Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes in the US. In the scientific program "Debug," a natural bacterium is introduced into male mosquitoes. Those male mosquitoes are then released into the wild with a clear task.
A Russian drone has damaged a spent nuclear fuel storage facility near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. This was reported by the Ukrainian authorities. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Starmer will receive Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in London on Sunday. All this while Putin trashed Zelensky's peace proposal.
A solution for your endless curiosity, a trigger for your unbridled competitiveness or fodder for your jealousy? Whichever way it turns out, the fact is that it was decided at the European level that employers must now tell employees how much their colleagues earn if asked the question. However, quite a few EU member states have not managed to get a legislative framework and the practical implementation in place in time. The clock is ticking, but even in the Netherlands there seems to be no escape from this landmark regulation aimed at reducing the gender pay gap.
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump's husband, will build a luxury resort on an uninhabited Albanian island. Trump's son-in-law wants to build a vacation resort on a nature reserve. The entire project will cost about $6 billion (5.16 billion euros). Everything seems to be in order, although a number of Albanians are not satisfied with the plans and took to the streets and protested for days against the arrival of this luxury resort off the Albanian coast.
A Nepalese climber reported missing on Mount Everest six days ago was found alive on Thursday. Hillary Dawa Sherpa was found this morning while crawling independently to base camp. This was reported by Pemba Sherpa of rescue company 8K Expeditions.
Have you ever wondered how long an airplane can actually stay in the air? And what is the longest commercial flight ever performed? The skies remain a compelling backdrop and aviation continues to evolve and fascinate many of us. European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is aiming to achieve the hitherto impossible with a unique aircraft being developed for Australian airline Qantas Airways. Will the longest flight fade into history books?
A new pill seemed promising because it provided fewer side effects, but apparently did not do what it promised to do. Indeed, too many women turned out to have fallen pregnant anyway.
US President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "crazy" in a telephone conversation on Monday. News site Axios reports this based on three sources involved in the conversation.
At least 15 people have died in accidents in the water during the past few days' heat wave in the United Kingdom, which broke temperature records for May.
There has been a breakthrough in the dire situation in which a speleologist found himself in a cave in northern Italy.