Oil prices fall as Trump targets Iran: What it means for gas prices, Brent crude, WTI and global markets
Oil prices fell on Monday as investors waited for the US to announce new measures aimed at putting more economic pressure on Iran. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, fell 1.8% to about $93 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US oil…
‘Did not meet launch conditions’: China’s unmanned moon mission delayed last minute
China has postponed the planned launch of its Chang’e-7 Moon mission, days after saying the launch site and equipment were in good condition. China has postponed the planned launch of its Chang’e-7 Moon mission, days after saying the launch…
Israel accuses Gaza of launching drones, balloons and kites; responds with two airstrikes killing four-year old
Four-year-old boy among 2 killed in Gaza airstrikes At least two people, including a four-year-old boy, were killed and seven others wounded in two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.This comes as Israel threatened to intensify attacks…
UK PM Burnham to visit Kyiv as Ukraine turns 35, Britain to boost long-range strike capability
“After all, Ukraine’s security is our security”, said British Prime Minister Andy Burnham (Photo: AP). UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will visit Kyiv on Monday as Ukraine marks its 35th Independence Day, making it his first international trip since…
New York’s $95 million flood plan will turn parks, schoolyards and streets into hidden stormwater storage, an underground defence against extreme rainfall
Beneath parks, schoolyards, parking areas and other public spaces, New York is planning to create underground storage capable of holding stormwater before it overwhelms the sewer network. According to NYC Gov, the $95 million Homecrest project is part of…
Pay €25,000 for Schengen visa: Indian company BLS under probe after Spain’s Algerian migration crisis
Spanish investigators are examining whether visa appointment and document-processing companies helped a network prioritise applicants who paid bribes. Indian company BLS International has been drawn into a Spanish National Court investigation with links…
After years of invasive rats threatening island wildlife, Tuvalu removed them from six islets; residents are now seeing birds and coconut crabs return
On small islands scattered across the Pacific, changes in wildlife can be surprisingly easy to notice. A few more birds along the shoreline, coconut crabs appearing where they had become scarce, or native animals moving through places they once avoided…
‘Unlike any in 22 years’: Oregon sheriff describes unusual case as five deaths probed as quintuple homicide
Washington County Sheriff said the investigation was unlike anything she had encountered. (Photo: @WCSOOregon) Five people and several domestic animals were found dead at a rural property in Oregon, with authorities investigating the deaths as a complex…
Singapore unveils world-first biological data centre with 16 million living human neurons powering 20 computers in a landmark moment for AI
Cortical Labs founder and CEO Hon Weng Chong at the Cortical Cloud biological data centre at NUS (Image: The Straits Times).. Singapore has unveiled a world-first biological data centre prototype that brings living human neurons into a server-rack…
Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season
Romanian firefighters work to prevent a wildfire from reigniting as they tackle smoldering ground following a fire in the Deliblato Sands nature reserve in Serbia. (Photo: Reuters) Wildfires are stretching firefighting capacity across Europe, forcing…