African countries have secured $900 million in new financial commitments to expand access to clean cooking technologies, with the pledge announced during a virtual meeting convened by the International Energy Agency and Kenya on Thursday. The new funding builds on…
Eight South Carolina National Guard helicopter pilots returned to flying duties Friday after the Pentagon lifted their suspension, which had followed a low-altitude flyover at a July Fourth beach celebration that drew widespread applause from beachgoers and swift criticism from…
When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions. It also highlighted the complex engineering behind adaptive reuse projects,…
— A massive heat dome is bringing life-threatening temperatures across the central and eastern United States this week, with meteorologists issuing urgent warnings about the severity of the conditions ahead. More than 200 million Americans are facing dangerous heat as…
Enola Holmes 3 actor Millie Bobby Brown has reflected on her time filming Stranger Things, including one very specific food memory from set. During an appearance on Hot Ones with Sean Evans, Brown spoke about British food and revealed that…
South Korean chip giant SK Hynix raised a record-breaking $26.5 billion in its debut on the Nasdaq, marking the largest initial public offering by a foreign company in United States history. The South Korean memory chipmaker began trading Friday under…
With temperatures climbing, plenty of motorists are stuck asking the same question: is it cheaper to use the air conditioning or just drive with the windows open? The answer is not as straightforward as many people think, because the most…
Kathy Griffin is giving social media plenty to talk about after introducing a much younger man on Instagram and inviting the internet to weigh in. The 65-year-old comedian appeared on her Instagram feed walking hand-in-hand with her apparent new partner,…
A fresh study suggests that a well-known dairy food many people already eat could play a role in slowing biological ageing. The research, published in the journal Aging in May 2026, looked at how a 12-week lifestyle programme affected DNA…
Parents are being urged to think carefully before sharing family photos of their children online, with a cyber security specialist warning that even harmless-looking posts can expose youngsters to serious risks. Families are regularly reminded about the challenges of raising…
Two and a Half Men actor Charlie Sheen has agreed to pay his ex-wife Brooke Mueller $500,000 after she alleged he had fallen behind on child support payments dating back to 2011. The agreement comes after months of court filings…
Crews battling a small wildfire in Colorado Springs this week received an unexpected visitor when a four-year-old Nigerian dwarf goat named Goldie wandered into their camp and decided to stick around for the duration of the operation. Goldie, whose full…
Many Jewish adults in the United States report experiencing assault, harassment, and other forms of antisemitic incidents over the past year, according to a new poll conducted in June. The survey from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found…
Robert Capron, who played Rowley Jefferson in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, looks almost unrecognizable compared with his early days in the franchise — and it’s been 16 years since the first film arrived. Adapted from Jeff Kinney’s…
Southwest Airlines is facing criticism after sharing a sarcastic comment about a familiar post-landing passenger habit often referred to as ‘aisle jumping’. The online debate came as the Dallas-based carrier continues rolling out major changes to its customer experience, including…
A cruise ship crew member has described the steps she took to survive the Costa Concordia disaster, one of the deadliest passenger shipwrecks of modern times. Rose Metcalf appears in the Netflix documentary Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea, which uses survivor…