A 5.1-magnitude earthquake has struck Iran, with its epicenter located near the country’s Fordow nuclear enrichment facility, according to the US Geological Survey 22:24, 20 Jun 2025Updated 22:25, 20 Jun 2025 (Image: USGS) Iran was struck by a 5.1-magnitude earthquake dangerously near the country’s Fordow nuclear enrichment facility in Qom Province, reports from the U.S. … Read more
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep Harvard University from hosting international students, delivering the Ivy League school another victory as it challenges multiple government sanctions amid a battle with the White House. The order from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs in Boston preserves the ability of Harvard to host foreign students while the case is decided. Harvard sued the … Read more
(Reuters) — Apple was sued on Friday by shareholders in a proposed securities fraud class action that accused it of downplaying how long it needed to integrate advanced artificial intelligence into its Siri voice assistant, hurting iPhone sales and its stock price. The complaint covers shareholders who suffered potentially hundreds of billions of dollars of … Read more
World leaders are trying to prevent an all-out war in the Middle East as tensions between and Iran show no sign of stopping – and Donald Trump weighs whether to get involved Israeli soldiers search through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam(Image: AP) A major diplomatic push … Read more
Indigenous and riverine communities in the Loreto region of the Peruvian Amazon have “chronic exposure” to mercury, according to a new study — and experts say the biggest culprit is gold mining in the region. The test results released this month by the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation at Wake Forest University (CINCIA) in the … Read more
The S&P 500 fell on Friday as investors monitored the latest developments out of the Middle East. Traders also contemplated the path of future interest rate cuts by Federal Reserve. The broad market index declined 0.22% to end at 5,967.84, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.51% and settled at 19,447.41. The Dow Jones Industrial Average … Read more
The US President said he had given Iran a ‘period of time’ to see if its leaders would ‘come to their senses’ after saying his two week deadline would be the ‘maximum’ Donald Trump said he was opposed to the Iqar War(Image: AP) Donald Trump has slammed his former Democrat spy chief in a blistering … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was wrong in suggesting there is no evidence Iran is building a nuclear weapon. Trump contested intelligence assessments relayed earlier this year by his spy chief that Tehran was not working on a nuclear … Read more
A federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from the immigration detention centre where he has been held since early March while the Trump administration sought to deport him over his role in pro-Palestinian protests. Ruling from the bench in New Jersey, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz … Read more
Meta approached artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI about a potential takeover bid before ultimately investing $14.3 billion into Scale AI, CNBC confirmed on Friday. The two companies did not finalize a deal, according to two people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because of the confidential nature of the negotiations. One … Read more