How the frog meat trade helped spread a deadly fungus worldwide
A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil. Genetic evidence and trade data suggest the fungus hitchhiked across the world via international frog meat markets. The findings raise urgent concerns about how wildlife trade can spread hidden biologicalContinue Reading
UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids
Labour’s latest U-turn? 61 backbenchers pile pressure for Starmer to back Tory peer’s amendment The British government may impose a ban on under-16s using social media, despite Labour prime minister Keir Starmer having previously expressed skepticism over the measure.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Price, battery life, performance – that’s how you sell PCs
Traditional considerations back in vogue. On-device AI? Not so much The majority of PCs that commercial resellers shipped to enterprise customers in Q4 were AI-capable, however, it was the traditional levers of price, battery life and performance these biz buyers were mostly sold on.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
After U.S. strike and Maduro’s fall, is Venezuelan ‘Chavismo’ facing its end?
After the U.S. toppled Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s new leader bows to Washington, raising doubts about whether the once-defiant Chavista revolution can survive., Read MoreContinue Reading
A Record Wildfire Season Inspires Wyoming to Prepare for an Increasingly Fiery Future
As the Cowboy State faces larger and costlier blazes, scientists warn that the flames could make many of its iconic landscapes unrecognizable within decades. By Jake Bolster In six generations, Jake Christian’s family had never seen a fire like the one that blazed toward his ranch near Buffalo, Wyoming, lateContinue Reading
Foreign influence & Somalia’s fight for unity
On Centre Stage, Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Hassan speaks with Ali Omar, Somalia’s minister of state for foreign affairs., Centre Stage In this episode of Centre Stage, Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Hassan speaks with Ali Omar, Somalia’s minister of state for foreign affairs, about Somaliland’s secession bid backed by Israel, the fightContinue Reading
India is profiling Kashmir mosques, raising new surveillance fears
Residents say police exercise feels less like routine survey and more like an attempt to control religious institutions., Mohammad Nawaz Khan regrets the day his father, Sanaullah Khan, a retired government employee, agreed to head the managing committee of the neighbourhood mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Khan’sContinue Reading
Cancer patients ‘warned for years’ about hospital water infections
Paul O’Hare, BBC Scotland and Lisa Summers, Scotland health and social care correspondent John Cuddihy says the bacterial infection had a ‘devastating’ impact on daughter Molly The father of a woman whose death is being investigated by prosecutors said a health board was “warned for years” about issues with aContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Hontiveros, Castro statements on Occidental Mindoro clash are fake
Claim: Senator Risa Hontiveros and former ACT Teachers Representative France Castro made statements defending the youth who died in the clash between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Occidental Mindoro, as seen in quote cards circulating online. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The post bearing theContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: No reports of Russia, US, UK seeking Duterte release
Claim: The governments of Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom are coordinating to push for the release of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, who is currently in the custody of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The claim was posted on Facebook pagesContinue Reading
Dolce & Gabbana’s ‘Portrait of a Man’ shows in Milan
Dolce & Gabbana’s fall-winter collection “The Portrait of a Man” shows in Milan, celebrating individuality with pinstripes, sportswear, and jewelry for men. #dolceandgabbana #milan #milanfashionweek #fashionContinue Reading
‘Utterly Shameless’: Tory Energy Chief Backs ‘Nonsense’ Anti-Net Zero Reports
Conservative shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has endorsed two new anti-climate reports that have been rejected by experts and government bodies. On 12 January, Coutinho launched a report by energy consultancy Watt-Logic which claimed that increasing renewable energy capacity in the UK will heighten the risk of blackouts – aContinue Reading
A Fox News Venezuela Expert Is Backed by MAGA Oil Billionaire Paul Singer
In the chaotic lead-up to and aftermath of the United States’ January 3 military raid on Venezuela, a national security expert named Rebeccah Heinrichs appeared multiple times on Fox News to describe American aggression as a victory for both ordinary Venezuelans and the world — sometimes more than once aContinue Reading