A 64-year-old woman from the United States took her own life using a controversial suicide capsule in a Swiss woodland retreat, according to authorities. The Sarco capsule, which induces death by hypoxia using nitrogen, was used for the first time on Monday near a village close to the German border. Swiss police reported that several
More than 20 people have been killed so far and many thousands injured after thousands of pager devices exploded all over Lebanon. The incident sent shockwaves around the world as regional countries prepared for an all-out war. Lebanon-based Hezbollah group has blamed Israel for hacking the supply chain of pagers and instead fitting explosives inside
Pope Franics has made headlines for calling both of the leading political figures in the US as “against life”. When asked who the Catholics should vote for in the US November elections, he said they should choose for the “lesser evil” as they are both against life. The sovereign of the Vatican City State meant
A motorcade carrying Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic candidate for vice president, had a crash on Monday. Fortunately the governor remained unhurt when multiple cars at the rear of the motorcade collided. Reporters said they were “violently thrown forward” as their vehicle was struck from behind, causing a chain reaction involving multiple cars. Only
The Philippines government has blamed the Chinese Navy for intentionally colliding a warship with one of its coast guard ships. The incident happened in a disputed area of the South China Sea which China claims as its own territory despite being 630 nautical miles from it. On the other hand, China accused the Philippines for
Australia has introduced a “right to disconnect” law, allowing employees to ignore work-related communications after hours without fear of repercussions. The new regulation aims to help workers achieve a better work-life balance and ignore calls and emails from bosses after work hours. Bosses Can Contact Employees The new law does not prohibit employers from contacting
X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has closed its office in Brazil following a censorship dispute with the Brazilian Supreme Court. The company stated that a Supreme Court judge had threatened the arrest of X’s legal representative in Brazil if the company did not block certain accounts. Judge Imposes Daily Fine The
Scientists from the University of California have said that they have found a huge reservoir of liquid water a mile beneath the Mars surface. This is the first time evidence of liquid water has been found on Mars, located within fractures several miles beneath the surface, according to research led by the University of California,
The Ukrainian army’s top commander has claimed in a video that they have captured 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. Oleksandr Syrskyi, talking in a video uploaded by Ukraine’s President’s Telegram account, said the army had successfully captured large swathes of Russian territory in a latest offensive. The claim was made in reference to Ukraine’s
Video streaming platform YouTube has stopped playing videos in Russia after a technical glitch was reported in the system. Russian News Agency TASS confirmed that one of its correspondents has checked and the problem persists. The correspondent confirmed that when accessing YouTube, a message pops up saying the device has no internet or it takes
Citizens of several foreign countries have urged their citizens to leave Lebanon as soon as possible as the country might face an all-out war. Countries’ fear came as Iran vowed to retaliate to Israel’s assassination of a key terrorist leader in Tehran last week. The United States has openly declared full support for Israel if
A 51,200 years old cave art cave in Indonesia to be the world’s oldest artwork in world’s history. Scientists used advanced dating techniques and confirmed that the enigmatic paintings in Indonesia’s Sulawesi island are the world’s oldest art work. The paintings depict a wild pig and three human-like figures that are 5,000 years older than
