Quote of the day by Confucius (AI-generated image) Pointing out someone else’s flaws feels almost effortless. Turning that same scrutiny on yourself rarely does. Confucius, the Chinese philosoph...
The earliest months of Neanderthal life have remained one of the least understood chapters of human evolution. Fossils from adults and older children have revealed the distinctive features that set th...
President Donald Trump and Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni Italy’s deputy prime minister and defence minister have urged calm after US President Donald Trump posted a mocking photo o...
Handing away money you were never going to spend anyway is easy to praise and, according to the person doing it, not actually all that impressive. Melinda French Gates, one of the most prominent phila...
Wars may be a vital part of history, but they mostly remain in books. In the rare moments when they materialise through evidence such as tools and weapons, humanity stands shocked over its own past. C...
Posters by mourners during Khamenei’s funeral call for the killing of Trump and Netanyahu Mourners at the funeral procession of slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei carried banners and aggressive p...
For a long time, the story seemed straightforward. As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels fell and the planet cooled, large ice sheets began spreading across the polar regions. Yet there was an awkward ...
UAE banking rules tighten as foreign bank faces Dh1.82 million penalty / Image – file The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) has imposed a Dh1.82 million financial penalty on a branch of a foreign ...
Switzerland has just marked a full year of running trains directly over the world’s first solar power plant built into an active railway line, and the results have been promising enough that Ita...
There is no single reason a country ends up among the coldest on Earth. In some cases, the explanation lies in geography, with vast territories stretching towards the Arctic. Elsewhere, towering mount...