Mon 06 July 2026: Greek former parliamentarian Stelios Kouloglou targeted with Pegasus software, Citizen Lab analysis finds. A former member of the European Parliament was hacked with Pegasus spyware while serving on a committee investigating surveillance by the tool’s Israeli creator, a Canadian research group has found. The iPhone of Greek investigative journalist Stelios Kouloglou, […]
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Sun 05 July 2026: Research shows that some people are significantly more likely to attract mosquitoes than others, and the reasons extend well beyond chance. Scientists have identified a range of biological and behavioral factors—from genetic makeup to what a person drinks—that influence mosquito attraction. Only female mosquitoes bite, as they require blood to develop […]
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Sun 05 July 2026: A mass funeral prayer was held in Iran’s capital Tehran on Sunday for the country’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at Imam Khomeini Mosalla Mosque. The funeral ceremony for Khamenei and his family members drew hundreds of thousands of mourners, many of whom arrived at the venue in the early hours […]
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Sun 05 July 2026: Since the war in Sudan began in April 2023, UN investigators, weapon tracers, and major media have documented a covert UAE supply line fueling the Rapid Support Forces in Darfur. Abu Dhabi has built a sprawling, covert logistics network to funnel advanced weaponry and mercenaries to Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces. The […]
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Sun 05 July 2026: Scientists have identified only a small fraction of Earth’s insect species, and the true number could be far higher than previously thought, according to a study published on Monday in the journal Science. Researchers estimate there may be as many as 20 million insect species worldwide, compared with about 1 million […]
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Sun 05 July 2026: The Government Media Office in Gaza said more than 21,500 children, including 1,022 infants, have been killed since the war in the Gaza Strip began on 7 October 2023, as the conflict reached its 1,000th day. International organisations continue to warn of a worsening humanitarian crisis and a rising civilian death toll. […]
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Fri 03 July 2026: Over the past few years, central banks have been quietly buying up significant quantities of gold. As the trend has accelerated, official agencies now hold the highest quantity of gold since 1975 – more than 36,000 tonnes of the precious metal. Central bank buying of gold picked up after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine […]
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Fri 03 July 2026: Children as young as preschool age are sharing multi-step skincare routines on TikTok and Instagram, promoting anti-aging serums and retinol creams to their peers in videos titled “get ready with me for kindergarten,” according to a report by Anadolu Agency (AA). Researchers have started calling this trend “cosmeticorexia,” which means an […]
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Thu 02 July 2026: From the discovery of organic carbon molecules in Martian rocks that may hold clues to ancient life to the identification of a newly discovered Australian spider that uses a spring-loaded hunting mechanism, June brought a series of notable developments across science and technology. The month’s discoveries also included evidence pushing back […]
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Thu 02 July 2026: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that children are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technologies at rates more than three times faster than adults, citing new data from 10 countries. “AI is here. It is a growing part of all of our lives. And it is already shaping childhood around […]
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