Health emergency due to supply shortage
Botswana’s president declares health emergency over supply shortages Botswana’s president has declared a public health emergency due to shortages of essential medicines and equipment, as a downturn in the global diamond market and US aid cuts take a toll…
Trouble in EU
The head of the European Union’s executive Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has spoken of her outrage at Russia’s deadliest onslaught on Kyiv since July, which also damaged the EU’s delegation office in the Ukrainian capital. At least 21 people,…
staples in the screens of switch 2’s
Video game retailer GameStop said Thursday that it is investigating claims made by some customers that they received damaged Nintendo Switch 2 consoles. In multiple social media posts across X and Reddit, some consumers reported an issue in which it appeared…
special “billi jean bling” attire with a Labubu mascot
While her tennis shone in her first-round US Open victory on Tuesday, Naomi Osaka’s outfit –nd Labubu accoutrement –paraded in New York. For her match against Greet Minnen in Louis Armstrong Stadium, Osaka walked onto the court with sparkly red roses in…
Heated argument in tennis
The post-match exchange between Taylor Townsend and Jelena Ostapenko on Wednesday at the US Open was a terse encounter, but probably left many wondering what the big deal was that caused all the tension. As it happens, the clash stemmed from breaking an…
Deep gashes in the earth are slicing up cities, swallowing houses and displacing vast numbers of poeple
Gigantic trenches known as gullies are opening up in cities in Africa, swallowing up homes and businesses, sometimes in an instant, a study has found1. About 118,600 people, on average, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) alone were…
This deep-sea worm creates a toxic yellow pigment found in Rembrandt and Cézanne paintings
A bright-yellow worm that lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a brilliant but toxic mineral used by artists from antiquity until the nineteenth century. The findings1 were published in PLoS Biology this week. The worm (Paralvinella…
