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Image:Left/Brilliant Africa/Right/Canva At first glance, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania appears almost otherworldly. Its shimmering red waters, highly alkaline chemistry and scorching temperatures create one of the harshest aquatic environments on Earth. Yet this seemingly inhospitable lake supports one of nature’s most remarkable survival stories. Every year, millions of lesser flamingos gather along its shores…

When Prince Harry and others accused the Daily Mail of using unlawful methods to source stories, the world was left shocked. The Duke of Sussex – along with Doreen Lawrence, the mother of the murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence; the singer Elton John and his husband, David Furnish; the actors Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost;…

From hundreds of kilometres above Earth, a national celebration looked very different. While crowds gathered across the United States for the country’s 250th anniversary, astronauts aboard the International Space Station watched the evening lights spread across the planet below. On July 4, as fireworks filled the skies over Los Angeles, the display became part of…

Once celebrated as a miracle plant that could save farmland from erosion, kudzu eventually became America’s most notorious invasive vine. Thick green curtains draped over trees, telephone poles and abandoned buildings across parts of the US South earned it the nickname “the vine that ate the South”. Stories claiming the plant grew at extraordinary speed…

Sometimes, being a good neighbour is making others feel like they don’t have one at all. Or so it seems with the recent lawsuit being faced by Microsoft’s much-touted $7.3 billion AI data centre in the US. In early 2026, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella proudly announced his company’s data centre in Fairwater, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin…

‘Not important for Denmark’: Trump says US needs Greenland for ‘protection of the world’ (Image/AP) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday once again renewed his call for the United States to take control of Greenland, claiming the Arctic island is strategically vital for global security but ‘not important’ for Denmark.The remarks came as Trump has…

Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar charged in Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder, says US DOJ (Image/ANI) TOI correspondent from Washington: US federal prosecutors have charged jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his close associate Satinderjeet Singh, alias Goldy Brar, with ordering the assassination of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, but neither the indictment nor US…

As Britain’s major political parties boycott the upcoming Clacton by-election, social media has turned the contest into a meme fest, with “Vote Binface” trending as users jokingly urge voters to elect the satirical candidate over Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.The by-election was triggered after Farage resigned as an MP, alleging he had been the victim…

Rochdale grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed Pakistan has told Britain it must hand over political dissidents living in the UK if it wants Islamabad to accept the deportation of convicted Rochdale grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed.A senior Pakistani government official told The Telegraph that the UK must “respect the issues that matter” to Pakistan instead…

As humans dream of venturing to other planets and creating a virtual world with the help of AI, the hand that was holding tight with the past seems to be losing its grip. In the race to develop the future, the rich depths of the past are getting lost. Those that define our origins, reveal…