Georgina Rannard Science and climate correspondent ESO/O. Hainaut ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has obtained new images of the path, shown as a dotted line of lights, of 3I/Atlas, an interstellar object discovered last week A mystery interstellar object spotted last week by astronomers could be the oldest comet ever seen, according to scientists. Named […]
BBC Mervyn Gibson said bonfire builders had been on site in south Belfast since January The grand secretary of the Orange Order has said a contentious bonfire in south Belfast should go ahead as planned, saying concerns about the presence of asbestos on the site are “clearly political”. The Rev Mervyn Gibson was speaking ahead […]
Lord Robert Winston, a professor and TV doctor who was a pioneer of IVF treatment, has resigned from the British Medical Association (BMA) over planned strikes by resident doctors. Resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are planning a walkout for five consecutive days from 25 July until 30 July over a pay dispute with […]
Rubio and Lavrov ‘confirmed their mutual desire to find peaceful solutions to conflicts’, Russian Foreign Ministry says. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio have held rare face-to-face talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN meeting in Malaysia, discussing the war in Ukraine, as well as developments in Iran and […]
Seven Wolverhampton schools have been recognised for their commitment to promoting emotional health and wellbeing, the council says. The schools were part of a pilot scheme run by the council to teach awareness about trauma, understanding individual needs, how to use consistent approaches and ensure emotional wellbeing was school priority. They were recognised with an […]
Mayeni Jones BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters Gugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg. But when President Trump’s cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other HIV-positive patients across South Africa suddenly faced an uncertain future. Gugu was lucky, the clinic where she got […]
Loop Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Loop Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images What’s the role of government in society? What do we mean when we talk about individual responsibility? What makes us free? ‘Neoliberalism’ might feel like a squishy term that’s hard to define and understand. But this ideology, founded by a group of men in the […]
Two of Gaza’s largest hospitals have issued desperate pleas for help, warning that fuel shortages caused by Israel’s siege could soon turn the medical centres into “silent graveyards”. The warnings from al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza City and Nasser Hospital in southern Khan Younis came on Wednesday, as Israeli forces continued to bombard the Palestinian […]
Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti has been sentenced to a year in prison by a Spanish court for tax evasion – but he will not have to serve time in jail. The former Chelsea and Everton boss was accused of failing to pay 1m euros (£830,000) in tax on his salary during his first spell in […]
The White House has sent letters to 20 different countries this week announcing new tariffs. US President Donald Trump has issued a new round of tariff letters to six countries, including Algeria, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova and the Philippines. The letters, which were sent on Wednesday, call for tariffs of 30 percent on Algeria and […]