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News of disease outbreaks can warp our brains in strange and subtle ways
The "behavioural immune system" can drive harsher moral judgement and may even contribute to xenophobia.
US bans new Chinese humanoid robots over ‘unacceptable risks’
The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a ban on new foreign-made humanoid robot imports to the US over “unacceptable risks” to America’s national security. The move applies to advanced robots – including humanoid and four-legged machines. Many of them are made in China, which is competing with the US to develop...
US withdraws troops from Nigeria after Islamic State mission
The United States has withdrawn most of the troops it deployed in Nigeria earlier this year in an effort to help fight Islamist militant groups. In December, US and Nigerian forces launched a joint operation in the Lake Chad Basin area, which involved strikes against militants on Christmas Day, followed by the deployme...
At least 49 migrants die of thirst after truck breakdown in Niger’s Sahara Desert
At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara Desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said.
Xi Jinping to meet Kim Jong Un in rare visit to North Korea
China's president Xi Jinping will meet Kim Jong Un next week in a trip to North Korea, in his first visit in nearly seven years, according to both countries' state media.
At least 18 injured in Damascus as explosions disrupt Macron visit
At least 18 people were injured on Tuesday after explosive devices detonated in the heart of the Syrian capital. The blasts occurred while French President Emmanuel Macron was conducting high-level meetings at the presidential palace with his Syrian counterpart, Ahmed al-Sharaa. The incident took place near the Four Se...
‘Cancel it’, Trump says after artists drop out of US Freedom 250 festival
US President Donald Trump has said musical performances celebrating the country’s 250th birthday should be called off after several artists dropped out, citing the event’s affiliation with the White House. “Cancel it,” he said in a post on Truth Social, calling the slated performers “overpriced” and “boring”. A...
US court orders extradition of NDC’s Sedina Tamakloe to Ghana
A Magistrate judge in the United States of America (USA), Daniel J. Albregts of the District of Nevada, has ordered the extradition of Ms. Christine Sedina Tamakloe, former chief executive officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC), and member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to G...
Oil prices fall and shares jump after US-Iran deal announced
Oil prices have fallen and shares risen after the US and Iran said they had agreed a framework deal to end the war, which US President Donald Trump said would see the reopening of the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route.
Young Indonesian unmarried couple publicly caned after kissing on TikTok
A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province have been publicly caned after a Sharia court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream. The court ordered the couple, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissing withou...
Iran begins public mourning for Ayatollah killed in February
Iran has begun several days of public mourning and funeral processions for its former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, more than four months after he was killed in strikes launched by the US and Israel. The former Ayatollah’s body is currently lying in state at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla, ahead of his burial in his...
Dangerous heatwave scorches US as Fourth of July holiday kicks off
Millions of people across the US East Coast are sweltering under record temperatures as the Fourth of July holiday weekend gets underway.