Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova reports 302 residents of Kursk Region's border districts remain unaccounted for since the 2024 Ukrainian incursion, despite the region's liberation in April 2025.
NBC News reports US airstrikes in Yemen (April 2025) killed ~150 civilians and wounded 200 more, citing sources, despite Pentagon's non-acknowledgement of civilian deaths.
Evolutionary biologists discover snakes have five distinct spinal regions, including a short neck (7-12 vertebrae), challenging the notion of simple snake anatomy and highlighting evolutionary adaptations from lizard ancestors.
India's women's hockey goalkeepers, Savita Punia and Bichu Devi Kharibam, trained with former Dutch international Pirmin Blaak in Germany, focusing on technical and mental aspects ahead of the FIH Women's Hockey World Cup in the Netherlands.
A column says SpaceX’s revenue is now dominated by Starlink and AI compute rather than rockets. It also argues that index-fund inclusion may matter more to investors than the company’s space ambitions.
César Gastélum, a Mexican influencer with nearly 600,000 TikTok followers, was shot dead while livestreaming outside a restaurant in Culiacán. Authorities say they are investigating possible links to criminal groups and analyzing evidence.
A flaw in Coldcard hardware wallets' entropy generation led to the theft of over $100M in Bitcoin, highlighting vulnerabilities in supposedly secure crypto storage solutions.
China's national childcare subsidy, while encouraging, may not sufficiently address the falling birth rate as it fails to account for the broader costs of motherhood, particularly the impact on women's careers and the need for gender equality.
AstraZeneca has denied ongoing takeover talks with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb, a move that follows a significant share price drop and subsequent recovery. The situation highlights questions about AstraZeneca's long-term M&A strategy under CEO Sir Pascal Soriot.
Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego przygotowuje projekt ustawy o znakach Państwa i Narodu Polskiego. Nowe przepisy mają kompleksowo uregulować kwestie symboliki państwowej, uporządkować święta oraz zmienić m.in. zasady dotyczące wywieszania flagi 15 sierpnia.
Sir Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO to become chair and Alphabet chief scientist. CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu will lead DeepMind, while veteran engineers Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat depart to launch a startup.
Visa is expanding stablecoin payment options through a partnership with Zerohash, allowing Visa Direct clients to prefund accounts and send payouts using stablecoins.
A global AirHelp survey reveals that nearly 80 percent of travelers experienced flight disruptions in the past year, costing an average of €514 out of pocket and exacting a heavy emotional and personal toll.
Claw machine arcades have proliferated across Hong Kong, surpassing 2,500 shops and filling post-pandemic vacancies. While popular for stress relief and collectibles, rising consumer complaints and government concerns over addiction have led to proposed regulations.
Former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine has withdrawn his candidacy for a Somerset Council seat following severe backlash over his past conviction for racially harassing Jewish politician Luciana Berger. Despite stepping down, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch offered him an unpaid role as an anti-extremism adviser.
Walt Disney has struck a first-of-its-kind deal with TikTok allowing select creators to use characters and scenes from its back catalogue, including Marvel, Star Wars, and Pixar, in a US pilot program.
Experts and insiders outline six key reforms for Fifa, including separating commercial and regulatory arms, introducing external EU-style regulation, curbing presidential powers, increasing financial transparency, rethinking development funding, and diversifying the electorate.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez traveled to Algeria for talks to resolve a 2022 diplomatic row stemming from Spain's stance on the Western Sahara conflict, highlighting deep regional rivalries between Algeria and Morocco.
Portuguese football legend Luis Figo called on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign, accusing him of dishonesty following widespread backlash over a shelved investment plan.
An Israeli strike in April that killed Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil and injured colleague Zeinab Faraj was a war crime, according to investigations by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and Legal Agenda.
Uber and Wayve secured London's first minicab licences for self-driving taxi rides with human safety drivers, as over 100,000 people join the waiting list.
D-Wave published a paper in Nature demonstrating the successful entanglement of two dual-rail qubits while preserving their favorable error hierarchy, marking a step toward simpler quantum error correction.
Thousands of migrants entered Spain's Ceuta enclave amid a humanitarian tragedy claiming 141 lives, exposing Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez's isolation within an increasingly right-wing EU, mounting Moroccan coercion, and intense pressure from the US and domestic opposition.
Sondaż SW Research pokazuje, że 38,6 proc. Polaków poparłoby reelekcję prezydenta Karola Nawrockiego, a 45 proc. byłoby przeciw. Z kolei 47 proc. pozytywnie ocenia jego reprezentowanie Polski na arenie międzynarodowej.
