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Ecologist Richard Kingsford has been counting birds for decades as part of an annual survey but this year, there's a new threat.

As the vice president of A&R at Arista Records, he brought Houston to Clive Davis and worked with other stars like Aretha Franklin and Carlos Santana.

Microsoft rules out any malicious "cyber or AI" activity after a worldwide outage disrupted healthcare services, delayed corporate earnings reports and left schools struggling to communicate.

A fossil hunt in a remote Argentinian province has revealed a skeleton critical to the story of biology’s grandest experiment.

The company says the outage was a tech issue not related to cyber or AI agents.

Immigration New Zealand had paused all visa applications until further notice.

<p>Kurt Gödel left 1,009 pages of densely written text – much of it in an obsolete shorthand – which is now said to contain hundreds of proved theorems</p><p>The Austrian logician Kurt Gödel was one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century. His two <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/10/can-you-solve-it-godels-incompleteness-theore

New research suggests that medium-sized birds of prey such as short-eared owls feasted on the frogs during a "short, intensive predation event" some 1,700 years ago

The data is said to have been "made available on an external website without authorization."

The main objective of the new Critics Discovery section is to introduce notable and artistically distinctive films in Malayalam to prominent figures and critics in the international film industry and to provide them with more international audience attention and representation at film festivals

Companies are offering to help migrants pose as talented artists to make fraudulent UK visa applications, the BBC has found.

A new study reveals that viral infections may leave behind hidden damage to the immune system long after symptoms disappear. Researchers found that mice recovering from an acute infection experienced lasting changes to their spleens and weakened immune responses, potentially leaving them more vulnerable to future threats. Surprisingly, prior vaccination comp

Nembe Exploration and Production Company has clarified its role in the EFCC’s recovery of outstanding pipeline fees, stating the funds were owed to its JV. Read More: https://punchng.com/firm-clarifies-role-in-efcc-recovery-of-outstanding-pipeline-fees/

These were the updates on Microsoft's outage for November 13, 2026.

The FBI says it's seized more than $1.2 billion of cryptocurrency reported stolen last month from Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange.

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested five suspected armed robbers in Ibadan who allegedly confessed to participating in several violent attacks. Read More: https://punchng.com/police-arrest-five-suspected-armed-robbers-in-oyo-recover-pistol/

Ogun State Police have recovered a stolen Lexus SUV valued at N45m and arrested a suspect allegedly involved in a plot to sell the vehicle in Benin Republi Read More: https://punchng.com/police-recover-stolen-n45m-car-in-ogun-arrest-suspect/

A Microsoft outage involving services like Outlook and Teams has dragged on for hours and impacted many users, companies and government services

Jensen Huang resigned as CEO of Nvidia on Thursday after coming under scrutiny for two extramarital affairs.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates urban greening initiative; 45,000 saplings to be planted at K.C. Layout Park

German government says it ‘anticipates a very big impact’ on economy

Justice Krishna Rao sought to know why the State had not convened a fresh security review committee meeting after Mamata All India Trinamool Congress leader reported a series of incidents and sought enhancement of protection

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) says it has uncovered 250 fake teaching certificates during a recruitment exercise in an unnamed state. Read More: https://punchng.com/trcn-uncovers-250-fake-certificates-in-teachers-recruitment/

Mohamed Salah mania has hit Super Liga side Trabzonspor and the Egyptian forward appears to be relishing the adulation being showered on him over in Turkey. Salah, of course, was also adored at previous club Liverpool but his finale on Merseyside was a frustrating one. He had a public falling out with manager Arne Slot, the final year of his contract cancell

Fuel now makes up about 33 per cent of airlines' operating costs, says director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines Wong Hong.

For almost 40 years, 30 canisters of film of the British singer on his iconic Faith tour sat untouched.

The outage has affected some government systems in Singapore, but authorities assured the public that emergency services remain fully operational.

The ICPC has recovered over N5.3bn from local government funds in seven states and the FCT, its chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, has disclosed in Nasarawa State. Read More: https://punchng.com/icpc-recovers-n5-3bn-from-lg-accounts-in-seven-states-fct/

Fire and Emergency is looking at how the Defence Force could help but has made no formal request two weeks' out from an unprecedented 10-hour Friday afternoon strike by most paid firefighters.

Police executed two search warrants at Warkworth properties last week.

Armed with a team of AI agents, Google researcher Pietro Miotti claimed earlier this week to have discovered a potentially unmapped Maya site in Mexico. There was just one problem: The site had already been discovered and was published in an academic journal last year. The incident, which sparked criticism among archeologists online, underscores a […]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (Yonhap) -- Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance said Thur...

The ICPC says it has recovered over N5.3bn from local government accounts in seven states and the FCT, and plans a new online transparency initiative. Read More: https://punchng.com/icpc-recovers-n5-3bn-from-lg-accounts/

Nectar's new AI agent automates influencer marketing, helping brands discover creators, manage outreach and partnerships, and track campaign results.

UPDATED with latest company comments: Earlier this evening Microsoft posted an update on the outages to its 365 platform noting “positive results with our efforts to restart affected infrastructure and recover server availability.” The optimism was short lived. About an hour later, the company announced that their efforts were “not taking as expected.” The c

The firefighters union has signalled 10-hour strike action, starting 27 November, over its long pay dispute.

Courtney Lawes says he spent 10 days in hospital after doctors found his infection markers were "through the roof" as he battled a serious illness.

Dr. David Fajgenbaum nearly died of Castleman disease, an uncommon immune disorder. His own research led him to discover a new use for an existing drug, which saved his life. Now, he hopes that AI can find cures for other rare diseases.

A Swiss woman who tested positive for the Ebola virus in Nigeria has recovered and been discharged from a hospital in Geneva after being evacuated for trea Read More: https://punchng.com/ebola-swiss-woman-evacuated-from-nigeria-recovers-discharged/

Growth in 2026 is expected to be 'tepid' and 'sub-par' with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war weighing on Canada, KMPG's Fall Economic Outlook says.

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered a warehouse where suspected counterfeit Parago candies were allegedly concealed in cartons bearing different product names. Read More: https://punchng.com/nafdac-uncovers-suspected-fake-parago-candies-hidden-in-rice-warehouse/

Crows may be even smarter than we thought, and their brains are astonishingly fast. Researchers at the University of Tübingen discovered that crows can make visual decisions twice as quickly as humans and monkeys, taking just 235 milliseconds on average to identify the direction of moving dots while maintaining remarkable accuracy.

Defender added that he was proud of how the team dealt with pressure of divisive fixtures

Maters of Munster face serious attacking threat from Limerick side

Scientists have uncovered a surprising way that fructose, a sugar commonly found in sweetened foods and drinks, may help aggressive ovarian cancer spread. Researchers discovered that cancer cells surviving chemotherapy release fructose that weakens the bonds holding neighboring tumor cells together, making it easier for cancer to spread. High dietary fructos

The world is heading for an "irrecoverable overshoot" on dangerous warming unless governments reject fossil fuels and start rapidly cutting emissions, a report has warned.

Tadej Pogacar remains in recovery mode following his horror crash at the Vuelta a Espana that brought his latest season of dominance to a painful finale. The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider's body took a battering in a crash on Stage 8 in Valencia at the end of August that left him needing surgery on a broken collarbone as well as suffering three fractured verte

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 12 &mdash; The Penang state government has defended the RM8.4 billion capacity charge under its conditi...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has revealed a surprising secret hidden within the chaos of space: turbulent magnetic fields reverse their direction of rotation when examined at extremely small scales. The discovery exposes an unexpected pattern in solar wind turbulence that could help scientists better understand solar activity and predict geomagnetic storms.

Speaking to author Robert Macfarlane in a rare interview about her cancer diagnosis, the Princess of Wales described the role nature played in her recovery.

Scientists have discovered that the first animals to venture onto land nearly 380 million years ago had surprisingly stiff necks, overturning a long-standing theory about evolution. Rather than evolving to help animals turn their heads, necks may have emerged as part of the anatomical changes that allowed them to move using their front limbs.

Three Times journalists break down the twists and turns in a race that captured national attention.

Police say there is evidence of organisation behind retail theft in Shepparton, where an operation targeting repeat offenders has led to more than 200 arrests.

“I have had a lot of time to think about my life and my priorities and the person I want to be,” Russini said on the debut of her new show.

Police were guarding the scene last night after the cannabis plants were discovered.

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Even though they were barred from serving in the Canadian military at the start of World War II, Chinese Canadians stepped up to volunteer for dangerous covert operations when called upon in 1944, and their contributions are being commemorated with a new Canada Post Remembrance Day stamp issued earlier this month. The stamp honours the […]

Representative Jim Himes, who will run the powerful intelligence committee in the new Congress, said he also planned to scrutinize contractor donations to President Trump’s construction projects.