Descrease article font size Increase article font size A rare super blue moon rose and lit up the skies on Monday and it did not disappoint. The lunar spectacle was witnessed and captured with stunning photography across the globe. Monday’s full moon was not just a supermoon but also a blue moon — a rare occurrence that typically…
Search efforts resumed Tuesday for six people who went missing off the coast of Sicily when the luxury superyacht they were travelling in sank in the early hours of the morning Monday. Divers in wetsuits and oxygen tanks returned to the site off Porticello, near Palermo, to tag-team in 12-minute underwater search shifts where the…
The world’s oldest-known person, Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera, has died at the age of 117, her family confirmed Tuesday. “Maria Branyas has left us. She died as she wished: in her sleep, peacefully and without pain,” her family wrote in Catalan on her account on X on Tuesday. “We will always remember her for her…
Mpox has been declared a global public health emergency and while immunologists say more research is needed to determine how contagious it is, cases are being reported across communities and the virus is impacting not only adults but children as well. Known as clade 1b mpox, the strain has been spreading across much of Africa…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. intelligence officials said Monday they were confident that Iran was responsible for the hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, casting the cyber intrusion as part of a brazen and broader effort by Tehran to interfere in American politics and undermine faith in democratic institutions. Although the Trump campaign and…
One person is dead and six others are missing after a luxury superyacht was struck by a violent storm off the coast of Sicily on Monday, officials confirmed. The vessel, a 56-metre-long British-flagged sailboat named “Bayesian,” went down off the Sicilian capital Palermo with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise, the Italian coast guard…
In a sign that mediators believe a Gaza cease-fire deal is imminent, a U.S. official said Friday that Mideast negotiators are working out logistics for the potential release of hostages and distribution of aid as part of any agreement to end the Israel-Hamas conflict. The official, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity in…
A viral but unsubstantiated claim that nearly every American had their social security number (SSN) leaked in a massive data breach spread like wildfire this week, stemming from the alleged hack of a background check company called National Public Data. While people should understandably be concerned about identity theft, the scope of the danger may…
The type of mpox spreading rapidly through several African countries could arrive in Canada, where that strain hasn’t appeared before, Canadian experts say. The detection of clade I mpox in Sweden in someone who had travelled to an affected African country is a “harbinger” of broader spread, said Dr. Fahad Razak, an internal medicine specialist…
Hurricane Ernesto barreled toward Bermuda on Thursday after leaving hundreds of thousands of people in Puerto Rico without power or water as sweltering heat enveloped the U.S. territory, raising concerns about people’s health. A hurricane warning was in effect for Bermuda, with Ernesto expected to pass near or over the island on Saturday. The Category…
