Flowers and stones are left outside the Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum on May 23 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Last week’s fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., is raising fresh concern about an increase in far-left militancy in the U.S. […]
Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Getty Images Cats use their strong sense of smell to identify and communicate with other cats Domestic cats can tell the difference between the smell of their owner and that of a stranger, a new study suggests. The study by Tokyo University of Agriculture found cats spent significantly longer […]
At least 10 Palestinians desperately seeking aid from a contentious and heavily criticised United States-backed organisation have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the last 48 hours, according to the besieged enclave’s Government Media Office. The updated toll on Wednesday comes a day after a harrowing video showed thousands of starving Palestinians rushing […]
Police Scotland Missing teenager Cole Cooper was last seen in Banknock on 7 May. Police are becoming “increasingly concerned” for a teenager who has been missing for three weeks. Cole Cooper, 19, was last seen at about 20:45 on 7 May in Longcroft, Falkirk, near his home village of Banknock. Ch Insp Alex Hatrick told […]
Elen Davies BBC News Reporting fromSkomer Island Amy Compton Conservationists have counted 43,626 puffins on Skomer Island this year – a new record A record number of puffins have been recorded on a small island off the Pembrokeshire coast, despite global populations declining rapidly. According to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW), […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP WASHINGTON — The State Department has halted the scheduling of new visa interviews for foreign students hoping to study in the U.S. […]
Fi Lamdin & Emma Petrie BBC News Caters Photographic Luke Melling, right, meets Alastair Hawken three years after a life-saving stem cell donation A man with a rare form of blood cancer has travelled 10,000 miles to meet the stranger who saved his life. Luke Melling, 31, from Melbourne, Australia, says he was “staring death […]
Jenny Rees Health Correspondent BBC Former Royal Navy engineer, Lee, has been through rehabilitation for alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) Thousands of people with alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) could be going undiagnosed, an expert says. Research suggests consuming 35 units of alcohol per week for five years or more can cause ARBD, which affects a person’s […]
Britain’s Jack Draper says trusting his tennis would “click into place” was the key to earning the first French Open win of his career. Draper, seeded fifth, moved through the gears to secure a 3-6 6-1 6-4 6-2 victory against Italy’s Mattia Bellucci. The British men’s number one lost on his first two appearances at […]
Harvard University’s campus in Cambridge, Mass., pictured on Saturday, as students prepared to graduate. Zhu Ziyu/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Zhu Ziyu/Getty Images The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel their remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, worth an estimated $100 million, according to a government official. A letter from the U.S. […]