#Ukraine pounded in Russian attack, Polish airspace ‘violated’
In #Russia’s latest deadly attack on #Ukraine, an unidentified object violated Polish airspace and crashed into a field. Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky has urged allies for anti-ballistic #missiles against ‘Russian terror’,…
The Chinese robot army transforming the UK’s retail industry
The UK has struggled with weak productivity growth for more than a decade, and economists say wider adoption of robotics will be essential if businesses are to become more efficient. In its 2026 report SME Technology Adoption in the United Kingdom, the…
Japan quake toll hits 34 as survivors struggle in heat
Japanese emergency workers battled Thursday to find survivors from a wrecked shopping mall, as the death toll from a major earthquake two days earlier hit 34 and thousands sweltered in punishing heat. The quake caused widespread damage, flattening homes,…
Missile that left crater deep inside Poland was probably Russian – Polish PM Tusk
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said an object that crashed into a field in eastern Poland in the early hours of Thursday was probably a Russian missile. The unidentified object caused a 10m-wide (33ft) crater a short distance from the village of…
Meet the astronomer using ‘cosmic fossils’ to investigate the Milky Way’s violent birth
Amina Helmi’s passion for the Milky Way is clear as soon as one steps into her small office at the University of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands. Alongside family photos and piled-up dissertations with impenetrable titles sits a bowl…
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye in ICU after collapsing in court, his wife says
During Wednesday’s hearing at the High Court in Kampala witnesses in court said Besigye repeatedly shouted «stop» about his legal representation before collapsing. «Before he collapsed, he cried out that he was being injured,» his wife posted,…
Meet the astronomer digging into the Milky Way’s ‘fossils’
Alongside family photos and piled-up dissertations with impenetrable titles sits a bowl stacked with the chocolates named after the star system she has spent her career studying. Digging into the Milky Way’s violent past has earned this 55-year-old…
India’s CJP protests: Why tech alone won’t stop exam paper leaks
Investigators say that scarcity has fuelled increasingly sophisticated paper-leak rackets, linking teachers, middlemen and exam-centre staff. Computer-based testing closes some of those vulnerabilities. But it creates others. Misra says even relatively…
Middle East live: US air strikes on Iran’s Qeshm island kill three people
Home Middle East Live Issued on: 30/07/2026 – 07:52 Smoke rises following explosion at an unknown location, during what US Central Command (CENTCOM) says are strikes on Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on July 29, 2026.…
Singapore fines French teen for iJooz vending machine straw-licking stunt
A Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back into its dispenser. Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance.…