Donald Trump (AP file photo) US President Donald Trump has long made political capital out of his rivals’ mistakes, however his recent mix-ups have now pointed his finger right back at him.He once screened a compilation of Joe Biden’s stumbles at a campaign rally. When Biden mixed up Trump and Kamala Harris during the 2024…
For more than 5,300 years, it lay undisturbed beneath a Stone Age tomb in northern Spain, hidden among the remains of nearly 100 people. When archaeologists finally uncovered the ancient skull, they expected another glimpse into prehistoric life. Instead, they found evidence of something far more extraordinary. Careful examination revealed that the woman had undergone…
In the colder parts of Canada, winter occasionally produces a sight that seems more suited to a drawing than a river. A large disc of ice appears on the water, almost perfectly round, turning so slowly that its movement is easy to miss. These formations have been reported in places such as Quebec, Alberta and…
The British imperial dream had far more consequences than just the expansion of the empire. It left many lives destroyed, kingdoms stolen and people homeless with nowhere to go. Among these was Chikka Veerarajendra, the last Raja of Kodagu (Coorg) who was deposed by the British on 24 April 1834 CE after losing the Coorg…
Long before the Arctic looked the way it does now, a stretch of Norway’s northern coastline supported an unexpectedly rich mix of wildlife. That picture has emerged from a cave where thousands of years of natural deposits quietly protected the remains of animals that lived during a comparatively mild phase of the last Ice Age….
Every living organism inherits a unique combination of traits, from eye colour and blood type to resistance against certain diseases. These characteristics are determined by genes, but genes themselves can exist in different forms. These alternative versions are known as alleles. While one allele may produce a particular trait, another may result in a different…
A massive fire at a popular live music venue in Thailand’s capital late on Sunday killed at least 27 people and left 63 others injured. Officials said many victims died after becoming trapped near the pub’s bathrooms while trying to escape thick smoke. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the blaze, which…
“I’ve never experienced anything like this. The images are still burned into my mind.” For Laotian tourist Kan Kutirat, the horror unfolded in minutes as flames and thick smoke engulfed a packed Bangkok pub. He managed to carry one woman to safety and later wrote on Facebook: “I could only get one person out. I…
Most people quietly fear failure more than almost anything else, enough that it stops them from ever actually trying. Michael Jordan drew a sharper line than that. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying,” he wrote. It is one of his most quoted lines, and it carries weight…
More than 10,000 excess deaths were recorded across Europe during the record-breaking heatwave that swept through western parts of the continent in late June, according to official mortality data cited by Reuters.Figures released by EuroMOMO, a mortality monitoring network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization…
