US pauses immigrant visa interviews worldwide
The US administration under President Donald Trump has temporarily paused or rescheduled immigrant visa interviews at American embassies and consulates around the world, a...
Indian students’ applications for US undergraduate courses fall 15%
The number of Indian students seeking admission to undergraduate programmes in the United States declined by 15 per cent during the 2025-26 admission cycle,...
Nvidia revenue goes up amid AI demand surge
Nvidia has reported another extraordinary jump in quarterly revenue, with sales more than doubling from a year earlier as demand for artificial intelligence chips...
France eases traditional cheese rules amid severe drought
France has temporarily relaxed some of its strict traditional cheese-making regulations after an intense drought and repeated heatwaves severely damaged grazing land across the...
Britain: Hotter summers put railways under growing pressure
Britain’s railway network is facing increasing disruption from rising summer temperatures, with extreme heat posing risks to tracks, overhead power systems and signalling equipment,...
Spain to relocate 500 migrant children from Ceuta in policy U-turn
The Spanish government has decided to transfer around 500 unaccompanied migrant children from the North African enclave of Ceuta to mainland Spain, reversing an...
Extreme heat linked to over 40,000 deaths in England in 4 decades
More than 40,000 additional deaths in England were associated with extreme heat between 1988 and 2025, according to new figures from the Office for...
Meta agrees to sweeping changes for teenage users in $18-billion US social media settlement
Meta has agreed to make significant changes to the way teenagers use Facebook and Instagram after reaching a landmark settlement with 29 US states...
London surgeons perform World’s first successful AI-assisted brain tumour surgery
London neurosurgeons have successfully used artificial intelligence to assist in the removal of a brain tumour in what has been described as the world’s...