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An Indian-origin university graduate’s failed attempt to land a supermarket job sparked fresh questions about whether the job market is failing young people.21-year-old Raksha Hegde in Australia has gone viral after revealing she was rejected for a part-time retail assistant role while trying to support herself during her master’s studies. Her experience triggered a debate … Read more

A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her sister at a north London flat before taking a valuable watch, the BBC reports.Nancy Pexton, 70, was found guilty of murdering her sister, film director Jennifer Abbott Dauward, at the victim’s home in Camden in June last year. She must serve a minimum … Read more

Comedian Peter Kay was forced to leave the stage mid-performance after a suspicious bag prompted a police response and evacuation at a Birmingham venue.The incident took place at the Utilita Arena on Friday evening, around 45 minutes into Kay’s show, when the performance was abruptly stopped and the audience asked to leave.West Midlands Police later … Read more

The Mississippi River is often considered one of the most stable natural systems in North America. It flows steadily from the northern United States down to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying vast amounts of water every second. But in 2012, something unusual happened during Hurricane Isaac, briefly disrupting this familiar pattern. The storm surge pushed … Read more

A strange medical finding has emerged from Thailand, and it’s already catching attention in the global science community. Researchers looking through hundreds of thousands of blood samples reportedly stumbled upon something that didn’t quite fit known categories. It wasn’t A, B, AB, or O in the usual sense. It wasn’t even a typical variant. Instead, … Read more

The biological narrative of Madagascar is a 180-million-year history of isolation and evolutionary divergence. Once a part of the Gondwana supercontinent, it broke away from Africa and later split from the Indian subcontinent around 88 million years ago. This separation turned it into a secluded natural lab. With no competition from mainland species, Madagascar’s plants … Read more

A small plane carrying pickleball players crashed into trees near Wimberley late Thursday night, killing all five people on board, authorities said.The aircraft, a Cessna 421C, had departed from Amarillo and was headed to New Braunfels National Airport. The crash happened around 11 pm in Wimberley, about 40 miles southwest of Austin, according to the … Read more

US President Donald Trump on Friday said Washington faces a clear choice in its approach to Iran, either pursue a negotiated settlement or escalate militarily, as tensions continue in the Middle East.“There are options. Do we want to go and just blast the hell out of them and finish them forever? Or do we want … Read more

It’s factually correct that light is crucial for photosynthesis, but research from Osaka Metropolitan University uncovers an intriguing contradiction: it also slows down plant growth. The study, published in the Physiologia Plantarum journal, shows that white light exposure triggers biochemical modifications; this reaction makes the bond between a plant’s internal tissues and outer layer stronger. … Read more

A 12-year-old boy born to a Nigerian mother and a US military serviceman is facing deportation in US after authorities questioned his citizenship.The case unfolding in Alaska has drawn attention because US immigration officials are seeking a DNA test to confirm the boy’s link to his father, a naturalised US citizen who previously served in … Read more