2026-08-22T10:05:12.444Z Where will the partial lunar eclipse be visible on August 27-28? The partial phase of a lunar eclipse captured over Canada in 2025. (Image credit: Photo by Chen Shaojin/VCG via Getty Images) The good news is that, unlike a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse can be seen from anywhere the moon is above the … Read more
Every day, Sophie Mwadawa Kabundo goes to her job as a nurse at an Ebola treatment centre in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, afraid she will contract the virus and pass it to her family and friends.“More and more confirmed cases are being admitted here … Some of our colleagues have … Read more
Turkey and Israel traded barbs on Friday after Ankara announced it had requested an international arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of “genocide” linked to the interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza. Türkiye is one of Israel’s fiercest critics over its war in Gaza, sparked by the Hamas-led attacks on … Read more
Pentagon says more than 750 US soldiers wounded and 18 killed in war with Iran injured to its casualty database. The update comes amid renewed US attacks on Iran, stalled efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a major new economic campaign against Iran. Maroosha MuzaffarAugust 22, 2026 … Read more
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi concluded his visit to South Korea on Friday but declined to endorse Seoul’s push for multi-party peace talks involving the North. However, North Korea responded with more than 10 short-range ballistic missile launches on Thursday, prompting the South’s presidential office to call an emergency security meeting. exchanges between peoples. But … Read more
Government regulators have spent the last year raising serious questions about Tesla’s electronic, retractable door handles, an attractive automotive design that has since been imitated by many competitors. The handles have been blamed, in the United States and China, for making it difficult for passengers to quickly exit vehicles and impeding rescue efforts. A handful … Read more
Psychonauts, Keeper and Kiln developer Double Fine, like South Of Midnight studio Compulsion, is now officially free and clear of Microsoft. If you buy their games, you’re supporting an indie that, frankly, needs it, as opposed to a megacorporation that incites genocide. But it’s not all good news: Double Fine’s union push, which we first … Read more
Cris Cyborg’s PFL Tampa championship fight has been ruined because his opponent lost a lot of weight. Saturday’s main event was going to be for Cyborg’s featherweight title, but challenger Ketlen Vieira weighed in at 152.2 pounds, seven pounds over the 145-pound limit for a championship fight. Cyborg shared a video of Vieira’s weighing mistake, … Read more
China is set to launch its Chang’e-7 unmanned robotic space mission, possibly as soon as Monday morning, to search for water ice in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon’s south pole. This is China’s seventh and most ambitious lunar mission so far. Here’s what we know about it. What do we know about Chang’e-7? … Read more
I’ve noticed two odd things about my feet lately: They’ve grown a shoe size, and walking barefoot hurts on flat surfaces such as my kitchen floor.Last year, I wrote a column about weird signs that you’re getting older, including shifting teeth and changes in your voice.I’ve spotted plenty more since then — like the foot … Read more