Tulsi Gabbard (File photo/PTI) US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard on Friday announced that she is stepping down from her post to support her husband, who was recently diagnosed with “an extremely rare form of bone cancer.”She shared her resignation letter on X after Fox News first reported her decision to step down.Thanking…
Brian Cox (Image: Wikipedia) Something is interesting about human beings that appears very early in life. Children ask endless questions before they know anything about science, philosophy or technology. They ask where stars go during the day. They ask why the sky changes colours in the evening. They ask why birds fly, why oceans seem…
Tulsi Gabbard says her husband has been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer. The chatter that Tulsi Gabbard was on her way out dominated Washington for days as the DNI was missing in action for weeks, as the US attacked Iran. Gabbard’s deputy Joe Kent resigned from his post in March, making Gabbard’s…
The United Arab Emirates has joined Saudi Arabia and Qatar in urging US President Donald Trump to avoid restarting military action against Iran and instead give diplomacy a chance, according to people familiar with the matter.The outreach reflects growing concerns among Gulf states that renewed hostilities could trigger fresh retaliation from Tehran and plunge regional…
Senegal’s government has defended its tougher anti-LGBTQ legislation amid growing criticism from international rights groups and activists, with Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko accusing Western countries of trying to “impose” foreign social values on the country.Addressing lawmakers on Friday, Sonko condemned what he described as Western pressure on Senegal over homosexuality. “There is a kind of…
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, has found herself at the centre of a debate over artificial intelligence after remarks she made at Impact’26 in Poznań were widely interpreted as an admission that she uses AI in her writing process. During the talk, she described AI as a tool…
The World Health Organization’s Africa director on Friday warned against underestimating the risk posed by the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring Uganda, saying even a single case could trigger wider transmission beyond the affected countries, Reuters reported.Speaking to Reuters in Geneva, Mohamed Yakub Janabi said it would be “a…
What began as a question about polluted drinking water has now turned three Indian teenagers into internationally recognised young innovators. Sixteen-year-olds Vivaan Chhawchharia, Ariana Agarwal and Avyana Mehta have been named the Asia winners of The Earth Prize 2026 for creating ‘Plas-Stick’, a biodegradable solution which removes microplastics from water using powdered tamarind seeds. Inspired…
Ho Chi Minh (Image: Wikipedia) There are some quotes that feel simple when they are first read and then slowly become larger the more time a person spends thinking about them. This quote, often associated with Ho Chi Minh, belongs in that category. At first glance, it appears to be talking about two things that…
A hidden cave in France’s Dordogne region, Cussac Cave, revealed thousands of years of history when explorer Marc Delluc discovered detailed Upper Palaeolithic art. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons Underneath the beautiful, rolling hills of the Dordogne area in south-western France, there lay a large-scale secret of history in total darkness for thousands of years. On…