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Quote of the day by German philosopher Immanuel Kant: “One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.”

Why Japan is recruiting bodybuilders and MMA fighters for elderly care

Bus plunges into River Seine as trainee driver loses control, passengers rescued

Mount St. Helens eruption: How Gophers transformed a barren land in 43 years

6 rivers that flow backwards in the world: From the Chicago River in the United States to the Narmada River in India

Canada’s Diavik mine makes stunning 158-carat diamond discovery just before shutdown

4,300-year-old gold-covered mummy found sealed in deep Egyptian shaft, shocks archaeologists

Putin, Trump hold 90-minute call on Iran, Ukraine war: Russia proposes Kyiv ceasefire for Victory Day

Treasure alert: 63 Anglo-Saxon coins uncovered in Worcestershire linked to the Viking age

Asahiyama Zoo incident: Japan worker tells police he burned wife’s body in incinerator

This Atlantic island came close to a volcanic eruption without warning, scientists reveal

3,000-year-old Egyptian amulet found in Spanish tomb shocks archaeologists

A 5,000-year-old DNA study reveals Stone Age population near Paris vanished and was replaced

2,000-year-old Roman cup found in Spain may link directly to Hadrian’s Wall

Australia moves to tax Meta, Google & TikTok to fund newsrooms

Silent operations to nuclear balance: The secret spy networks that quietly shaped the Cold War

Quote of the day by Mother Teresa: “I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.”

New DNA study reveals surprising link between South America’s first people and Australasia

2,000-year-old Roman tool discovered in Czech Republic could rewrite ancient engineering history

Sikh man faces racist slurs, told to ‘get out’ of Canada

Scrimshaw: How 18th and 19th-century sailors turned whale bones into powerful works of maritime art

Lost since 1533: This Renaissance merchant ship has resurfaced in the Namib Desert after 500 years

Archaeologists use AI to reconstruct the face of a Pompeii victim, revealing haunting details of the Mount Vesuvius disaster

China drills 3413 metres through Antarctic ice to reach the hidden waters of Lake Qilin

Indian-origin man jailed in Singapore for molesting minor

The sun never sets here: 9 places on Earth where night disappears for months

Canadian-Indian woman shares struggle story of work-life balance: ‘I'm stuck in a loop’

Board game harassment: Japanese firefighter suspended for forcing coworkers to play homemade board games for six months

‘Stealing from a family-run business’: Truck driver nabs $3,000 in fuel from petrol station in Sydney

Gigantic “pink heart” spotted in Argentina by NASA from the international space station; though it isn’t romantic

World’s hottest cities: India transforms into a scorching furnace with cities shockingly hitting 46°C

Buried beneath a Swedish city: Six centuries-old shipwrecks discovered during a railway project

An underground world: The Australian town where life exists beneath ground, with churches and hotels under the desert

Japan lifts advisory a week after 7.7-magnitude quake

Lost for 200 years: Virginia dig uncovers hidden barracks of America’s first soldiers

Fast-growing Georgia wildfire tops 80 square kms, with evacuations possible

2,200-year-old Roman shipwreck reveals the secret formula that kept ancient ships afloat

Meet Tsutomu Yamaguchi: Japan’s official survivour of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks

Auckland mayor calls Indian-origin staffer ‘Muslim terrorist’, issues apology: ‘Fumbled attempt at humour’

Mali violence escalates: Defence minister Sadio Camara killed in 'terrorist attack'

Countries with the most millionaires in 2026: The US tops the global list, China and France follow

Bomb attack kills 14, injures 38 in Colombia weeks before presidential election

Mexico: 2 dead US agents had no permission to raid drug lab

Wikimedia, Indonesia reach a compromise

Watch: Gunfire, blasts rock Mali's capital, other cities; defence min's residence targeted — what we know so far

‘Get out of my country’: Elderly Sikh man abused, threatened and physically assaulted in racist attack in Canada

Canadian court pauses deportation of Indian-origin driver Jaskirat Singh Sidhu over 2018 crash that killed 16

'Gunfire everywhere': Explosions heard near Mali international airport, military base

A nearly 2-metre-tall marble statue of the Greek goddess Athena discovered in Turkey

The real wall with ears: Ancient Roman walls can hear you from metres away

Countries with the most 100-year-olds in 2026: Japan leads global longevity rankings as the US, China, and India follow

Hunter becomes the hunted: Five elephants crush 75-year-old millionaire trophy hunter to death during hunt

Indian-origin couple bags $5 million after selling lottery-won luxury home in Perth: 'I came to Australia...'

Rare 3,500-year-old Bronze Age gold jewellery unearthed in Aegina

‘Bigfoot’ sample sent to FBI in 1977 revealed something elusive: questions that remain unanswered to this day

Giant Ramesses II statue fragment found in Nile Delta, revealing new clues about ancient Egypt

‘Australians are becoming an endangered species’: Elon Musk highlights population concerns amid falling birth rates

Thousands of 1,700-year-old Roman coins were unearthed in a French village

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