An 18-year-old girl was killed by her father and two brothers because they believed her “Western behaviour” was bringing shame to the family, Dutch prosecutors said. Ryan Al Najjar was found on 28 May 2024 in a swamp in northern Netherlands — gagged, tied with tape and submerged, six days after she went missing from…
Japanese “One Piece” singer Maki Otsuki’s concert in Shanghai was abruptly cut short on Friday night, as rising diplomatic tensions between China and Japan spilled directly onto the stage. Fans were left stunned when the lights went out mid-song and staff moved in, leading Otsuki offstage without explanation. Her management later confirmed she had been…
Tech billionaire Elon Musk has said there is a “high probability” that humanity is living inside a simulation, arguing that rapid advances in video games and AI now make the idea hard to ignore. In a recent interview with Nikhil Kamath, Musk explained his view by pointing to how games have moved from basic screens…
Ludwig A Minelli (AFP photo) Head of the Swiss right-to-die group Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, has died through an assisted death, the organisation has confirmed. Minelli, who founded Dignitas in 1998, died on Saturday, just days before his 93rd birthday. The group said he spent his final years looking for new ways to help people make…
Zohran Mamdani (File photo) When Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, announced that he would retain New York City’s police commissioner, Jessica S Tisch, it meant he would be holding onto one of the architects of the department’s pervasive surveillance network.The network developed by Tisch, called the Domain Awareness System, is used to track crime and help…
The Afar region in northeastern Africa represents one of the few locations on Earth where a new ocean may be forming over the next several million years. Situated at a unique triple junction where the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and East African Rift converge, Afar offers scientists a rare opportunity to observe the processes…
Northernmost city of USA : Utqiagvik, Alaska US In most places, winter feels dark enough: you go to work in the half-light and come home in the dark, wondering when you last saw a proper blue sky. In one small Arctic city, though, the sun has already vanished completely. On 18 November, the people of…
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has claimed that the suspect accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, DC, may have been radicalised after arriving in the United States and was inadequately vetted under the Biden administration. Noem made the comments during an interview on ABC News’ This Week with Jonathan Karl. Kristi Noem…
A British IT consultant was arrested after posting a photograph of himself holding a gun during a holiday in the United States, a case that later drew sharp criticism from Elon Musk. Jon Richelieu-Booth, 50, from West Yorkshire, said he was shocked after police visited and later detained him over the image, which he says…
Bayraktar Kizilelma UAV during the trials (Courtesy: Sputnik India) Bayraktar Kizilelma, Türkiye’s first uncrewed fighter jet, shot down a jet-powered aircraft with a beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile during trials, marking the first time an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has achieved such a feat.In a statement on Sunday, Turkish defence company Baykar, the developer of the…