Pope Leo XIV has excommunicated the ultra-conservative Society of St. Pius X after the group consecrated four new bishops in Switzerland without papal permission. According to the Vatican’s ruling, the bishops in question have been excommunicated, as have the movement’s priests and the laypeople who formally affiliate with it.
China has publicly unveiled a mobile electromagnetic catapult that launches a drone for the first time. Footage on Chinese social media shows how a system of three linked trucks propels an unmanned aircraft into the air using electromagnetic acceleration.
The so-called “Reflecting Pool” was supposed to become Donald Trump’s new showpiece in Washington—a symbol of patriotism and national unity. But instead, it has already been the subject of much negative press. The conflict has now escalated to the point that the U.S. president is taking an Olympic athlete to court.
A Dutch man driving a flashy convertible performed a life-threatening maneuver in Monaco this week, putting not only himself and his passenger at risk but also everyone on the highway in mortal danger.
In rural Ohio, police have rescued sixteen children from a true house of horrors, according to U.S. media reports. The children, ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years, had been living in appalling conditions in a single room for the past four years.
Een 11-jarige Canadese jongen is in 2024 overleden aan hondsdolheid nadat een vleermuis op zijn neus en mond was geland terwijl hij sliep in een vakantiehuisje in Ontario. Het incident is begin deze week gerapporteerd in het Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Starting in January 2028, Sony will cease production of physical discs for new PlayStation games. From that point on, new titles will only be available for purchase digitally, via the PlayStation Store or at select retailers. PlayStation announced this in a blog post.
Céline Dept's YouTube channel temporarily surpasses MrBeast as the most-watched in the world.
Russian soldiers on the Ukrainian front are said to survive 20 to 35 minutes once they reach the combat zone. That estimate, which comes from Russian military bloggers and was cited by historian Peter Frankopan in "Foreign Policy", underscores just how deadly the war has become due to the dominant role of drones.
Several people have died in a fire at an apartment building on August Vermeylenlaan on the Linkeroever in Antwerp, according to the Antwerp police.