Small town mayor’s nephew, 7, is tragically found dead near Albany

By ANNA WRIGHT, US REPORTER Published: 04:08 BST, 2 July 2026 | Updated: 04:08 BST, 2 July 2026 A Michigan mayor’s seven-year-old nephew who mysteriously disappeared has been found dead.  Hamtramck Mayor Adam Alharbi shared on social media Sunday that his nephew, Harbe Nagi, had gone missing in Menands, New…

Daredevils who scaled Empire State Building facing MULTIPLE charges after flying protest banner and sky-high proposal at 1,454 feet

Two masked daredevils who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building with a protest banner – before one dropped to a knee for a dramatic proposal – are now facing multiple charges.  Angela Nikolau, 33, and Vanya Beerkus, 32, were taken into custody following their sky-high stunt on…

The growing number of satellites in orbit could soon make telescopes obsolete. ‘For astronomy, this would obviously be catastrophic’

If the number of satellites in Earth’s orbit exceeds 100,000, humanity may lose its ability to study the universe from the planet’s surface. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by astronomers from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) which warns that if existing plans to deploy a million orbiting data…

Accused Aussie killer’s wrathful encounter with a woman after a motorbike accident weeks before he allegedly strangled Thai teen: ‘King Kong’

By WILLIAM TON, DUNCAN MURRAY AND DARIO PIGNATELLI FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Three weeks before an Australian man allegedly murdered a 17-year-old Thai teenager, another woman faced his wrath following a motorbike accident. Simon Peter Carman was arrested at Bangkok’s main international airport on Friday while allegedly attempting to leave…

What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA

A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings at a new angle. July 7: Last Quarter Moon July 11 + 12: Dawn alignment of the Moon, Mars, Saturn, and Uranus July 14: New Moon; best dark-sky window for Comet 10P/Tempel…

Coles set to expand its empire and buy Australia’s biggest pet care company in huge $4billion deal

By BURNEY WONG Published: 02:00 BST, 2 July 2026 | Updated: 02:33 BST, 2 July 2026 Coles is set to buy Australia’s biggest pet care company in a deal worth nearly $4billion.  The supermarket giant is closing in on a deal to snap up Greencross Pet Wellness Company, the owner…

SIR STEVE MCQUEEN: How CAN the decision not to offer black men prostate cancer screening be made by a committee without a single black voice on it?

My father didn’t know what prostate cancer was. That’s the thing I keep coming back to. He was a working-class man who worked hard, looked after his family and got on with life. He wasn’t somebody who spent his time thinking about his health. Like a lot of men of…

This weird ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren’t sure how

Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the universe, blazing gas giants like Jupiter or Saturn that exist so close to their stars that they complete orbits in a matter of days. Now, new research may rewrite the definition of these planets that make the solar system…

SpudCell: Have scientists really made a living cell from scratch? Not quite

SpudCell is the first synthetic cell system built from non-living components to complete a full cell cycle Orion Venero, Adamala Lab The “SpudCell” is being proclaimed by its creators as a major advance in synthetic biology. Some of this hype is justified – yes, it’s a cell, but perhaps not…

Fresh fury at prostate betrayal: Panel that rejected major screening programme had NO specialists in the cancer and NO black voices

The decision to reject a major screening programme was made by a committee that did not contain a single prostate cancer expert, the Daily Mail can reveal. In May, the UK National Screening Committee (UKNSC) rejected calls to widen the scheme in a decision experts said amounted to ‘clinical negligence’.…