It can take years to find the courage to say what you really think. To speak up in a meeting, to disagree with someone you respect, or to tell people who you truly are. Melinda Gates, who has spent much of her life working to lift up women and girls around the world, believes that…
More than a decade after risking his life to save fellow soldiers during a fierce battle in Afghanistan, US Army officer Nicholas Dockery has received the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military award for bravery. Dockery was honoured at a White House ceremony in June 2026 for his actions during a Taliban ambush in Kapisa…
The creator economy reached a historic milestone in 2026. According to Forbes’ 2026 Top Creators list, the world’s 50 highest-earning social media stars generated a combined $1.02 billion between March 2025 and March 2026, marking the first time collective earnings crossed the billion-dollar mark. The total represents a 20 per cent increase from the $853…
A Pakistani delivery driver who raped a vulnerable woman shortly after she left a hospital in West Sussex has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison.Suleman Mukaish, 27, who was living in the UK on a student visa, carried out the attack in a car park near Worthing Hospital on March 11…
Residents of a neighbourhood in Orange County, Texas, were told to stay indoors after an 18-wheeler carrying hundreds of honeybee hives overturned and released millions of bees into the area. The truck, which was transporting more than 400 hives for commercial pollination work, crashed after reportedly taking a wrong turn and attempting a sharp corner….
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Mariano Grossi confirms that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be inspected. The head of the UN’s nuclear agency signaled on Wednesday that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a key component in the interim deal between the United States and Iran, despite Tehran’s denial…
Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has fired 6 appointees put in place by former Director Tulsi Gabbard Acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte has fired six political appointees put in place by former Director Tulsi Gabbard and removed dozens of career intelligence officials from their roles, according to four sources familiar with…
A gruelling heatwave has wrapped all of Europe, high temperatures have resulted in 40 deaths related to drowning in France. At least 40 people have drowned in France over the past five days as a punishing heatwave grips much of Europe, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Tuesday. Most victims were young people swimming…
In the shallow churn of waters off the Philippine coast, a long-forgotten wartime story has been pulled back into view, not through ceremony or excavation on land but through the slow, patient work of sonar scans and archival digging. What began as a search guided by scattered wartime records has ended with the identification of…
Afghan proverb of the day on power and persuasion. Among the many proverbs that have emerged from the crossroads of Central and South Asia, few are as striking as the Afghan saying: “He who can be killed by sugar should not be killed by poison.” It is simple to understand but the underlying significance teaches…