101 East enters the dangerous world of Bangkok’s volunteer ambulance crews racing to be first at accident scenes. Thailand has one of the highest rates of road traffic deaths in the world, but its capital, Bangkok, faces a severe shortage of ambulances. The gap is filled by thousands of informal ambulances run by volunteers. These…
Every time you think the idiocy has hit rock bottom, it discovers a new level. It turns out there’s an even deeper hole you can dig for yourself than climate-science denial: heat-stress denial. Across the billionaire press last week, columnists and leader writers minimised the health impacts of the heatwave, particularly in schools. Expect more…
Reporting Highlights Preventing Water Pollution: Oklahoma restricts oil field wastewater injection within a half-mile of public water wells to protect against pollution. Regulators have let companies do it anyway. Ignoring Its Own Rules: The Frontier and ProPublica identified at least 114 injection wells in Oklahoma that are located within a half-mile of a public water…
Large parts of the Western United States are expected to face their most critical wildfire risk so far this season over the next few days. Utah, where multiple fires were already burning on Wednesday and filling skies with smoke, was at the center of an area where forecasters were most concerned about the potential for…
NewsFeed Israeli attacks near the Tyre Necropolis in Lebanon have damaged the UNESCO heritage site. Other sites across Tyre, a city with a 5,000-year history, remain at risk as efforts to enforce a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah fall short. Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026 Click here to share on social media…
The public is “at direct risk” from unsupervised ex-offenders because probation officers in England and Wales are being asked to cope with excessive workloads, a union has said. As ministers prepare to release and monitor tens of thousands more prisoners this autumn, Napo’s executive has declared for the first time that it has no confidence…
June 10, 2026, 8:01 p.m. ET Visual investigations An analysis of satellite images and videos suggest a precision strike on an Iranian water facility. A damaged building in Bemani, southern Iran, seen on a photo published by Iranian media, where a surviving wall still urges residents not to waste water: “Water is the pulse of…
Popular medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound may offer an unexpected benefit beyond helping people lose weight and manage diabetes. New research involving more than 110,000 women found that those taking GLP-1 drugs, a category that includes semaglutide-based medications like Ozempic and Wegovy, were significantly less likely to develop breast cancer. The findings…
This photograph shows a set up smart-phone screen displaying the logo of main social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, Telegram, X, Bluesky, Tiktok and Whatsapp. Martin Lelievre | Afp | Getty Images Government action to ban social media platforms risks strengthening Big Tech’s grip on the industry further, limiting access for smaller players,…
A Chinese company has been trying to develop artificial intelligence-powered technology that would enable authoritarian governments to not just monitor dissidents but also potentially predict who could become one in the future. The work, which appears to be in the research stage, is ripped out of dystopian science fiction, offering a glimpse of a world…
