A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual silence settled over their village in Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state where forested hills give way to the winding Doce River. A mining dam owned by Samarco — a joint venture between Brazilian company Vale and Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton — burst upstream near the town of Mariana, unleashing a to

The message is hammered over and over, in news conferences, hearings and executive orders: President Donald Trump and his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., say they want the government to follow “gold standard” science. Scientists say the problem is that they are often doing just the opposite by relying on preliminary studies, fringe science or just hunches to make claims, cast doubt on proven treatments or even set policy. This week, the nation's top public health agency changed its we

France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.

Tatiana Schlossberg, the journalist and author who was a granddaughter of John F. Kennedy, has died after revealing she had been diagnosed with cancer, her family announced Tuesday

(Reuters) -Merck said on Monday it expects a commercial opportunity exceeding $5 billion from ​Cidara Therapeutics' experimental flu drug, and does not anticipate ‌it to require a review by the U. CDC's vaccine advisory panel before ‌launch.

COPENHAGEN, March 26 (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk has appointed Poul Weihrauch, CEO of U. candy giant Mars, as board observer as the drugmaker seeks ‌to strengthen its position in the highly competitive U.

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Toddlers can pick up new words just by overhearing conversations. Now, new research suggests that some intelligent dogs can expand their vocabulary in just the same way.

Temperatures rose as much as 34 degrees above average in Victoria, Australia, where wildfires have already destroyed 750,000 acres and more 100 homes and buildings. It is the worst heat wave for the country since the catastrophic wildfires of 2020.

IRAN AFFAIRS: A new report by NUFDI titled “Faith Under Siege” has documented the religious oppression, providing many examples of the individuals who have been arrested. As over two billion Christians around the world gather to celebrate Christmas during the next two weeks, one country in particular has increased its oppression of Christians and other religious minorities – Iran.

A federal vaccine advisory committee this week is expected to discuss whether newborns should still get the hepatitis B vaccine — the first shot found to prevent cancer. Federal health recommendations now suggest that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection in their first day of life, but U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s committee on Thursday is expected to change that — contradicting previous public health advice. It's not clear exactly what the committee is consider

The car scene is seeing a critical shift towards smaller hybrids, and driving this charge is the Hyundai Kona SUV.

The military takeover comes as the West African nation was awaiting the results of Sunday's election.

Sudan Doctors Network said RSF and allies shelled residential areas in the city of Dilling for several hours.

Before the appearance of Europeans in the New World, California flaunted a shocking semantic variety, with more than 200 unmistakable Local

The Ursids will peak around the time of the winter solstice under dark skies with chances of enhanced meteor activity.

Environmental groups have called for a faster move away from oil and gas, arguing that the Iran war and its consequences have exposed Germany's continued dependence on imported fossil fuels. In a joint paper seen by dpa, the organizations said Germany's reliance on fossil fuel imports was fuelling inflation and economic uncertainty, much as it did during the 2022 energy crisis that followed the start of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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