Thousands flee wildfires in southern Europe

Luggage-clad residents and tourists fled a French peninsula by boat, and the smell of smoke drifted into parts of Madrid on Friday as wildfires swept through parts of Western Europe, triggering states of emergency and calls for EU help.

Women's Super League: Man Utd sign goalkeeper Janina Leitzig

Manchester United have signed goalkeeper Janina Leitzig from Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.

The 27-year-old becomes their second signing of the summer following the arrival of defender Andrea Medina.

Shantae Amankwaah: Teenage gymnast making her Commonwealth Games debut

In 2014, when the Commonwealth Games were last in Glasgow, a little-known teenage gymnast, Claudia Fragapane, became one of Britain's breakthrough stars as she won four gold medals on her debut.

Man United mascot, six, hit by club's ticket tout crackdown

Ancient ape fossil in Egypt challenges the story of human origins

An international team of researchers has identified a previously unknown fossil ape that lived about 17 to 18 million years ago during the Early Miocene. The species, named Masripithecus moghraensis, was described in a study published in Science by scientists from the Mansoura University Vertebrate Paleontology Center (Egypt) and the University of Southern California (USA).

Ozempic and Mounjaro linked to a surprising hair loss risk

GLP-1 medications commonly used to manage type 2 diabetes and obesity may be associated with a modest increase in hair loss, according to a study published by The BMJ on July 22, 2026.

New giant salamander species discovered in 3.5-million-year-old fossils

In the late 1990s, scientists working in the Ajimu area of Oita prefecture, Japan, uncovered three fossilized vertebrae from a giant salamander in the Cryptobranchidae family. The bones were preserved in the Tsubusugawa Formation, a layer of ancient lake sediments from the Pliocene dating to about 3.5 million years ago.

Meta launched a new AI optimism ad set to a song about human extinction

Meta’s newest advertisement begins with a black-and-white shot of an eye, showing us what someone sees as they read countless panicked headlines about how AI is going to take our jobs, isolate us, and spark a global crisis.

Author Post: Every Student Should Graduate With A Career Passport

Changing behaviors around identity verification should start in early adulthood, around college graduation.

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Most people do not start thinking about identity and verification until they are already frustrated by it. By then, they have uploaded the same documents countless times, shared sensitive information across dozens of systems, and accepted friction as normal.

Yemen faces a new challenge amid prospects of confrontation

The conflict in Yemen has entered a new chapter with a declaration by the Houthis that they are imposing a maritime siege on all shipping to Saudi Arabia.

The Yemeni rebel group, also known as Ansar Allah (or supporters of God), has attacked a number of Saudi tankers in the Red Sea.