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Typhoon Kalmaegi Makes Landfall in Vietnam After Killing 114 in Philippines: All You Need to Know About the Storm’s Path, Impact, and Ongoing Crisis Typhoon Kalmaegi, Asia’s most powerful tropical storm this year, has dramatically altered lives across Southeast Asia. After killing at least 114 people and submerging entire towns in the Philippines, Typhoon Kalmaegi…
Zohran Mamdani New York Mayoral Victory: Historic Win, Challenges Ahead, and Direct Challenge to Trump Zohran Mamdani New York mayoral victory is making headlines across the globe. On election night, 34-year-old Zohran Mamdani became the first Muslim and youngest New York City Mayor in more than a century—a political earthquake in the U.S. which doesn’t…
Moral Ashes victory debate Moral Ashes victory debate ignites the series before a ball is bowled. David Warner has poured petrol on the rivalry by claiming Australia will win 4-0 because England are “playing for a moral victory,” not the urn itself. His comments have split opinion, stirred dressing rooms, and defined an early, pointed…
Palestinian prisoners release: A day of relief, emotion, and questions across Gaza and the West Bank Palestinian prisoners release became a reality for thousands of families who had been waiting, praying, and fearing for years. In scenes filled with tears, cheers, and disbelief, buses facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived in…
The headline-grabbing breakthrough sounds like sci-fi: the bacteria turning waste plastic into painkillers are not exotic extremophiles but humble E. coli, the biotech workhorse found in labs worldwide. In a 2025 study led by the University of Edinburgh, researchers engineered E. coli to convert PET plastic (think drinks bottles) into paracetamol/acetaminophen in under 24 hours,…
Trump new tariffs are here—again—and the scale is striking. From 1 October, the White House says it will impose a 100% tariff on branded or patented pharmaceutical imports unless the company is already building a manufacturing facility in the U.S. At the same time, it will slap a 25% import tax on all heavy-duty trucks,…
UK mandatory digital ID. The government has confirmed plans to introduce a national digital ID that will become mandatory for proving the right to work in Britain by the end of this Parliament (no later than 2029). Ministers pitch it as a modern security tool to curb illegal working and a convenient key to public…
The small English town changed global travel sits quietly in County Durham. Shildon doesn’t grandstand; it doesn’t need to. On 27 September 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) first ran a steam-hauled train on a public line here—an audacious experiment that proved rail could move people and freight faster, farther, and cheaper than anything…
The most controversial queen in history is a phrase often pinned to Marie Antoinette, a teenage archduchess turned French queen whose life became a lightning rod for envy, fury, and myth-making. In the decades bracketing the French Revolution, she was accused of heartless privilege (“let them eat cake”), ruinous luxury (“Madame Déficit”), sexual depravity (the…
The rare disease that stops us feeling fear has changed how scientists understand survival, emotion, and even mental health. It’s a real condition—best known through the case of “SM,” a woman with Urbach–Wiethe disease—that selectively blunts fear of external threats while leaving other emotions largely intact. At first glance, SM’s life looks like a paradox:…
