First responders report 33 injured at multiple sites in Dimona, including a 10-year-old boy in serious condition An Iranian missile has hit the Israeli town of Dimona, home to a nuclear facility, in what Iran said was retaliation for strikes on its own nuclear site at Natanz. Dimona hosts a ...
Day: March 21, 2026
Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?
Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and texts, to AI companies for quick cash One morning last year, Jacobus Louw set out on his daily neighborhood walk to feed the seagulls he finds along the way. Except this time, he recorded several videos of ...
Scientists Narrow Down the Hunt for Aliens to 45 PlanetsScientists Narrow Down the Hunt for Aliens to 45 Planets
Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that visited strange new worlds, broke the adorability scale, pigged out, and took in an alien light show. First, scientists sift through thousands of planets to find the best possible sites for life. Then: meet a Cretaceous cutie, check ...
Foreign secretary denounces ‘reckless Iran threats’ after missiles fired at Diego GarciaForeign secretary denounces ‘reckless Iran threats’ after missiles fired at Diego Garcia
Iran reportedly fired two ballistic missiles at Indian Ocean base, but neither reached the target. ...
Middle East crisis live: Trump says US considering ‘winding down’ war; Iran fired missiles at UK-US base on Diego GarciaMiddle East crisis live: Trump says US considering ‘winding down’ war; Iran fired missiles at UK-US base on Diego Garcia
President says US ‘getting very close to meeting our objectives’; missiles fired at joint US-UK military base in Indian Ocean but neither hit Circling back now to Diego Garcia, Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK military base in the Indian Ocean – but neither of them ...
MoD condemns Iran missile strikes towards UK-US base as Britain ‘dragged’ into warMoD condemns Iran missile strikes towards UK-US base as Britain ‘dragged’ into war
Weapons fired after PM authorises US to carry out further attacks from UK bases, a move critics say must be approved by parliament Middle East crisis live – latest updates The Ministry of Defence has condemned Iranian strikes directed towards a US-UK military base on the island of Diego Garcia. ...
‘We must preserve our traditions’: war shadows Tehran as Iranians mark Nowruz‘We must preserve our traditions’: war shadows Tehran as Iranians mark Nowruz
Iranians in Tehran and across the country cautiously marked the Persian New Year despite the ongoing war entering its fourth week Heavy strikes echoed across Tehran during one of the country’s biggest holidays as Tel Aviv said it had “acted alone” in striking Iran’s South Pars gasfield, a move that ...
Anger grows among UK ministers amid fears Iran war could jeopardise Britain’s fragile financesAnger grows among UK ministers amid fears Iran war could jeopardise Britain’s fragile finances
Some in cabinet in despair over possible impact of war begun by Donald Trump, who branded Nato allies ‘cowards’ Middle East crisis – live updates Donald Trump has branded the UK and other Nato allies “cowards” as anger grows among cabinet ministers that his war in Iran could jeopardise Britain’s ...
Iranian Americans are divided on the war and Iran’s future: ‘Bombing is not the same thing as liberation’Iranian Americans are divided on the war and Iran’s future: ‘Bombing is not the same thing as liberation’
Little joy could be found among Iranians in the diaspora as Friday rang in Persian new year and the war on their homeland reached the three-week mark When Israeli and American missiles first started falling on Tehran, and as news of the death of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...
US and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis showsUS and Israel’s war on Iran is a disaster for the environment, analysis shows
Exclusive: War has led to 5m tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in two weeks and is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined The US-Israel war on Iran is a disaster for the climate, according to an analysis that finds it is draining the global carbon budget ...