US special envoy to Greenland Jeff Landry, also the Republican governor of Louisiana, wrapped up his first visit to the island's capital Nuuk on Wednesday stating it is time for the US to put its footprint back on Greenland, citing national security concerns over Russia and China.
Adhara Maite Pérez Sánchez, a Mexican child prodigy with an IQ reportedly higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, is expected to earn a master’s degree at just 11 years old.
Sushi Toro, an all you can eat buffet restaurant in Gelves, Seville, Spain has introduced a controversial vomit fee after a surge in incidents where customers overate to the point of getting sick on the premises.
Ashley St. Clair, a 26 year old former MAGA influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk's children, has made explosive allegations on TikTok claiming Musk told her in October 2024 that he was ready to deploy what he called an anomaly in the matrix using 10,000 lasers in space.
The US president said the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar had asked Washington to suspend an operation ‘for two or three days’, claiming ‘serious negotiations were now’ taking place with Tehran.
Japanese scientist Dr. Toru Miyazaki has developed a groundbreaking injectable treatment that could nearly double the average cat's lifespan from 15 years to almost 30 years by addressing the leading cause of feline death, which is chronic kidney disease.
Japan's Ministry of Defense has officially begun deploying the AirKamuy 150, a combat drone built primarily from corrugated cardboard by local startup AirKamuy, marking a revolutionary shift in military drone strategy toward low cost and rapid mass production.
South Korea's dramatic fall in birth rates has left dozens of rural schools on the verge of closure due to severely depleted student numbers, prompting local communities to find a deeply human solution by enrolling elderly women who were denied basic education during their youth.
A new UK study has found that many children are easily bypassing online age-verification systems meant to restrict access to adult content.
On May 17 2026, President Trump posted an AI generated image on Truth Social showing himself walking alongside a handcuffed grey alien in restraints at what appeared to be a military base, going viral within hours.
The Mursi people of the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia are one of the world's most recognised tribal communities, known for the striking large clay or wooden lip plates worn by many of their women as a symbol of beauty, maturity and social status.
Health authorities say the virus has already spread to multiple new countries, raising concerns about wider international transmission.
JCB has revealed the Hydromax, a 32-foot-long hydrogen-powered streamliner built to exceed 350 MPH and potentially become the world’s fastest hydrogen-powered car.
In Llano, Texas, 70-year-old Robyn Griggs Lawrence used her $150,000 life savings to create a tiny home village called “The Bird’s Nest,” designed specifically for older women.
At a zoo in Japan, two giant turtles have reportedly spent more than 120 years fighting after one accidentally bumped into the other during feeding time, according to a viral story circulating online.
On May 15 2026, Elon Musk posted on X saying "Instagram is for girls" in response to a viral thread comparing different social media platforms to various phases of life, quickly racking up tens of thousands of likes and reposts.
A team of MIT students has won first place at the MIT Hard Mode 2026 hackathon with a groundbreaking wearable called Human Operator, built in just 48 hours using accessible components.
Jupiter, a lion rescued from a circus in Colombia where he was frequently abused and had his claws removed, formed an extraordinary bond with Ana Julia Torres, the founder of the Villa Lorena animal refuge in Cali who cared for him for over 20 years alongside 800 other rescued animals.
Xavier Dillard, a 22-year-old streamer from Virginia who goes by TaterMaster online, set a new Guinness World Record by completing 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours during a nonstop livestreamed endurance challenge at a CrossFit gym in Harrisonburg, Virginia on May 2, 2026.
In January 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice released 3.5 million pages of Epstein-related documents after Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
Donor Network, a sperm bank headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark, has become the first sperm bank in the world to require a minimum IQ of 85 from all donors, rejecting approximately 18% of applicants who fail to meet the standard.
In 2012 the University of Qassim in Saudi Arabia organised one of the largest women's rights conferences in the Arab world, themed around Women in Society and attended by delegates from 15 countries, yet not a single woman was present at the event.
California vineyard owner and millionaire big game hunter Ernie Dosio, 75, was killed on April 17 after he and his guide accidentally stumbled into five female elephants with a calf while hunting yellow-backed duikers in Gabon's Lope-Okanda rainforest in central Africa.
Jim Stauffer of Arizona donated his mother Doris Stauffer's body to the Biological Resource Center in Maricopa County in 2013, hoping her brain would be used for Alzheimer's research as she had suffered from the disease in her final years.
A shopkeeper from Rajasthan, India has gained widespread attention for a rare sleep disorder that causes him to sleep for unusually long periods, sometimes lasting several days at a time, making it nearly impossible to run his business or maintain a normal daily routine.
Saudi businessman Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al Rajhi, once one of the world’s richest men, gave away nearly his entire fortune to charity in one of the largest personal donations in modern history.
A South Korean man made headlines after lending 300,000 won to a stranded tourist from Dubai who had lost his wallet, asking for nothing in return except the tourist's contact details.
In March 2016, an EgyptAir Airbus A320 was hijacked shortly after takeoff and forced to land at Larnaca Airport in Cyprus by Seif Eldin Mustafa, an Egyptian man claiming to wear a belt packed with explosives.
A lion's mane is shaped by a combination of genetics, age, hormone levels, climate and overall health, making every lion's appearance uniquely different.
A 28-year-old man from Saudi Arabia traveled more than 5,600 miles across 19 countries on a three-week road trip to northern Norway, all to fulfill his dream of seeing the aurora borealis.
