Japan has condemned US President Donald Trump for comparing recent US strikes on Iran to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that ended World War II. “That hit ended the war,” Trump told reporters on Wednesday. “I don’t want to use an example of Hiroshima, I don’t want to use an example of Nagasaki, but…
4 hours ago Tabby Wilson BBC News Getty Images Tuvalu is the world’s second lowest-lying country More than a third of Tuvalu citizens have entered the ballot for a world-first climate visa which would allow them to permanently migrate to Australia. Opening for the first intake on 16 June, the influx of registrations could indicate…
Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment. The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter killer”, had shocked the country and triggered debate over how suicide was discussed online. Shiraishi, then 30, lured his victims – most of…
Actor Brad Pitt’s home in Los Angeles has been ransacked by a trio of thieves. Three suspects broke into the home in Los Feliz late on Wednesday through a front window and “ransacked the location,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police did not confirm the home belonged to the Oscar-winning actor, but the…
A fireball captured on a dashcam in South Carolina Kathryn Rose Farr via Facebook Sightings of a fireball streaking down from the sky were reported by eyewitnesses in several south-eastern US states on the afternoon of 26 June. The American Meteor Society’s website has logged at least 142 reports about the fireball event from observers…
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, one of the first young technologists brought on to Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has returned to government shortly after resigning. “Edward Coristine joined the Social Security Administration this week as a special government employee,” Stephen McGraw, an SSA spokesperson, tells WIRED. “His work will be focused on…
Dame Anna Wintour is stepping back as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years. The British-born fashion magnate, 75, is leaving the role she has held longer than any other editor, but will retain senior positions at its publisher. Dame Anna will continue as Vogue’s global editorial director, as well as chief content officer for…
Some ash trees have genetic variants that confer partial resistance to ash dieback FLPA / Alamy Ash trees in the UK are rapidly evolving resistance in response to ash dieback disease, DNA sequencing of hundreds of trees has shown. The finding is good news, says Richard Buggs at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in the…
Taking a nap might help with solving problems Pavel Marys / Alamy Waking up from a deep nap appears to make people better at creative problem-solving. In a new study, people were more likely to have a “eureka” moment if they had recently entered the second stage of sleep – in which brain activity slows…
The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt in Canada may contain the world’s oldest rocks Jonathan O’Neil Just over 4 billion years ago, magma from Earth’s mantle infiltrated a fracture in the young planet’s primordial crust. Over the following aeons, nearly all of the planet’s early crust melted back into the mantle except for a small area around…