A British policeman has been removed from frontline duty after multiple videos emerged on social media showing officers beating at least three people inside Manchester Airport in an incident the city’s own force has labeled “truly shocking.” The viral videos, in which one officer could be seen stomping on a man’s head, are the latest to spark a public and political ...
Much of the Philippine capital remained underwater Thursday after deadly Typhoon Gaemi worsened torrential monsoon rains that lashed the country, trapping thousands of people in rising flood waters and causing widespread damage. Continuous heavy rains, massive flooding and landslides across the Philippines killed at least 13 people and displaced more than 600,000, Philippine authorities said during a disaster relief briefing Thursday. ...
It may be the smallest planet in the solar system but Mercury could be hiding a big secret. A layer of diamond beneath the crust of Mercury could be up to 10 miles (18km) thick, new research suggests. Scientists from China and Belgium used data collected by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft between 2004 and 2015 to inform their theories about the ...
A toddler who had to have an eye removed after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer has “adapted so well” to a prosthetic designed by doctors who relied solely on scans of her face. Nuala Mulholland, now a 20-month-old toddler, was diagnosed when she was 10 months old, after her mother realised something was wrong as her eye ...
Tyrannosaurus rex could have been even bigger than previously thought, new research suggests. Scientists now believe the dinosaur could have been 70% heavier and 25% longer. The largest of the species may have weighed roughly 15 tonnes instead of 8.8, and measured 15 metres instead of 12. Dr Jordan Mallon, of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, said scientists ...
The firm behind the global IT outage that cost companies billions, ground 5% of the world’s air traffic and brought NHS systems to their knees has given out $10 food vouchers to say sorry. And for some, they don’t even work. CrowdStrike sought to thank and apologise to its ‘teammates’ and partners for the extra workload resulting from the outage ...
The Democratic National Convention’s rules committee approved the process Wednesday for selecting their presidential nominee via a virtual roll call vote, to begin early next month. Vice President Harris, who has amassed more than enough pledged support from delegates to win, is likely to be declared the official nominee by Aug. 7. As of now, no serious candidate has emerged ...
President Biden plans to deliver a somber, reflective address from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening, speaking to the nation for the first time since his monumental decision to end both his reelection campaign and political career. With less than six months left in his presidency, Biden is set to use the prime time address to defend his record, define ...
A defiant Benjamin Netanyahu, in an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, dismissed as “utter nonsense” criticisms by the United Nations, human rights groups and others that his government has committed war crimes in Gaza and derided protesters as “idiots” and tools of Iran. The embattled Israeli prime minister told U.S. lawmakers that Israel will settle for ...
An Instagram video posted Wednesday shows hundreds of mealworms, maggots and crickets crawling around the Watergate Hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is staying during his visit to D.C., raising questions about how protesters who claimed to unleash the vermin were able to get onto the property as the area has been under tight security. The video, posted jointly ...