Hotels are usually built for travellers, but some are designed for creatures no bigger than your thumb. Scientists and conservationists have spent years creating these miniature refuges for wild bees in the form of small nesting structures fitted with narrow tunnels that mimic the hollow stems and cavities many solitary bee species naturally use to…
Representative image (Picture credit: Reuters) A Delta Air Lines flight was apparently struck by fireworks while descending into Chicago Midway International Airport during Fourth of July celebrations, prompting a federal investigation into the incident.According to news agency AP, the pilot of Delta Flight 1076 reported the incident to air traffic controllers moments before landing on…
One person was killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russian-occupied Crimea, Moscow-installed officials said in the early hours of Sunday, as Russian and Ukrainian presidents held separate calls with US President Donald Trump on ending the war, now in its fifth year.Two others were injured in the attack on northern Crimea, including one in a…
STRASBOURG: Jewellery worth millions of euros was stolen in a burglary at the museum of French luxury glassmaker Lalique on Sunday, the company and a probe source said.The thief or thieves broke in to the museum in Wingen-sur-Moder in northeastern France around 5.30 am local time and headed straight for the jewellery room, the source…
No snowflake lands the same twice: When snow begins to fall, it rarely feels like a pattern. It feels like interruption, softness, and silence arriving in countless forms at once. In that quiet chaos sits a familiar winter idea often repeated in folk storytelling and popular reflection: no snowflake lands the same twice. It is…
Could a decades-old livestock burial ground become the next flashpoint in the Russia-Ukraine war?Ukraine’s military intelligence has alleged that Russian forces are creating conditions for the spread of anthrax in occupied parts of the Kherson region by improperly disposing of infected livestock, raising concerns over potential public health risks and what Kyiv describes as a…
Karachi shopping centre blaze: 11-year-old boy faces trial after being named in chargesheet over 72 deaths An 11-year-old boy has been named as an accused in the chargesheet filed by Pakistani police over the deadly Gul Plaza shopping centre fire in Karachi that killed 72 people in January. The minor, along with his father and…
A cargo ship reported coming under attack by “unknown armed assailants” off Yemen’s Red Sea coast on Sunday, the British military said, as authorities investigated the incident near the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeidah.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) centre said the incident occurred about 30 nautical miles (55 kilometres) southwest of the Houthi-controlled port…
Indian expatriates in the UAE are lining up for passport renewals With the summer travel season at its peak, hundreds of Indian expatriates in the UAE are lining up for passport renewals and other consular services after a transition in service providers disrupted normal operations.Since July 1, the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi and…
Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new Supreme Leader, remained absent from public view on Sunday as his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and four members of the family were honoured with state funeral prayers in Tehran. While state television broadcast images of three of Khamenei’s sons praying alongside Iran’s political and military leadership, Mojtaba’s continued…