For billions of years, the Moon has been Earth’s steadfast companion, influencing tides, stabilising our planet’s tilt, and shaping the evolution of life. Yet precise laser measurements reveal an astonishing truth: the Moon is drifting away from Earth by about 3.8 centimetres each year. This seemingly minor movement is, in fact, a window into the…
Rama Duwaji, the 28-year-old artist who will become New York’s youngest first lady when Zohran Mamdani takes office in January, has spent years expressing fierce political views through her art. Duwaji kept a low public profile during Mamdani’s campaign. However, her illustrations and posts reveal firm positions on American foreign policy and Israel’s actions in…
Sydney Sweeney’s recent interview with GQ has once again stirred up a row around the American Eagle denim campaign that earlier sparked one of the year’s biggest culture-war arguments. The advert was built around the tagline that “Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans.” The ad drew accusations of racism and eugenics in June. Her latest remarks…
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left), Uyghur activist protesting oppression (file – agencies) China’s influence over global academia came under sharp scrutiny this week after The Guardian revealed that Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) in the UK had suspended research into forced labour involving Uyghurs in China – a move later reversed after widespread criticism and legal…
Russia launched a large-scale assault on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, resulting in one fatality and causing power outages across multiple regions, according to Kyiv officials on Saturday.“The enemy is massively attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure again. Because of this, emergency power outages have been introduced in a number of regions of Ukraine,” Energy minister Svitlana Grynchuk said,…
Saudi digitises deportation and travel checks with AI systems / AI-generated image Acting Director General of Passports (Jawazat), Maj. Gen. Saleh Al-Murabba, announced at the Digital Government Forum 2025 in Riyadh that the directorate will shortly roll out a Self-Deportation Platform to let people who are in the Kingdom illegally complete departure procedures online. He…
President Donald Trump once again was labelled as “dozy don” as he appeared to doze off during an Oval Office meeting on tackling obesity.The Oval Office became chaotic when a drug executive collapsed while the Trump administration was announcing lower prices for weight loss drugs for Medicare and Medicaid recipients. In the same event, Trump…
Viewers tuning in to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night were surprised to see a rerun instead of the new episode that had been promoted. The show was scheduled to feature David Duchovny, Stranger Things actor Joe Keery and singer Madison Beer. No announcement was made before the change, which led to confusion and questions…
Elon Musk slammed a Democrat senator for questioning his $1 trillion package. Elon Musk shut down Democrat Senator Roland Gutierrez who attempted to guilt-trip Musk about getting a $1 trillion package “on the backs of American taxpayers” while people are struggling to pay for groceries. Musk called Roland a ‘taker’ with a ‘zero-sum mindset’ and…
Zohran Mamdani (AP image) WASHINGTON: From the MAGA perspective, millionaires are fleeing Manhattan, cops are quitting NYPD en masse, and the Big Apple is rotting faster than strawberries on a summer day because New York City has fallen…to Communists, Islamists and immigrants. Memes show the Statue of Liberty under a burka or niqab, hammer and…