When a whale dies, its body descends to the bottom of the deep sea in a transformative phenomenon called a whale fall. A whale’s death jump-starts an explosion of life, enough to feed and sustain a deep-ocean ecosystem for decades. There are a lot of ways whales can die. Migrating whales lose their way and,…
It’s official—we finally have a total figure for MacKenzie Scott’s donations this year: an eye-popping $7.2 billion. That brings the billionaire philanthropist’s total gifts since 2020 to $26 billion and more than 2,700 gifts. This squarely places Scott among the most generous philanthropists, alongside fellow billionaires Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett—all of…
BBC A federal judge in New York has ruled the US Department of Justice can publicly release grand jury records from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking case. US District Judge Richard Berman’s ruling reverses his previous decision to keep the material sealed. He cited a new law passed by Congress requiring the justice department to…
Geoff Parling, the Leicester head coach, has defended the crackdown on escort defenders, saying the impact of refereeing changes that promote more kicking has been “pretty positive”. Parling’s comments come after Ross Byrne attacked the revised law interpretations around contestable kicks on Monday. The Gloucester fly-half argued a potential knock-on effect would be for international…
Gerry McCann says hounding by press took ‘huge toll’ on family Madeleine McCann’s father is calling for greater scrutiny of the UK’s media, telling the BBC that his family was subjected to “monstering” by sections of the press. He said the media “repeatedly interfered with the investigation” into his daughter’s disappearance in 2007 and believes…
A few days ago, I clicked a button on my phone to send funds to a company in Singapore and so took ownership of the video game I co-created and am lead writer for: Zombies, Run! I am a novelist, I wrote the bestselling, award-winning The Power, which was turned into an Amazon Prime TV…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The order, handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer, is a blow to the Trump administration….
During a televised debate in 2016, populist presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte made a typically belligerent statement that he himself would jetski to Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea and plant a Philippine flag there. Duterte claimed that he was ready to die a hero to keep the Chinese out of the bitterly contested maritime…
Rachel Reeves has condemned leaks before her make-or-break budget as “unacceptable” as she revealed her income tax U-turn was agreed in partnership with Keir Starmer. Defending her tax and spending plans before MPs on the Commons Treasury committee, the chancellor said she had been frustrated by “leaks that were clearly not authorised” before her November…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said there were too many unauthorised leaks ahead of her Budget last month. The amount of media stories about what might in her statement led to criticism from Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, who labelled it the “hokey-cokey Budget,” telling MPs “one minute it’s in, the next minute it’s out”. The source…