Over 20-heatwave linked deaths, including children reported across Europe Europe remained in the grip of an intense heatwave on Monday, with authorities across several countries issuing red alerts, closing schools, disrupting transport services and warning residents to avoid prolonged exposure to extreme temperatures.France was among the worst-affected countries, with temperatures forecast to reach up to…

Quote of the day by Margaret Thatcher (Image source: Wikipedia) There are some quotations that instantly reveal the era in which they were spoken. Others travel surprisingly well across time because they touch something familiar. Margaret Thatcher’s remark about running a home and running a country falls somewhere in between. It emerged from a political…

PC: Australian Geographic In 1992, Australian ecologist Adrian Borsboom lifted a rock near Warrill View, outside Brisbane, expecting little more than another routine wildlife find. Instead, he uncovered a tiny, pale-pink creature that looked remarkably like a worm. A closer inspection revealed smooth scales, a forked tongue and a distinctly unpleasant smell signs that this…

A New York teenager who lost her father and four sisters in a devastating house fire was at the centre of a legal dispute months later, after relatives who raised more than $100,000 to support her allegedly failed to hand over most of the money. According to a 2019 report by WWNY-TV and court documents…

Greek anti-terrorist police on Friday arrested three people over a series of firebomb attacks targeting politicians from the governing New Democracy party. The coordinated attacks, carried out on July 1, included a deadly explosion in the northern city of Thessaloniki that killed the mother of a parliamentary candidate, authorities said.The predawn attacks targeted the homes…