its breath. Hurricane Melissa — now a monstrous Category 5 — is roaring toward the island, promising devastating winds and catastrophic floods within hours. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warns that Melissa is packing sustained winds of 165 mph (270 km/h). It could become the strongest storm ever to strike Jamaica. “This
Can you imagine a former French president behind bars? Well, it’s reality for Nicolas Sarkozy. The ex-leader, 70, is now the first French ex-president to go to jail. He is starting a five-year sentence over allegations he tried to fund his 2007 campaign with money from Libya’s late dictator, Muammar Gaddafi. Not since World War
How safe is TikTok for kids? Not nearly as much as parents might hope, according to a new investigation. Researchers at Global Witness set up fake accounts posing as 13-year-olds — complete with “restricted mode” switched on. They were stunned at what they found. Within just a couple of clicks, TikTok was suggesting sexualised search
What should a chatbot say — and not say — to a teenager? OpenAI is drawing a new line after a tragic case in California. The family of a 16-year-old who died by suicide has sued the company, claiming ChatGPT encouraged him. On Tuesday, CEO Sam Altman said the company will now treat minors very
How far would you go for love? For Steve Van Ysseldyk, the answer was simple: straight into 18 tonnes of rotting compost. The Canadian man from British Columbia found himself on an unusual mission after his wife Jeannine’s wedding rings vanished. The culprit? A spilled bag of buttery popcorn. Somewhere between the garden cleanup and
What happens when world leaders drop everything and fly across the Atlantic in less than 48 hours? You get a scene straight out of history books — but with a distinctly Trump-era twist. On Monday, seven European heavyweights — Macron, Meloni, Starmer, Stubb, Merz, Rutte, and von der Leyen — lined up at the White
What’s 240 pounds, built in Iran, and just hitched a ride into orbit on a Russian rocket? The Nahid-2 satellite. Iranian state media confirmed on Friday that the locally designed communications satellite blasted off. It launched from Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome aboard a Soyuz rocket. It’s another high-tech leap for Iran’s aerospace program—one that’s been raising
Adriana Smith, a 31-year-old nurse, was declared brain-dead back in February after collapsing with severe headaches caused by blood clots. But because she was 20 weeks pregnant, doctors said they couldn’t take her off life support. A brain-dead woman gave birth to a premature baby boy—while kept on life support because of the state’s strict
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic. Greenland’s ice sheet just melted 17 times faster than its usual pace during a brutal May heatwave, scientists revealed this week. And that’s not just bad news for polar bears—it’s bad news for all of us. “This kind of melting rate simply wouldn’t have happened
The proposed law would ban anyone under 18 from creating social media accounts and force all users to verify their age. Parents could even request platforms delete their child’s account. If not done within 10 days, the platforms could face lawsuits and fines. What’s The Reason? Supporters say it’s about protecting teens from the mental
Just hours after a long-awaited prisoner swap kindled cautious hope, Russia unleashed one of the most intense attacks on Kyiv in over three years. Fourteen ballistic missiles struck the city. Two hundred fifty drones. A night lit up not by fireworks, but fear. Ukrainian defenses shot down much of the barrage, but not all. Fifteen
How do you measure the loss of someone who didn’t just write songs, but rewrote the cultural script? Jill Sobule, the sharp-witted singer-songwriter behind I Kissed a Girl (yes, that one — the original, trailblazing version from 1995), has died. She died in a house fire in Minnesota. She was 66. Her publicist confirmed the
