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Energy

INLIGHT: Bringing a Thousand-Year Lantern Heritage to the World

Aug 24, 2026

Energy

Mystery virus kills thousands of fish found washed up on beach

Scientists have launched an investigation.

Aug 21, 2026

Energy

French civil servant ‘gleeful’ after drugging women on job interviews so they wet themselves

Almost 250 women have come forward to claim a French civil servant drugged them during a job interview so they would urinate on themselves.

Aug 20, 2026

Wildlife

Afghan teenager begs for a divorce but Taliban official says women have ‘deficient intellect’

'I'm ready to be executed but not live with him.'

Aug 25, 2026

Wildlife

Missing teenager found dead after police said she was alive

A missing teenager has been found dead after officials mistakenly announced that she had been rescued following an eight-day search in the Australian bushland.

Aug 21, 2026

Wildlife

Teens killed in wrong-way crash ‘had been terrorising communities for weeks’

The five teenagers died in the collision on the M9,in County Kildare,on Sunday morning Five teenagers killed when their stolen BMW ploughed head-on into a family while driving on the wrong side of a

Aug 19, 2026

Wildlife

What’s going on with Trump and Kim Jong-un?

A true bromance, or something more sinister?

Aug 18, 2026

Sports

‘Yorkshire lad’ becomes first Brit to die fighting for Putin in suicide drone attack

'Ultimately, he sacrificed his life for our cause. His service was brief but he blazed the brightest star.

Aug 25, 2026

Sports

Tornado tears through French village leaving 41 injured and hundreds of homes damaged

Winds reached up to 73mph.

Aug 25, 2026

Sports

Ultra-rare Nazi tank captured during WWII found buried beneath university

The Second World War relic was uncovered during work at Kazan National Research Technological University (KNITU), in the west of the vast country.

Aug 25, 2026

Sports

Another eclipse is happening in UK this week with a major difference

August has been a packed month in the celestial calendar.

Aug 25, 2026

Travel

Iran threatens to kill Barron Trump while he plays Xbox in chilling TV report

Iranian TV has targeted another member of Donald Trump’s close family with a report suggesting how they might be assassinated.

Aug 25, 2026

Travel

Practice Is the Sole Criterion for Testing Robots! DEEP Robotics' Six Industry Product Lines Make Their First Complete Debut at WRC 2026

Aug 25, 2026

Travel

Fighter jets destroy explosive-laden sea drone close to huge gas platform

A picture of the drone uploaded by Romania’s defence minister (Picture: Radu Miruţă) A marine drone packed with explosives was destroyed by fighter jets in the Black Sea a few hundred metres from

Aug 21, 2026

Travel

Israeli military admits opening fire on car carrying five-year-old girl

A little voice picked up on the other end – it was Hind. She was still alive,hiding in a car with the bodies of her family.

Aug 20, 2026

Economy

Restaurant staff wrote ‘burn and spit on eggs’ after tourist complained

Owner tried to claim the aggressive message was a joke An Italian restaurant wrote,‘This is p***ing me off. Burn [her] eggs and spit in them’ after a tourist complained they were runny.

Aug 25, 2026

Wildfires burning across Europe are setting off old WWI and WWII bombs

Members of a bomb disposal unit sit next to 1.8 ton World War II bomb after defusing it in Frankfurt,Germany,in 2017 (Picture: AP)

Aug 24, 2026

Boy, 7, left alone on Mount Fuji by his own dad

'Wait here,' he said.

Aug 22, 2026

Woman, 38, posed as 12-year-old using teddy and high child’s voice to trick couple into adopting her

Amanda used an infantilised voice, children's toys, pacifiers and baby bottles to maintain the illusion

Aug 21, 2026

Depth

Aug 25, 2026

Russia launches sabotage attacks on weapons factories in Europe

Explosions were reported at major arms manafacturers.

CTAI launches its strategic layout in Africa, with Morocco becoming an important starting point for its globalization development.

Aug 20, 2026

Restaurant staff wrote ‘burn and spit on eggs’ after tourist complained

Ultra-rare Nazi tank captured during WWII found buried beneath university

Boy, 7, left alone on Mount Fuji by his own dad

Waterparks forced to close over disgusting ‘brown challenge’ that is spreading

‘Yorkshire lad’ becomes first Brit to die fighting for Putin in suicide drone attack

Tourist dies in Death Valley after car gets stuck in the mud

Russia launches sabotage attacks on weapons factories in Europe

Nasa’s ‘SkyFall’ helicopters beam green waves to hunt for ice on Mars

Woman dragged from tent and mauled to death by bear day after she got engaged

Energy

Andy Burnham shoots back at Russia’s war ‘warning’ and asks: ‘Who started the fire?’

INLIGHT: Bringing a Thousand-Year Lantern Heritage to the World

Mystery virus kills thousands of fish found washed up on beach

French civil servant ‘gleeful’ after drugging women on job interviews so they wet themselves

Wildlife

Afghan teenager begs for a divorce but Taliban official says women have ‘deficient intellect’

Missing teenager found dead after police said she was alive

Teens killed in wrong-way crash ‘had been terrorising communities for weeks’

What’s going on with Trump and Kim Jong-un?

Sports

‘Yorkshire lad’ becomes first Brit to die fighting for Putin in suicide drone attack

Tornado tears through French village leaving 41 injured and hundreds of homes damaged

Ultra-rare Nazi tank captured during WWII found buried beneath university

Another eclipse is happening in UK this week with a major difference

Travel

Iran threatens to kill Barron Trump while he plays Xbox in chilling TV report

Practice Is the Sole Criterion for Testing Robots! DEEP Robotics' Six Industry Product Lines Make Their First Complete Debut at WRC 2026

Fighter jets destroy explosive-laden sea drone close to huge gas platform

Israeli military admits opening fire on car carrying five-year-old girl

Economy

Restaurant staff wrote ‘burn and spit on eggs’ after tourist complained

Wildfires burning across Europe are setting off old WWI and WWII bombs

Boy, 7, left alone on Mount Fuji by his own dad

Woman, 38, posed as 12-year-old using teddy and high child’s voice to trick couple into adopting her

Depth

Russia launches sabotage attacks on weapons factories in Europe

One confirmed dead after sword attack on first day back at school

Woman dragged from tent and mauled to death by bear day after she got engaged

Russians are pulling billions from banks over fears Putin will raid their savings

CTAI launches its strategic layout in Africa, with Morocco becoming an important starting point for its globalization development.