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Quote of the day by Margaret Thatcher (Image source: Wikipedia) There are some quotations that instantly reveal the era in which they were spoken. Others travel surprisingly well across time because they touch something familiar. Margaret Thatcher’s remark about running a home and running a country falls somewhere in between. It emerged from a political…

Far out in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, a vast and largely unexplored stretch of seafloor is reshaping how scientists understand deep-ocean history. Hidden within the Diamantina fracture zone, the seabed is marked by long scars, deep trenches, and ridges that plunge into near-total darkness under extreme pressure. Across this 1,200-kilometre corridor, whale remains have been…

The summer of 2026 is expected to bring an unusual rush of visitors to parts of northern and eastern Spain. Hotels are already seeing increased interest, travel plans are being made months ahead of time, and astronomy enthusiasts have begun studying maps with unusual attention. The reason is simple. On 12 August 2026, a total…

Ines Ramirez Perez was alone in a remote village in Mexico when, after more than 12 hours of labour, she began to believe she was running out of options. With no doctor nearby and no practical way to reach a hospital, she feared that both she and her unborn baby could die. The pain was…

A three-year-old girl was rescued after hanging from a window ledge of a building in east London for at least nine minutes, with a police officer and a member of the public catching her as she fell.The incident happened on Ilford High Road on Tuesday afternoon, where bystanders spotted the child clinging to a window…

Spanish police have arrested a 32-year-old Tunisian man accused of sexually assaulting three British tourists at a hotel in Valencia, including two young women aged 18 and 19.Authorities detained the suspect on Tuesday afternoon after two of the alleged victims reported a series of incidents at the hotel. The man is alleged to have posed…

A patch of the Pacific Ocean has been quietly warming again, drawing attention from meteorologists who spend their time watching patterns most people never think about. The signals are not dramatic on their own: a few degrees here, a shift in sea surface temperatures there, winds behaving slightly differently than expected. But these small changes…

UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy has accused wealthy social media owners of making money from “division, conflict, hate and toxicity” as the government weighs new measures aimed at protecting children online.Speaking during LADbible’s ‘Happening Now’ discussion series in London, Lammy said social media platforms had contributed to growing concerns about the wellbeing of young…

US President Donald Trump. (AP photo) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that the United States had secretly facilitated the movement of millions of barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz without Iran’s knowledge, describing it as a covert operation that Tehran was learning about only now.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office,…

Across the world, cities are confronting a common challenge. As populations grow and development intensifies, urban areas are becoming hotter, noisier and increasingly disconnected from nature. Concrete surfaces absorb heat, biodiversity declines, and green spaces often struggle to keep pace with expansion. In response, an unconventional form of afforestation pioneered in Japan is gaining global…