Venezuela quake toll rises to 6,301; over 9,500 homes deemed high-risk. (File Photo) More than six weeks after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, the death toll has risen to 6,301, while more than 9,500 homes have been classified as high-risk, underscoring the scale of the country’s prolonged recovery and reconstruction challenge.National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez … Read more
Woman logs onto the census website as her husband holds their daughter while their son plays behind them, in Sydney. (Photo: AP) Australians aged 16 and over are being asked optional questions about their sexual orientation and gender for the first time in the country’s census, after the Labor government reversed an earlier decision to … Read more
Representative Image of bull sharks gathering at a coral reef and displaying social behavior (AI-generated image) Bull sharks have long been viewed as solitary hunters that cross paths mostly by chance, but a six-year study in Fiji suggests otherwise. Researchers observed adult bull sharks gathering repeatedly at a single reef site and found that individuals … Read more
When Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft left Pluto behind, its journey was far from over. The probe had already travelled farther than any spacecraft sent specifically to explore Pluto, but it continued into the dark outer reaches of the solar system. On 1 January 2019, New Horizons passed a small object in the Kuiper Belt that … Read more
A couple, Margaret and Arthur Thorsborne, travelled north from Queensland’s Gold Coast to Hinchinbrook Island, a place they knew largely through photographs. They would return many times, eventually making the Cardwell area their home and becoming closely associated with its forests, wetlands and wildlife. Among the animals that caught their attention were pied imperial-pigeons, which … Read more
Archaeologists in China have uncovered an extraordinary alcoholic drink that remained remarkably well preserved for more than 2,000 years inside an ancient bronze bottle. The vessel, recovered from a Qin-period tomb at the Shanjiabao cemetery in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, contained about 3.74 litres of pale blue-green liquid, equivalent to nearly a gallon. Scientific … Read more
The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has revoked more than 175,000 visas from foreign nationals under President Donald Trump’s administration, as it continues a sweeping immigration crackdown that has stripped travel and immigration privileges from tens of thousands more people. Over 175,000 visas have been revoked by the U.S. State Department under Trump’s … Read more
The trial of Lindsay Clancy is underway in Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts. Defendant Lindsay Clancy listens to Dr. Jennifer Tufts on the witness stand during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, in Plymouth, Massachusetts. (via REUTERS) Clancy, 35, is a former labor and delivery nurse and mother from Duxbury. She faces three … Read more
Dr Jennifer Tufts’ testimony gave the court a closer look at Lindsay Clancy’s mental health in the weeks before her children’s deaths, detailing worsening depression, suicidal thoughts and repeated medication changes. Psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Tufts on the witness stand during Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, U.S., August 10, 2026. … Read more
INDIANOLIS — The FBI is teaming with the NCAA to start a program to combat sexual exploitation of college athletes whose private images are increasingly found and targeted online in an era when they use their name, image and likeness to enhance their own marketability. FBI teams with the NCAA to help athletes avoid sexual … Read more