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The Syrian government has announced that local leaders will take control of security in the southern city of Suwayda in an attempt to defuse violence that has killed hundreds of people and triggered Israeli military intervention. Syrian forces had entered Suwayda, reportedly to oversee a ceasefire after deadly clashes between Druze fighters and local Bedouin tribes killed more than 350 people, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor. Witnesses, however, reported that government forces had aligned with Bedouin groups in attacks against Druze fighters and civilians. Israel carried out deadly strikes on Syria on Wednesday, including on…

Researchers set out to find the clues behind this cucumbers seed dispersal superpower. Stanislav Gorb/Helen Gorges hide caption toggle caption Stanislav Gorb/Helen Gorges Three summers ago, Kiel University biomechanist Stainslav Gorb, returned to Germany after a vacation in Turkey with a present for Ph.D. student Helen Gorges. “He came back and was like, ‘Helen, I brought you something. They might explode, but maybe you can work on them,'” she recalls. He presented her with a handful of squirting cucumbers, a smaller, hairier cousin of what one would find in the produce aisle — except that it’s toxic. But what the…

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi. File | Photo Credit: PTI All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president and Hyderabad parliamentarian Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) night demanded that the Centre continue Operation Sindoor until the perpetrators of the Pahalgam terrorist attack are apprehended or killed.Addressing a public meeting in Bodhan protesting the new waqf legislation, Mr. Owaisi described the terror attack as a glaring example of the Narendra Modi government’s security lapse. Owaisi Demands Revenge for Pahalgam Attack, Slams Modi Govt AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, during a public rally in Telangana, called for action over the Pahalgam terror attack that…

Nearly a month after Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI for a 49 per cent stake, the latter seems to have let go of a large part of its workforce. The company, which is known to be a training data provider for AI companies, has reportedly fired 14 per cent of its workforce, which is about 200 employees along with 500 global contractors.  Scale AI, through its spokesperson Joe Osborne, has attributed the layoffs to streamlining efforts of its AI operations. According to interim CEO Jason Droege, the layoffs were an outcome of the company  onboarding too many people…

EMILY BYRSKI/AFP via Getty Images EMILY BYRSKI/AFP via Getty Images Edward Said brought the question of Palestine into the American mainstream. He taught at Columbia University for nearly 40 years, and today, more than two decades after his death, pro-Palestine student protesters on that campus and others have invoked his name. Meanwhile, his interviews circulate on social media and his books are taught at universities around the world. On this episode: the story of the man who pushed for recognition of the Palestinian perspective, the pushback he faced, and the dangers he foresaw. To access bonus episodes and listen to…

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri at an event in New Delhi, on July 17, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI India is confident of meeting its oil needs from alternative sources if Russian supplies are hit by secondary sanctions, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday (July 17, 2025).Earlier this week, U.S. President Donald Trump warned that countries purchasing Russian exports could face sanctions if Moscow fails to reach a peace agreement with Ukraine within 50 days.India should be able to deal with any problems with Russian imports by seeking supplies from other countries, Mr.…

A peacock with a disoriented gaze, a blue poison dart frog from the Amazon struggling to reproduce, and migratory birds and blossoms disrupted by shifting climate patterns — Satadru Sovan Banduri’s acrylic and gouache paintings, on display in Hyderabad, strike a deeply emotional chord.In his ongoing exhibition Disappearing Echoes of the Isolated at Kalakriti Art Gallery, the artist turns his gaze to biodiversity under threat. His evocative works explore environmental concerns such as rising sea levels, tectonic shifts, tsunamis, and the silent extinction of flora and fauna, all underscoring the fragility of ecological systems.Peacock loses home Artist Satadru Sovan Banduri…

The IVF technique uses DNA from the mother’s egg, the father’s sperm, and a small amount from a healthy donor’s egg.Eight healthy babies have been born in the United Kingdom using a groundbreaking new IVF technique involving DNA from three people, offering hope to families with mitochondrial diseases, according to a world-first trial. Experts at Britain’s Newcastle University and Monash University in Australia published the results of the much-awaited trial on Wednesday in several papers in the New England Journal of Medicine. These genetic diseases, which affect one in 5,000 births and have no cure, can cause severe symptoms like…

Mansukh Mandaviya. File | Photo Credit: ANI Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday (July 17, 2025) said the National Sports Governance Bill, which will be tabled in the Parliament during next week’s monsoon session, has been drafted with inputs from not just the stakeholders but also international bodies like the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and FIFA. Addressing the one-day ‘Khelo Bharat Conclave’, featuring representatives from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), National Sports Federations (NSFs), the corporate world and athletes, the Minister reiterated his commitment to have the Bill passed for which he has even held discussions with former Sports Minister…

Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party ruling coalition may lose its majority in the upper house in an election on Sunday, which could heighten calls for the government to boost spending and cut tax.Here is a guide on how the election outcome could affect Japan’s fiscal and monetary policy: Looming political uncertainty Recent media polls show the LDP coalition could lose its majority, heightening the risk of political instability when the country is struggling to strike a trade deal with the US, and stoking fears of an increase in debt. Japan’s debt burden is the highest in the developed world at about…