Imagine polishing crystal for presidents by day — and allegedly selling it online by night. That’s the extraordinary accusation now facing a senior staffer at France’s presidential palace. A longtime Élysée insider, identified as Thomas M, is set to stand trial over the alleged theft of luxury tableware. The items include Baccarat champagne flutes, Sèvres
Imagine stepping out of a plane at 15,000 feet, ready for an epic skydiving stunt — only for everything to go wrong in the blink of an eye. That’s exactly what happened south of Cairns, Australia, and the footage released Thursday is nothing short of jaw-dropping. According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the handle
Thailand and Cambodia are firing at each other again — but who’s really paying the price? It’s not just soldiers or politicians; it’s the children living along the border. On Monday, Thai forces responded to Cambodian fire in Ubon Ratchathani Province with air strikes. Cambodia insists Thai troops struck first in Preah Vihear. At least
Could Mars have lightning? For the first time, scientists think they’ve recorded electrical activity in the Red Planet’s atmosphere. Tiny flashes are nicknamed “mini lightning.” Nasa’s Perseverance rover has been exploring Jezero Crater since 2021. It picked up the signals using its SuperCam instrument, capturing both audio and electromagnetic data. French researchers analyzed 28 hours
Bangladesh was shaken—literally—when a 5.5 magnitude earthquake rattled the country on Friday. It left at least five dead, including a child, and injured over 450. The tremor’s epicentre was near Narsingdi, just 30 kilometres from Dhaka. People sprinted from homes and offices as buildings swayed and makeshift structures crumbled. “I have never felt such tremor
It started as another storm warning — and ended in catastrophe. At least 85 people have been killed as Typhoon Kalmaegi tore through the central Philippines. Hundreds of thousands have been forced from their homes, leaving entire towns under water. Cebu, the country’s most populated central island, took the hardest hit — 49 lives lost,
When Grace Jin Drexel got a text from her father in China last Friday, it seemed routine — a simple request to “pray for another pastor.” But hours later, that message took on chilling significance. Her father, Jin Mingri, one of China’s most prominent underground pastors, had vanished too. What followed was the largest mass
A federal judge has just slammed the brakes on Donald Trump’s latest troop move. The judge blocked his administration from sending National Guard forces from Texas and California to Portland, Oregon. The late-Sunday ruling from Judge Karin Immergut — who, notably, was appointed by Trump himself — came down. It questioned why federal troops were
Would you dash through fire and explosions for half a million dollars? That’s the question MrBeast posed in his latest viral video — and it’s ignited more than just pyrotechnics. The world’s biggest YouTuber, Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), dropped “Would You Risk Dying for $500,000?” over the weekend. The clip, featuring professional stuntman Eric tackling
Think America’s housing market is frozen solid? Not so fast — new home sales just staged a surprise comeback. In August, sales of newly built single-family homes jumped 20.5% to an annual rate of 800,000 units. This was the fastest pace since early 2022 and well above forecasts. What’s Behind The Sudden Rush? Think big
Could a machine really outguess the world’s best human forecasters? That’s exactly what happened this summer when a British AI system cracked the top 10 of an elite global prediction contest. It outperformed dozens of professionals on everything from US wildfire acreage to political bust-ups between Donald Trump and Elon Musk. ManticAI, co-founded by a
What if a chatbot meant to “help” ends up doing the opposite? That’s the unsettling question Nate Soares, president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, wants the world to consider. Soares points to the tragic case of Adam Raine, a US teenager who died by suicide after months of conversations with ChatGPT. “These AIs, when
