Iran on Tuesday announced its readiness to support Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “four-point plan” on Gulf security and regional development ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit to China this week, as tensions between Tehran and Washington continue despite a fragile ceasefire in the weeks-long conflict that came into effect on April 8. Iran’s ambassador…
UAE tightens grip on regulated crypto economy with Crypto.com deal / Image: file The UAE has taken another major step toward becoming a global digital finance hub after Crypto.com became the first cryptocurrency platform to receive a Stored Value Facilities (SVF) licence from the Central Bank of the UAE.The licence was granted to the company’s…
A recent study shows that urban tree canopies play a crucial role in combating the ‘Urban Heat Island’ (UHI) effect. They cut the temperature gap between cities and rural areas by almost half. Trees offer shade and cool the air through a process called transpiration, lowering summer air temperature by a population-weighted mean of 0.15…
In the summer of 1986, a 20-year-old man named Christopher Thomas Knight drove into the forests of Maine and quietly disappeared. There was no dramatic farewell, political statement, or survival mission. He simply abandoned his car after it ran out of fuel and walked into the wilderness. For the next 27 years, Knight lived alone…
Miatta Fahnbulleh, a minister in Keir Starmer’s government, resigned on Tuesday while publicly questioning the British Prime Minister’s leadership and urging him to begin an “orderly transition” within the Labour Party.Fahnbulleh became the first minister in Starmer’s administration to step down openly over concerns about the direction of the government.In her resignation message posted on…
Alfred Nobel (Image: Wikipedia) Love, feelings and human connection have always been some of the most complicated aspects of life. For centuries, philosophers, scientists, writers and thinkers have sought to explain why people feel affection, attachment, trust or distance. Alfred Nobel made a very thoughtful remark on this point when he said, “A heart can…
Nigerian-British man abducts son British authorities have launched a manhunt for a Nigerian-British man accused of abducting his five-year-old son from France to Nigeria after he was wrongly released from a London prison and may have fled the UK within days.Ifedayo Adeyeye, 58, walked free from HMP Pentonville in London on April 21 despite being…
In Denmark, archaeologists were truly amazed when they found an extraordinary hoard of Viking Age gold in a forest in Himmerland. This treasure includes six solid gold arm rings weighing 762.5 grams; it’s the third-largest find of its kind from this era in Danish history, as noted in the report on North Jutland Museums. These…
Building a city on Mars has long been a symbol of human ambition, but the practical reality behind it is far more complicated than the dream suggests. A recent preprint study led by Serena Suriano explores one of the biggest hidden challenges: where the construction materials will actually come from. Mars does have iron, but…
Most people expect nightfall to arrive at some point in the day. In one remote corner of Alaska, that simply stops happening for weeks. Residents in Utqiagvik, the northernmost town in the United States, have now entered the annual ‘midnight sun’ season, a strange period when the sun remains visible around the clock. The town…