Japan recovered 50 metric tons of deep-sea mud near Minamitori Island in a world-first mining trial completed in February. Officials reported that medium and heavy rare earths make up 54% of the rare earth content, as the nation pushes to secure domestic critical mineral supplies amid tightening Chinese export controls. Chikyu Deep-Sea Mining Mission Near … Read more
A tragic car ramming and machete attack during Berlin’s Pride festival on July 25, 2026, claimed the life of a Polish citizen visiting with her daughter and left 29 others injured. The suspect, 21-year-old German citizen Abdul Ballout, was shot dead by police following a manhunt in Berlin-Spandau. The violent assault unfolded late on Saturday … Read more
Rīga’s Urban Development Committee has demanded a definitive answer from the Latvian Football Federation regarding long-stalled plans for a national football stadium. More than two years after receiving land on Lucavsala for free use, city officials warn they must decide on alternative local infrastructure projects. The urban leadership in Rīga is losing patience over the … Read more
Rīgas pašvaldība noslēgusi 487 800 eiro līgumu ar SIA “Projekts 3” par Gaisa tilta pārbūves būvniecības ieceres dokumentācijas izstrādi un autoruzraudzību. Projektēšanu plānots pabeigt 2027. gadā, bet pašus pārbūves darbus paredzēts pabeigt līdz 2030. gadam, liecina pašvaldības publiskotā informācija. Rīgas satiksmes infrastruktūrā gaidāmas būtiskas pārmaiņas, jo pilsēta sper nākamo soli viena no saviem nozīmīgākajiem satiksmes … Read more
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers observed a cool gas river feeding a supermassive black hole in galaxy NGC 4696, 145 million light-years away. The findings reveal a self-regulating cosmic recycling system where energy jets heat gas that later cools, flows along filaments, and returns to fuel the black hole. Inside the Eight-Hour JWST … Read more
Decades of persistent financial hardship can accelerate age-related cognitive decline and cause measurable brain shrinkage by early old age, according to a study tracking thousands of people born in March 1946 across the United Kingdom. Financial stress is often discussed in terms of immediate anxiety over overdue bills or balancing a household budget. But new … Read more
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl’s first story expansion, Cost of Hope, arrives on August 20, 2026. Developer GSC Game World will launch the paid DLC alongside a massive free 2.0 engine update upgrading the post-apocalyptic shooter to Unreal Engine 5.5.4 across PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5. Nearly two years after the base game’s … Read more
BAFTA-winning comedian Iain Stirling will host Race Against the Tide, a brand-new six-part sand sculpting competition series premiering across BBC Scotland, BBC Two, and BBC iPlayer in August 2026. Filmed at West Sands Beach in St Andrews, seven teams race against the incoming tide to complete colossal sand sculptures. Summer television is about to get … Read more
Paramount has agreed to pause its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery until June 2027, bowing to legal pressure from a coalition of state attorneys general and the Writers Guild of America. The blockbuster media consolidation that promised to unite Hollywood studios, major cable networks, and massive streaming services is hitting a massive roadblock. … Read more
Researchers in Vermont have discovered a contagious skin cancer spreading among brown bullhead catfish in Lake Memphremagog. Published in Nature, this finding marks the first transmissible cancer identified in a freshwater animal and only the fourth known naturally occurring contagious cancer in the natural world. An angler pulling a brown bullhead out of Lake Memphremagog … Read more