Niger soldiers declare coup on national TV.

Soldiers in the West African country of Niger have announced a coup on national TV. They said they had dissolved the constitution, suspended all institutions and closed the nation's borders. Niger President Mohamed Bazoum has been held by troops from the presidential guar…

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Fire breaks out on cargo ship carrying 3000 cars off Dutch Coast.

A fire blazed on a cargo ship off the Dutch coast with nearly 3,000 vehicles on board on Wednesday, killing one member of the crew and injuring several others, the coastguard said. Several crew members were forced to jump overboard after the fire began on Tuesday night on th…

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Cambodia's Hun Sen to resign after four decades and appoint son as PM.

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, has announced he will resign and hand over to his son in early August. The anticipated announcement came three days after his party again won all seats at an uncompetitive election. Hun Sen…

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Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard wins second consecutive Tour de France.

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard of the Jumbo-Visma, Dutch professional bicycle racing team,has won 110th edition of the Tour de France for a second straight year on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France. The Tour de France (Tour of France) is an annual men’s multiple-stage bicycle…

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NASA picks Lockheed Martin to build the nuclear rocket that’ll take us to Mars.

NASA and DARPA have chosen aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin to develop a spacecraft with a nuclear thermal rocket engine. Announced in January, the initiative — in which BWX Technologies will provide the reactor and fuel — is dubbed the Demonstration Rocket for…

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Irish singer Sinéad O'Connor dies.

Irish singer and activist Sinéad O'Connor has died at the age of 56. Her family announced the news "with great sadness", saying "her family and friends are devastated". The cause of death has not been made public. She was best known for her single Noth…

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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem - 26 July.

The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem is observed annually on July 26th. Its purpose is to increase global understanding of the significance of mangrove ecosystems as distinct, precious, and delicate environments. The day also seeks to advocat…

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A satellite will fall to Earth this week in a 1st-of-its-kind reentry.

This week will see a first-of-its-kind operation to guide a dead and disused satellite back to Earth safely. The mission will pave the way for the safe return of other space-based equipment in the future.  The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to help its Aeolus spacecraft o…

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Japan's population falls while foreign residents rise to record.

The number of Japanese people has decreased at the fastest pace ever while the number of foreign residents has risen to a record of nearly 3 million, government data showed on Wednesday. The data showed that Japanese society is aging across the country and suggests that fore…

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Former Australia wicketkeeper Brian Taber dies.

Former Australia and New South Wales wicketkeeper Brian Taber has died at the age of 83. Taber, who played 16 Test matches for Australia between 1966 and 1970, passed away on Friday. He made his Test debut against South Africa in Johannesburg where he claimed seven catches an…

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Algeria applies to join BRICS.

Algeria has applied to join the BRICS group and submitted a request to become a shareholder member of BRICS Bank with an amount of $1.5 billion, Ennahar TV quoted Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune as saying. It added that Tebboune said at the end of his visit to China …

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Scientists discover ancient, underwater volcano is still active.

Researchers discovered that an underwater volcano nearly a mile beneath the surface off the Pacific coast of Canada is spouting hot fluid, providing a little-known species of skate with an ideal nursery. Researchers exploring an ancient, underwater volcano off the Pacific co…

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Paris to bring back swimming in Seine after 100 years.

With a year to go to the Olympics, Paris is in the final phase of a historic clean-up which will soon see swimmers and divers back in the River Seine. Banned for a century because of the filthy water, city swimming is set to be one of the major legacies of the Games thanks t…

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Muslim nations condemn far right group's action.

Iraq and some other Muslim-majority countries have strongly condemned the burning of a Quran on Monday by a group called "Danish Patriots" outside the Iraqi embassy in Copenhagen. The far-right group livestreamed a similar act on Facebook on Friday. Nearly 1,000 dem…

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America's oldest craft brewery shuts after 127 years.

A beer-maker founded in San Francisco in 1896 that promotes itself as America's "first" craft brewer is closing its doors. Anchor Brewing Company said it would cease operations and liquidate the business, pointing to years of falling sales. Japanese brewing gian…

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TikTok launches text-only posts to rival Elon Musk's Twitter.

Chinese short-video app TikTok is allowing users to create text-only posts, in the latest attempt by a social media firm to capitalize on the turmoil at Twitter since its buyout by Elon Musk last year. The move, announced on Monday, would allow TikTok users to choose from a …

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Thirimanne announces retirement from international cricket.

Sri Lankan cricketer Lahiru Thirimanne on Saturday (July 22) announced retirement from all formats of international cricket with immediate effect. The southpaw released an official statement related to his decision. Lahiru Thirimanne made his debut for Sri Lanka in 2010 and p…

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Russian parliament bans gender reassignment surgery for trans people.

Russia's lower house of parliament has passed a new law banning gender reassignment surgery, in the latest attack on LGBT rights in the country. The State Duma approved the bill, which will also ban people changing their genders on state documents, on Friday. It now needs…

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Elon Musk re brands Twitter to "X".

Twitter owner Elon Musk officially changed the company’s famous bird logo to an “X” on Monday as part of a sweeping rebrand he announced on the social media site over the weekend. Musk, who acquired the platform for $44 billion late last year, wrote in a post Sunday that the…

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Hungarian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen won the Hungarian GP at the Hungaroring, by a comfortable 33.731 secs margin over McLaren’s Lando Norris.  Verstappen’s lead at the top of the standings grows to an even more gargantuan 110 points, and the Dutchman seems firmly on course to pick up a second wo…

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Hubble telescope captures stunning shot of spiral galaxy.

A dazzling new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a distant galaxy that hosted a supernova explosion not long ago. The featured galaxy, known as UGC 11860, is located roughly 184 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Pegasus. It's a spiral galaxy l…

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International Self Care Day - 24 July.

International Self-Care Day (ISD), on 24 July each year, provides a focus and opportunity to raise the profile of healthy lifestyle self-care programmes around the world. ISD is a device developed by the International Self-Care Foundation to promote self-care as a vital fou…

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QS ranking on world’s best cities for students.

According to the Henley Passport Index, Singapore now holds the title of the world’s most powerful passport, granting visa-free access to 192 out of 227 global travel destinations. Three European countries, namely Germany, Italy, and Spain, have moved up one rank to share t…

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Archaeologists unearth 3,000-year-old sealed Corridor.

Archaeologists in Peru have made an exciting discovery at the Chavin de Huantar archaeological site. They have uncovered a sealed corridor that has been named “the condor’s passageway,” believed to lead to other chambers within the ancient temple complex of the Chavin cultu…

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