Pride event in Berlin turns deadly, police identify suspect A vehicle ploughed into a crowd near a Pride event in Berlin on Saturday night, killing one person and injuring 16 others. Police have launched a manhunt for a suspect identified as a known Islamist.The attack occurred at around 10 pm near the Brandenburg Gate, close…
Trace DNA reveals critically endangered Chinese bahaba in Hong Kong after decade without records Traces of genetic material collected from seawater have revealed the presence of the Chinese bahaba (Bahaba taipingensis) in western Hong Kong waters, marking the first scientific confirmation of the rare fish in the city for over ten years.Nicknamed the “Panda of…
File photo: Romania detonates Russian drone fragments found near border with Ukraine (Picture credit: Reuters) Romania on Sunday shot down a drone that entered its airspace over the Black Sea, marking the third such interception in as many days as the Nato member accused Russia of repeatedly violating its sovereignty amid the ongoing war in…
Unwritten social rules, not government oversight, help keep forest land sustainable Slash-and-burn farming was blamed for destroying rainforests, but a study of 18,000 forest patches found community rules can limit clearing and allow trees to return.Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research shows that unwritten social rules in small communities…
Wars have been fought over land, over succession, over a woman said to have launched a thousand ships toward Troy. Opium got its own war twice, in 1839 and again in 1856, but not the kind that name suggests. Britain went to war for the right to keep selling opium into China, after the Qing…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he would publicly challenge US President Donald Trump whenever it is necessary to protect Britain’s national interest, while declining to say whether he trusts the American leader.In an exclusive interview with the BBC, his first major sit-down since taking office, Burnham said he…
Disagreements happen to everyone, at work, at home, in public life. What actually separates a fair fight from an unfair one is often not the disagreement itself, but who ends up caught in the middle of it. Hulk Hogan, the professional wrestler, put a simple boundary around exactly that. “If I have a problem with…
According to the research, a birdsong is shaped by both evolution and the environment. (Nature TTL) Birds may sound different depending, but scientists have now found that many of their songs are built from the same basic set of sound patterns. A new global study has identified eight recurring motifs that appear in the songs…
If many bats are sending out similar sound waves at the same time, their signals can overlap. (National geographic photo) Bats rely on echolocation to move through the dark and hunt insects. They send out high-pitched sound waves that bounce off nearby objects and return as echoes which helps them judge where things are.But when…
Image sourced through IranInternational Images published by Iranian state news outlets on Saturday showed children receiving firearms training at a nighttime gathering at Tehran’s Azadi Square. This comes amid reports that the Islamic Republic is recruiting minors as young as 12 to man checkpoints and perform security duties during the war.The images come months after…
