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A Destiny youth leader was jailed for more than six years in March 2025.

Health officials are investigating whether Ebola patients in Kenya and Nigeria crossed paths at Uganda's main airport as conflicting accounts cloud the source of one infection.

MIT engineers have built a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells that respond to flashes of light, allowing it to swim and steer through water. The breakthrough could pave the way for tiny, self-healing biological robots capable of exploring fragile environments that ordinary machines cannot safely navigate.

Researchers have solved a long-standing challenge in understanding how tiny defects in materials like diamond and silicon carbide behave when exposed to light. Their new computational method revealed a surprisingly important energy-loss mechanism in silicon carbide that scientists had previously underestimated. The finding helps explain a mystery that has pu

Michigan reactor restart is delayed as Trump administration champions nuclear energy to meet booming AI power demand

Radio: Colm Ó Mongáin and Katie Hannon favour sober reporting, as Oliver Callan hears lurid revelations

An experiment has produced nanoflares similar to those seen on the sun, and shown that they can help explain why the outer layers of the solar atmosphere are so hot

The Supreme Court has asked the State Election Commission to decide where candidates were unable to file nominations

The Destiny Church leader took to social media saying he had flown to Brisbane for a church conference and was detained by the border force.

A day earlier, he had pleaded not guilty in Auckland to inciting racial disharmony.

Cape Town’s multimillion-rand surveillance grid promises safer streets. However, unchecked technology, vague safeguards and historical precedent raise urgent questions about liberty and data privacy.

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The rolling release of long-secret files could add detail to the history of a legally disputed Bush-era counterterrorism program.

Earlier this month, Eurovision announced that countries involved in armed conflict would not be considered for hosting the competition.