Turkish police have raided the headquarters of a pro-opposition TV channel, halting its live broadcasts. Halk TV said its employees were unable to enter the building in Istanbul on Wednesday morning, and that a new manager had been appointed to run the channel. Reports in Turkish media said financial crimes police were searching the building […]
Continue ReadingThe wreck is close to the shore of Kekova Island in Antalya, Turkey. The artefacts lie scattered across an underwater slope, just 30m beneath the waves. Three large stone anchors were found, as well as more than 30 ceramic storage pots, called amphorae. The fact that none of the ship’s wood remained meant techniques like […]
Continue ReadingOne of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings not seen publicly for more than 60 years has drawn crowds in Hong Kong, where it has been displayed ahead of auction this weekend in New York. Van Gogh painted Châtaigniers en fleurs (Chestnut Trees in Blossom) in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, about two months before he died […]
Continue ReadingRussian authorities have charged a Japanese journalist for espionage, accusing him of gathering information related to Moscow’s defence capabilities for Tokyo. The journalist, identified as Yuki Imai from the Hokkaido Shimbun, was detained in Russia’s far eastern region of Sakhalin, a day before he was due to leave the country. The arrest comes as tensions […]
Continue ReadingAn emotional scene of an elephant carrying a deceased calf has earned Italian photographer Federico Veronesi the title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026. While tracking elephants in Namibia’s Huab River Valley, Veronesi spotted an unusual trail of drag marks across the sand of a dry riverbed. Following the tracks, he came across a […]
Continue ReadingA merchant ship has sunk after drones hit two vessels off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, Prime Minister Rumen Radev has said. He indicated Russia was suspected of the attacks and that he had called in its ambassador. One of the ships went down 17 nautical miles (31km) east of Krapets and one crew member was […]
Continue ReadingA backlash has been building against data centres across the world, from the US to the UK to parts of Asia, as tech companies pour billions into AI infrastructure. People are worried about how the huge, windowless buildings might change their neighbourhoods, the constant hum of machines, the security lights that could stay on all […]
Continue ReadingTom Cruise’s latest film Digger is expected to lose around $245m (£185m), Hollywood analysts have said, after the film’s continuing poor performance at the box office. Ticket sales for the satirical black comedy, which stars Cruise as oil magnate Digger Rockwell, dropped by around 60% in the movie’s second weekend in cinemas. It brings Digger’s […]
Continue ReadingTwo strikes on the international airport in the Saudi capital of Riyadh have left 14 dead and more than 300 injured. There have been a series of other attacks earlier in the week. CCTV footage from inside King Khalid International Airport shows people taking cover as one of the missiles hit the building on Saturday. […]
Continue ReadingEight orangutans have been released into the wild in Borneo after being rescued from intense wildfires. Three mothers, their three daughters and two adult males were freed in a reserve in the west of the island on Friday. Indonesian wildlife authorities rescued 46 of the apes, which are critically endangered, before fires tore through their […]
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