Vedant ThakkerPhoto credit: https://oaklandfiresafecouncil.org/ Vedant Thakker was 16 years old when a brush fire in the hills above his Fremont neighborhood made wildfire risk feel personal. The California high school student later built Red Flag Check, a free website and app that lets people enter an address and see whether they are inside a National…

US House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has backed efforts to impeach defence secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of abusing his power and engineering the war against Iran, as Democrats prepare to use their newly secured congressional majorities to increase scrutiny of US president Donald Trump’s administration.Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Jeffries said he was…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang targetted in alleged ‘Chinese spy’ plot Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has admitted to an extra-marital affair with Alice Huang, CEO of Singapore-based company Megaspeed. In an email to the company’s employees, Huang confessed to having a romantic relationship with a suspected Chinese spy. “I owe my family and all of you…

PC: The Wonderful Company A philanthropic pledge announced in 2022 has now taken physical shape at the University of California, Davis, where a new agricultural research centre opened its doors in May 2026. The facility, named after California philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, follows their $50 million donation to the university, the largest contribution it…

The expanded reserves protect diverse wildlife, including giant otters, anteaters and threatened bird species across vital Pantanal wetlands. In the Pantanal, where rivers overflow onto vast floodplains and jaguars wander wetlands and forests, wildlife conservation is increasingly reliant on protecting the landscapes that sustain it. In March 2026, Brazil took a huge step toward that…

At least seven people, including a train conductor, were killed and 125 injured after two passenger trains collided in Egypt’s Giza province, south of Cairo, on Sunday. The crash took place in al-Ayyat district, around 52 km from the Egyptian capital.The Health Ministry confirmed the casualties, adding that more than 70 injured passengers had been…

More than 200,000 people took part in a march through Amsterdam on Sunday, calling on the Dutch government to take stronger action against Israel over its military campaign in Gaza, according to the Dutch branch of Amnesty International, one of the organisers.Many protesters wore red as they joined the demonstration, known as the ‘Red Line’…