UAE bans social media for under-15s The United Arab Emirates has moved to tighten online safety measures for children, mandating social media platforms to deploy robust identity verification systems and advanced artificial intelligence tools to prevent underage users from accessing their services.The measures form part of a Cabinet resolution regulating children’s access to social media…
Volcanoes have shaped some of the world’s most productive landscapes, leaving behind fertile soils, natural harbours and landscapes that have supported communities for centuries. The same geological forces that enrich the land also create hazards that can return with little warning. Around the world, millions of people continue to live beneath active volcanoes, accepting the…
(AI image used for representational purposes only) In an old kitchen, a pot and a kettle hanging over the same fire would eventually collect layers of smoke and soot, their surfaces darkening with every meal prepared over the flames. A pot turning around to accuse the kettle of being black carried an obvious irony because…
The First World War saw millions of soldiers fight across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, but few service records are as remarkable as that of Jackie, a chacma baboon from South Africa. Far from being a simple regimental mascot, Jackie wore a military uniform, marched with troops, stood guard in the trenches and survived…
Henry Nowak and Vickrum Digwa Two Hampshire Constabulary police officers are under investigation for potential gross misconduct over their handling of 18-year-old Henry Nowak, who was handcuffed and arrested while suffering fatal stab wounds after being attacked by Sikh man Vickrum Singh Digwa in Southampton in December 2025.Digwa was later convicted of murder and sentenced…
Checking into a hotel has traditionally meant being greeted by reception staff, assisted with luggage and served by teams working behind the scenes. A new project in southern China aims to challenge that familiar experience. Scheduled to open in 2027 on the WestArtificial Island of the Shenzhen–Zhongshan Link in Guangdong Province, the hotel is being…
Exploring Princess Diana’s popularity among Gen Z and why the world remains enamoured by her. While Europe was busy toppling monarchies, Britain had somehow turned its own into a tourist attraction, a soap opera and a national religion with better hats. Diana epitomised that craze. For the world of the 1980s and 1990s, Princess Diana…
In a subsequent update, the secretariat said a third victim, a 48-year-old woman, suffered asphyxiation on a nearby street. Three people died from suffocation after massive crowds gathered on the streets of Mexico City to celebrate the country’s FIFA World Cup victory, the capital’s health secretariat said early on Wednesday.The victims were caught up in…
Deep in the rugged hills outside Ojai, California, a lonely bridge and winding mountain road have become the setting for one of the state’s most enduring ghost stories. For decades, locals have spoken of Char-Man, a horribly burned figure said to emerge from the surrounding forests after dark, terrifying anyone who dares to enter his…
Man as seen walking with the victim and later carrying out a suitcase Thai authorities have charged an Australian man with the murder of a 17-year-old Thai girl whose body was found inside a suitcase dumped near a railway line in the tourist city of Pattaya.The teenager was reported missing on Friday. Police said Simon…