As diesel prices climb, truckers start cutting back – and slowing down
While most Americans are still driving much as they always have, new data suggests truckers and transportation companies are already changing their habits to cope with rising fuel costs. Millions of truck routes studied Transportation analytics firm INRIX shared its findings with Straight Arrow after analyzing roughly 60 million commercialContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: ICC judge did not say Duterte was ‘kidnapped’
Claim: International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber III Judge Joanna Korner said that former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was kidnapped when he was sent to the ICC detention center in The Hague, the Netherlands. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The quote card bearing the claim was posted on JuneContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: AI-generated video not real footage of Angeles City building collapse
Claim: A video shows the collapse of a nine-story building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga, which happened on May 24. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim was posted on May 25, a day after the incident. As of writing, it has 4.1 million views,Continue Reading
LIVE: IAEA Director Rafael Grossi speaks to the media
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks to reporters following an “urgent session” of the Board of Governors on the Mideast situation. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it has negotiated a temporary local ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, the sixth since late last year, allowing repairs to a power supplyContinue Reading
From the Field: In crisis-hit Middle East, renewables power daily life
Across the Middle East, countries facing severe energy access challenges are turning to renewables to power essential infrastructure, from hospitals to schools and street lighting.Continue Reading
AI’s environmental costs threaten water, land and climate
Artificial Intelligence is not only responsible for worrying amounts of earth-warming greenhouse gases: the technology’s environmental footprint is also expanding at a pace that could strain the planet’s natural resources.Continue Reading
US-Iran war pushing millions into food crisis, warns UN
WFP warns that the war is causing substantial increases in food prices in a number of countries., The WFP warns that the impacts of the war are resulting in substantial food price increases that are being felt in ‘fragile countries’. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned thatContinue Reading
Ranking the World Cup 2026 groups: Which teams are favourites to progress?
The first stage of the 2026 World Cup 2026 features 12 groups. We’ve ranked them and picked the favourites to advance., A record 48 teams will contest this summer’s World Cup, with 12 groups making up the first stage of the tournament. Twelve seeded teams are spread out across theContinue Reading
Focused on Work, Needed at Home: A Federal Caregiving Policy Might Help
The Family and Medical Leave Act gives eligible employees up to 12 weeks of job-protected leave for caregiving. But the federal policy has noteworthy limitations. The HealthQ team explains…Read MoreContinue Reading
The smallest nation ever to qualify for the World Cup didn’t do it alone
Curaçao will make its World Cup debut this month as the smallest nation ever to qualify for the tournament, thanks to its connection to the Netherlands., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
NVIDIA’s RTX Spark is an AI “superchip” that will power Windows laptops and desktops
NVIDIA claims the new RTX Spark chip for PCs will offer 1 petaflop of AI computing power…Continue Reading
Who Was Nancy Grace Roman?
She’s known as the “Mother of Hubble” to many of those at NASA who worked with her in the 20th century. Nancy Grace Roman was not only a pioneering astronomer who helped humanity understand the types and motions of the countless stars that dot our universe. She was also the first female executive at NASAContinue Reading
A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II
Image of the Day for June 4, 2026 An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel way. Jun 04, 2026 View more Images of the Day: One of the first images transmitted back to Earth from the Artemis II mission was a stunner.Continue Reading