'Famine is setting in': International court orders Israel to take 'effective action' in Gaza
In a unanimous decision, the International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take "all the necessary and effective action" to prevent a further deterioration of
45 people killed in bus crash in South Africa – girl, 8, the sole survivor
More than 40 people have died after a bus veered off a bridge on a mountain pass in South Africa and crashed down onto rocks some
Macron and Lula 'bromance' on Brazilian island sparks social media frenzy
The presidents of France and Brazil - both wearing white open-necked shirts - have been pictured smiling warmly at each other and embracing, with social
'Operation Beethoven': Dutch 2.5bn-euro charm offensive to keep ASML
The Dutch government on Thursday unveiled a plan worth 2.5 billion euros to retain global firms like chip giant ASML amid fears of a far-right clampdown on immigration.
Fallen crypto tycoon Bankman-Fried gets 25-year sentence
Disgraced cryptocurrency wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in jail on Thursday—a stunning descent for a figure who seemed poised to lead an emerging sector less than two years ago.
Oversized trucks create negative externalities requiring government intervention in Australia
The Australian federal government has bowed to pressure from the car industry, announcing it will relax proposed emissions rules for utes and vans and delay enforcement of the new standards by six months.
Baltimore Key Bridge: How a domino effect brought it down in seconds
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on 26 March was a shocking and tragic event. Six people remain unaccounted for in the disaster, which saw the world's third largest continuous truss bridge fall into the Patapsco
More than half of Colorado River's water used to irrigate crops, assessment shows
Irrigation for agriculture uses more than half of the Colorado River's total annual water flow, reports a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. This finding is part of a new comprehensive assessment of how the Colorado River's water is
How extratropical ocean-atmosphere interactions can contribute to the variability of jet streams
The interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere plays a vital role in shaping the Earth's climate. Changing sea surface temperatures can heat or cool the atmosphere, and changes in the atmosphere can do the same to the ocean surface.
New tomographic images shed light on the cessation of Indian continental subduction and ending the Himalayan orogeny
In a recent development in geology published in Science Bulletin, an international research team, including scientists from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Missouri, and Guilin University
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment to go to Senate April 10
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Thursday that House Republicans are sending their impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate.
Maryland asks for $60M in federal relief for bridge collapse; experts predict $4B loss
The state of Maryland on Thursday requested $60 million in emergency federal relief funds after a container ship struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse Tuesday.
TSA announces expansion of PreCheck program to eight new airlines
The Transportation Security Administration announced the expansion of its PreCheck program on Thursday, adding eight new airlines.
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit
Enlarge / A promotional image for Sorry for Your Loss, which was a Facebook Watch original scripted series. (credit: Facebook)Last April, Meta revealed that it would no longer support original