Updated: Jan 23rd, 2026 In the Arizona desert , far from cities and farmland , stands a massive glass structure that once hosted one of the world’s most ambitious scientific experiments known as Biosphere 2, the facility was built to answer a bold question: Can humans survive in a completely closed environment with...
The United States announced that it has formally withdrawn from the World Health Organisation, ending its membership in the global health body. The move, the Trump administration said, fulfills a promise made on the president’s first day in office. In a joint statement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert...
Updated: Jan 22nd, 2026 Google has introduced a free Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for students through its AI platform, Gemini, in partnership with Princeton Review. With this new initiative, students preparing for the SAT can now access full-length practice tests at no cost by simply typing “I want to take a practice SAT test” on...
Three people have died following a shooting west of Sydney in Australia’s eastern state of New South Wales (NSW) on Thursday afternoon. The NSW Police Force said in a statement that emergency services were called to reports of a shooting in the small town of Lake Cargelligo, 450 km west of Sydney, around 4:40 pm...
Updated: Jan 22nd, 2026 Several people, including children, are missing after a large landslide struck a holiday park at the base of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty region on Thursday. Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said search and rescue efforts were continuing at the Beachside Holiday Park. Mitchell described the event as...
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he has reached a ‘framework’ understanding with NATO on Greenland and wider Arctic security, while making clear that scheduled US tariffs will not be imposed on Greenland as part of the understanding. Speaking from World Economic Forum in Davos, Trump said the proposed arrangement focuses squarely on security...
Updated: Jan 21st, 2026 Lahore has been ranked at the top of global pollution charts with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of more than 450, according to the Swiss air quality monitor IQAir, local media reported on Wednesday. Lahore, with an AQI of 452, was ranked in the first spot among the most polluted cities...
Updated: Jan 21st, 2026 Trump’s plane, Air force one, was forced to return to joint base Andrews in Washington, DC, around an hour after leaving for Davos to attend World Economic Forum (WEF) Summit on Tuesday because of “minor technical issue“. Air Force One returned to Joint Base Andrews around an hour after leaving for...
Sunita Williams, one of the most accomplished astronauts in the history of human spaceflight, has retired from the American space agency NASA after an extraordinary 27-year career. Her retirement follows a historic and unexpected nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking the conclusion of a journey defined by endurance, leadership, and scientific excellence....
Updated: Jan 21st, 2026 Usha Vance, the wife of US Vice President J D Vance, has announced that she is pregnant with the couple’s fourth child, with the baby due in July. The announcement was made through a post on social media platform X, drawing congratulatory messages from across the political spectrum. “We’re very happy...