Indian leader Narendra Modi has arrived in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where he is set for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that will be keenly watched in Russia as its assault on its neighbor grinds on. Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko confirmed Modi’s arrival in a post on Telegram Friday.…
Guns swinging from their hips, two soldiers in black combat boots and green tactical clothing appear to wire explosives to pumps at the Canada Water reservoir in Rafah, southern Gaza. Moments later, an orange blaze tears through the critical facility in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, as ribbons of grey smoke erupt…
The body believed to be that of Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, has been found by divers searching the wreck of the Bayesian superyacht that sank off Sicily this week, an Italian coast guard official said Friday. With the wreck located nearly 50 meters…
One of the world’s busiest harbors became the scene of a dramatic rescue operation Friday after a young humpback whale was spotted with fishing gear tangled around its tail. Rescuers were first alerted to the 13-meter whale in Sydney Harbour on Thursday afternoon when volunteer rescue group ORRCA received a call…
Elevate Prize Foundation founder Joe Deitch CNN “When we’re building something, we’re sort of alone. And to be with others like ourselves is just so affirming, and nourishing, and wonderful,” Elevate Prize Foundation founder Joe Deitch explained. “We can learn from each other. We can get that spark and have…
An Australian court ruled on Friday that removing a transgender woman from female-only social networking platform Giggle for Girls constituted discrimination, in a landmark decision on gender identity for the country. Roxanne Tickle in 2022 sued the Australian app and founder Sally Grover for unlawful gender identity discrimination in its…
A lung cancer patient has become the first in the UK to receive a new experimental vaccine to help his body fight the disease. Janusz Racz, 67, had six syringes of the jab, each containing genetic material for a different part of the tumour, to train five billion cells in…
This is a bittersweet moment for people living with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. Hopes had been high that for the first time they would have access to a treatment that could slow the decline in memory and thinking. When a pivotal clinical trial was released last year doctors hailed…
Surveillance and the sharing of mpox vaccines with Africa will be integral to preventing a global outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organization’s Europe director has said. Mpox was declared a global emergency by the WHO last week, with a new strain spreading across Africa at an alarming rate…
Electra Battery Materials (TSXV:ELBM,NASDAQ:ELBM) has received a US$20 million grant from the US Department of Defense to support the construction and commissioning of a cobalt refinery in Ontario. According to a Monday (August 19) press release from the Department of Defense, the money will come to Electra via the Defense…