5 h. ago WhatsApp users urged to follow 3 rules or risk being locked out of account

A new vicious scam is doing the rounds that uses your contacts to fool you into clicking malicious links.

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6 h. ago Red list of threatened species reveals animals that face risk of disappearing for good

The IUCN Species Survival Commission warned many animals face increasing risks of disappearing

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7 h. ago Trump fails in bid for Nobel Peace Prize as Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 award

The news will come as a bitter blow to the US President after he secured a ‘historic’ peace deal between Hamas and Israel

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7 h. ago Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize

Leader of country’s opposition receives award after scrutiny surrounding committee and comments by Donald TrumpVenezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado has won the Nobel peace prize.The committee commended Machado as a “brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committeeVenezuela’s most influential opposition leader receives the award.Here it comes. Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, is walking up to the podium. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize — as Donald Trump misses out

Maria Corina Machado received coveted award for her ‘tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela’

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8 h. ago Nobel Peace Prize 2025: Venezuelan activist María Corina Machado wins world's most prestigious award

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2025 has been announced.

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8 h. ago UK households with video doorbells urged to make sure their device isn't breaking the law

While a video doorbell can provide peace of mind, homeowners need to make sure they are following privacy laws.

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8 h. ago The common vegetables that can slow or even reverse dangerous liver disease

Study points to powerful health opportunities offered by a specific kind of dietary fibre

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8 h. ago New species of ‘sword dragon’ reptile named after fossil discovered in UK

The marine reptile would have been about three metres long and would have eaten fish and squid, scientists say

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8 h. ago Nobel peace prize 2025: Norway fears repercussions if Donald Trump not honoured in ceremony

US president has been conducting campaign to influence prize committeeBut didn’t officials in Pakistan and Israel also nominate Trump this year?Yes, they did. But too late for this year’s submissions, which ended in February. Meaning we’ll be back on the “will-Trump-get-a-peace-prize-merrygoround” next year.Anti-occupation activists Issa Amro from Hebron, Palestine and Jeff Halper from Jerusalem. (Nominated by Norwegian MP Ingrid Fiskaa) Continue reading...

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12 h. ago The best way to prevent crying while chopping onions, according to science

Findings highlight importance of blade sharpening before cutting onions

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20 h. ago Two major fault lines on the West Coast are in ‘sync’ and signal possible massive quake on horizon, scientists warn

The impact would be doubly as devastating as predictions for the impending ‘Big One’ and leave millions in harm’s way from California to Canada

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24 h. ago Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign has been anything but subtle. Why is he so obsessed?

The US president’s fervid pursuit of the award is believed to have been a key motivator in brokering peace deals in Ukraine and GazaNorway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prizeNever before has a Nobel peace prize – or indeed any prize, decoration, or gold star – loomed so large over a US president and their foreign policy.Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump’s campaign to influence the Peace Research Institute Oslo in Norway has been anything but subtle – but with just hours to go before the award is announced, it has gone into overdrive. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Truly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy

The US president’s fervid pursuit of the award is believed to have been a key motivator in brokering peace deals in Ukraine and GazaNorway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prizeNever before has a Nobel peace prize – or indeed any prize, decoration or gold star – loomed so large over a US president and their foreign policy.Since his return to the White House, Donald Trump’s campaign to influence the Peace Research Institute Oslo in Norway has been anything but subtle – but with just hours to go before the award is announced, it has gone into overdrive. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago The unexpected effect that using a ‘baby filter’ can have on the brain

It could be the key to unlocking long-lost childhood memories

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29 h. ago László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The Hungarian novelist whose books ‘reaffirm the power of art’ was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm• Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’The Nobel prize in literature for 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai, the Swedish Academy has announced.The Academy cited the 71-year-old’s “compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art”. Continue reading...

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29 h. ago What is bluetoothing? Dangerous new drug trend that may be driving a global HIV surge

Method has become popular among drug users in poverty-stricken areas of Africa and Pacific areas

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29 h. ago 'Major anomaly' comet weighing more than expected pictured hurtling past Mars

3I/ATLAS is much larger than scientists previously thought, and it passed close to the Red Planet this week.

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29 h. ago Nobel prize in literature 2025 live: László Krasznahorkai wins ‘for his compelling and visionary oeuvre’

Nobel academy cites Hungarian novelist for work that ‘in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art’Doris Lessing’s infamous reaction to winning the Nobel in 2007 is always worth a rewatch Trying to detect patterns into the list of past Nobel laureates may be a fools’ game, and yet it would be a surprise if this year’s winner is a woman. While the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has emphatically rejected the idea of gender quotas, for the last 10 years it has in fact been quite careful to achieve parity, with five male and five female winners since 2015. Ever since 2018, it has gone about achieving this in the most failsafe manner, by alternating between female and male authors. And after Han Kang in 2024, that would mean it’s a man’s turn again today. Continue reading...

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