The fish that changed Lake Victoria forever: How Nile perch triggered one of history’s biggest ecosystem disruptions in the 1950s | World News

For generations, Lake Victoria supported one of the world’s richest freshwater ecosystems. Beneath its surface lived hundreds of species of cichlid fish, many found nowhere else on Earth. These small, colourful fish had evolved over thousands of years to occupy different parts of the lake, from rocky shorelines to deeper waters. But a decision made […]

Iran War Live Updates: Middle East war reignites? Iran threatens ‘hard slap’ after US strikes, targets 3 Gulf states

Iran War News: The United States launched fresh airstrikes on Iran early Thursday, prompting Tehran to retaliate with missile and drone attacks targeting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar, further undermining an already fragile interim ceasefire aimed at ending the Persian Gulf war. The latest escalation came hours after US President Donald Trump declared that Iran’s recent […]

2 girls attacked with weapon at Germany school, teenager arrested

Police tape cordoning off Welfen High School, Schongau, Germany, Wednesday, July 8, 2026. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP) A 16-year-old boy found carrying weapons was arrested after allegedly wounding two 13-year-old girls at a German high school Wednesday, police said. The suspect was carrying a knife and a firearm, but it wasn’t immediately clear how he […]

Insurgents kill 18 cops, 11 soldiers abducted this week in southwest Pakistan

Insurgents killed 18 police officers who had been abducted earlier this week and 11 soldiers in a separate attack in restive southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, the military said. It was the latest escalation of violence in a region where insurgents have stepped up attacks on security forces and civilians.The latest attacks bring the death toll […]

Will be giving licence to Ukraine to produce Patriot missile: Trump

US President Donald Trump said he will allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot missile interceptors, a key weapon in repelling Russian attacks. “We will give a licence to you,” Trump said, sitting alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Nato summit in Ankara. “We’ll show them how to do it.”Ukraine says it is in desperate need […]

Connor Murphy’s final hours: Unused syringes and unidentified pills found as investigators piece together YouTuber’s death

Thai authorities are continuing to investigate the death of fitness influencer Connor Murphy after he drowned in a lake near Bangkok. Police said Murphy displayed erratic behavior before entering the water and later found two unused syringes in his vehicle and unidentified white pills in a waist bag. Authorities have not linked those items to […]

Chilling new images reveal condition of Connor Murphy’s Thailand home before drowning death

Chilling new images reveal condition of Connor Murphy’s Thailand home before drowning death (Image via Getty) Connor Murphy, the American fitness influencer known online for “looksmaxxing” content, was found dead in Thailand after a series of events that police say began at his rental home in Samut Prakan province, south of Bangkok. New images released […]

Quote of the day by Michael Schumacher: ‘You win a race, the next race it’s a question mark. Are you still the best or not?’

You Have to Prove Yourself Every Time: Why Michael Schumacher’s Words Still Define Excellence Picture an athlete standing on the podium, champagne still dripping from a hard-earned victory. The crowd is roaring, cameras are flashing, and for a brief moment the world seems settled: This is the champion. Yet within days, perhaps even hours, that […]

Scientists invented a fake eye disease to see if AI chatbots could spot it, but the experiment took an unexpected turn when ChatGPT, Gemini started treating the fictional illness as a real medical condition

Scientists Invented a Disease to Test Whether A.I. Knew It Was Fake. Then, Chatbots Started Saying It Was Real A made-up eye disease has exposed a real problem with artificial intelligence.Researchers in Sweden deliberately invented a condition called bixonimania to see whether popular AI chatbots could recognise false medical information. Instead, several large language models […]

Weizenbaum: Computer scientist who created world’s first chatbot in the 1960s spent his whole life warning that AI should never replace humans, and the reason will shock you

Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people” Joseph Weizenbaum set out to prove that computers could imitate conversation. Instead, his experiment convinced him that people could become emotionally attached to machines far more easily than he had imagined. That discovery changed the course of […]