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Ancient Footprints in White Sands Confirm Humans Reached America 23,000 Years Ago

When Vance Holliday accepted a research invite to New Mexico’s White Sands in 2012, he didn’t know he was stepping near what would become...

Sports

Royal Ascot: Favourite Trawlerman wins Gold Cup

Jun 19, 2025, 12:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions 1 Related The race attracted eight entries, with 2024 winner Kyprios absent after being retired...

Science

AI-Powered Humanoid Robot Achieves Controlled Flight Using Jet Engines

A jet-powered human robot has taken to the skies, and this time it’s managing to stay in the air and even move around mid-flight, thanks...

Science

Curiosity Rover Enters Uyuni Quad, Begins New Phase of Mars Exploration with Fresh Targets

NASA’s Curiosity rover has recently begun a new chapter in its journey on Mars after entering the “Uyuni” quadrangle, a 1.5 km by 1.5 km...

World

Govt urged to keep citizenship promise to Hong Kongers – after threat to double timeline

The government should honour its promise to Hong Kongers to gain settled status after five years – not a proposed 10 years, MPs have...

World

Amputations, badly burned bomb victims and lack of medicine: British surgeons on life in Gaza

Doctors are a very special category of people. Doctors who opt to work in war zones are an entirely different level of special. They...

Post Office scandal redress must not only be fair – it must be fast

“Exonerate and acknowledge” say victims of the Post Office Capture scandal. And it’s easy to see why patience is wearing thin. To understand what...

Technology

Creators say they didn’t know Google uses YouTube to train AI

Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Google is...

Environment

Oil prices rise about 3% as Israel vows to intensify attacks on Iran

Smoke blankets the sky above Tehran, Iran, following explosions in the capital after the Israeli army hit Iranian targets, on June 18, 2025. Anadolu...

Business

Bank of England holds rate but eyes cuts ahead despite global risks

The Bank of England has signalled that a weakening labour market could yet trump rising global challenges to allow for more interest rate cuts...

Technology

Samsung aims to catch up to Chinese rivals for thin foldable phones as Apple said to enter the fray

Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold6 at its Galaxy Unpacked event in Paris. The tech giant said the foldable device is thinner and lighter...

World

UAE says navigational error caused oil tankers to collide near Strait of Hormuz

A crash between two oil tankers on a major shipping route near the UAE was likely caused by a navigational misjudgement by one of...

Technology

Google looks likely to lose appeal against record $4.7 billion EU fine

Cheng Xin | Getty Images Google suffered a setback Thursday after an advisor to the European Union’s top court recommended it dismiss the tech...

Google looks likely to lose appeal against record .7 billion EU fine

World

US President Donald Trump says he ‘may or may not’ strike Iran as Israel’s air war continues

US President Donald Trump says he has yet to decide whether the US will join Israel militarily in its campaign against Iran. Asked whether...

World

UK attorney general ‘has questions’ on legality of Israel’s actions in Iran

The UK government’s top legal adviser has raised questions over whether Israel’s actions in Iran are lawful, according to a source familiar with discussions...

World

The speed at which Israel ‘took down’ Iranian air defences was ‘shocking’, ex-Mossad intelligence chief claims

A former director of intelligence at Israeli spy agency Mossad has told Sky News it was “shocking” how quickly Israel “took down” Iran’s air...

World

Donald Trump’s comments about getting involved in Israel-Iran conflict are raising alarm bells in Moscow

Russia is getting nervous about Donald Trump’s trigger finger, and it shows. Comments from deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov – warning the US against...