In a rare diplomatic move, the US has expelled South Africa’s ambassador, Ebrahim Rasool. The United States openly labeled Rasool of being hostile toward America and President Donald Trump. Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t hold back, labeling Rasool a “race-baiting politician” and declaring him persona non grata. South Africa Responds The South African government
A high-stakes battle between Big Tech and a former insider is playing out in real time. Meta has secured an emergency ruling to block Sarah Wynn-Williams, a former director at the company, from promoting her new memoir on the platform. The book, Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism has already
Could the U.S. be gearing up for its strictest travel ban yet? That’s the buzz in Washington, where Trump officials are weighing a sweeping new policy that could bar or restrict travelers from as many as 43 countries. If finalized, this move would go even further than the controversial bans of Trump’s first term. A
Guantanamo Bay—best known for its high-security prison—just had a short-lived experiment as an immigration detention site. But now, all migrants held there have been quietly removed and sent back to the U.S. Just weeks ago, officials transported a small number of undocumented migrants to the U.S. military base in Cuba. This revived a decades-old practice
We already know climate change is making a mess of things down here on Earth, but now it’s causing problems in space too. A new MIT study reveals that greenhouse gas emissions are shrinking the thermosphere—the layer where most satellites orbit—making space junk an even bigger issue. Wait, what? Aren’t greenhouse gases supposed to trap
Ukraine just threw down a bold offer: a 30-day ceasefire with Russia. The U.S. is back in the game too, lifting its hold on military aid and intelligence sharing after high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia. But here’s the twist—Russia hasn’t RSVP’d yet. Donald Trump, ever the dealmaker, says it’s now on Putin to decide. “If
Mark Carney, the former central banker-turned-politician, has officially won the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party—and with it, the job of prime minister. His first order of business? Standing up to Donald Trump. “We cannot let him succeed,” Carney declared, blasting the U.S. president for tariffs, trade chaos, and even thinly veiled threats of annexation. Dramatic?
Artificial intelligence is taking on a new role—predicting the future of our brain health. Researchers are tapping into AI’s potential to spot dementia years before symptoms appear, giving doctors and patients a crucial head start. Take sleep, for example. A team at Mass General Brigham has developed an AI tool that analyzes brainwaves while we
If you thought your morning commute was bad, imagine showing up at the station only to find out your train got canceled—because of a 500-kilogram World War II bomb. Yep, that’s exactly what happened at Paris’ Gare du Nord, where all traffic screeched to a halt after railway workers stumbled upon an unexploded relic just
South Korea just had an explosive mishap. During a live-fire drill with U.S. forces, two fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs outside the designated training zone, turning a quiet neighborhood in Pocheon into an unintended warzone. The reason? A pilot punched in the wrong coordinates. Talk about a high-stakes typo. The result? 29 people injured,
A massive wildfire in northern Japan is refusing to back down, with thick white smoke rising over Ofunato as firefighters race against time. The blaze, ignited by record dry conditions, has been tearing through the landscape for five days—and it’s now officially the country’s biggest wildfire since 1975. Covering an area over seven times the
In 1988, a high-ranking Taiwanese nuclear engineer vanished, resurfacing in the U.S. with a story that would change the course of Taiwan’s history. Colonel Chang Hsien-yi wasn’t just any scientist—he was a key player in Taiwan’s secret nuclear weapons program. And he was also a CIA informant. Taiwan Was Quietly Developing Nuclear Weapons For decades,
