Warning: This story contains references to suicide and self harm, which some may find distressing. Oleg, a 24-year-old who grew up in the western Russian city of Ufa, thought he was signing up to work as a security guard at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the occupied part of southeastern Ukraine. To secure the…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Iran warns US against entering strait of Hormuz Iran has warned the US navy against entering the Hormuz strait, according to a statement from the unified command of Iran’s armed forces reported by state media. The warning came after Donald Trump…
Whitney Leavitt is departing Hulu‘s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, the reality television actress-turned-Broadway starlet announced during her final performance in Chicago on Sunday. Her representative confirmed the departure to Deadline. Leavitt has appeared in every episode of the hit Emmy-nominated reality show, which follows a group of Mormon mom-influencers who contend with a…
Hefty upfront costs, issues disposing of radiation and waste, and memories of terrible accidents have all contributed to Europe’s reluctance to embrace nuclear energy in recent decades. But the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the U.S.-Iran war has exposed the continent’s vulnerability to disrupted energy imports – and nuclear may offer Europe…
An AI system used to predict how much Kenyans can afford to pay for access to healthcare, has systemically driven up costs for the poor, an investigation has found. The healthcare system being rolled out across the country, a key electoral promise of President William Ruto, was launched in October 2024 and intended to replace…
Unbowed by the Iran war and other shocks, individual investors are buying their way to new heights of influence
Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from Australian coalmines are more than double official government estimates reported to the UN, according to a new International Energy Agency report. Climate and energy analysts said the report had again highlighted an “enormous gap” in the country’s reported methane emissions from coalmines and should serve as a…
Vanessa Bryant has hit back at cruel online rumours six years after the death of her NBA star husband, Kobe Bryant. The Los Angeles Lakers icon died at the age of 41, alongside their daughter Gianna, 13, in a horrific helicopter crash in Calabasas, California in January 2020. A total of nine people died in…
A baby has been found dead in a tent in regional New South Wales, prompting renewed calls to address homelessness across regional Australia. Police were called to a homeless encampment near Wagga beach on the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday, where they found a 37-year-old woman with two infants, one of whom was deceased. The surviving…
