This year’s Nobel prizes in chemistry, physics and physiology or medicine have celebrated work that paves the way for the next generation of quantum technology, the creation of porous materials that have been compared to Hermione Granger’s handbag and the discovery of the hidden army inside us that helps to...
Grisly recording reveals bat catching, killing and eating robin mid-flight
Before the Spanish study, some scientists had been sceptical about the mammals attacking migratory birds Bats are generally viewed as harmless, if spooky, creatures of the night. But scientists have revealed a more savage side, after witnessing a greater noctule bat – Europe’s largest bat species – hunting, killing and...
Pentagon, journalists on collision course as restrictions on reporting loom
Journalists who cover the U.S. military appear headed toward a showdown with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
UN to cut 25% of its global peacekeeping force in response to US funding strains
The United Nations will begin slashing its peacekeeping force and operations, forcing thousands of soldiers in the next several months to evacuate far-flung global hotspots as a result of the latest U.S. funding cuts to the world body
UN strives to work with new Syrian government to determine the fate of the missing
The head of a U.N. body established to determine what happened to potentially hundreds of thousands of people missing in Syria says it's essential to find a way to work together with a new Syrian commission
Houston-area shootings at different locations leave 4 dead, including suspect
Police say a man is believed to have fatally shot three people at two different locations in the Houston area before killing himself
Alabama inmate maintains innocence ahead of execution by nitrogen for 1993 murder
An Alabama man scheduled to be executed this month says he did not commit the 1993 murder
Wyoming library director fired amid book dispute wins $700,000 settlement
A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes on youth shelves has reached a $700,000 settlement with her former employer
US diplomat fired over relationship with woman tied to Chinese Communist Party
The State Department says it's fired a U.S. diplomat over a romantic relationship he admitted having with a Chinese woman alleged to have ties to the Chinese Communist Party
Hair museum filled with century-old mementos closes its doors, scattering contents around the nation
Century-old wreaths made from human hair fill the walls of Leila’s Hair Museum, and glass cases overflow with necklaces and watch bands made from the locks of the dead