Category: 4. World

Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy caught the precise moment when our star literally aligned with a falling skydiver, resulting in an “absolutely preposterous (but real) view” of a human silhouetted against the Sun’s detailed fiery surface.

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The releases of at least two popular Japanese films have been postponed in China as the countries are locked in a dispute over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks about Taiwan.

The delayed releases include Cells at Work! and Crayon Shin-chan…

History on the treeless plains, called steppes, often gets boxed into a simple picture: herders on the move, small camps, few permanent homes. Then a place like Semiyarka comes into view and widens that picture.

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The home secretary’s personal account of the racial discrimination she faces, which she revealed in stark terms in yesterday’s Commons debate on asylum, makes the front pages of the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph. “Racist abuse that means I…

Archaeologists have uncovered a sprawling Bronze Age settlement on the steppe of Kazakhstan that was likely a major early city in its heyday about 3,600 years ago, a new study reports.

The early city of Semiyarka spanned 346 acres (140 hectares)…

The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US-drafted resolution, which endorses Donald Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza.

Included in the plan is the establishment of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF), which the US says multiple…