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A Liverpool delivery driver earned £300,000 by completing university coursework and exams for students/Image: BBC A UK-based delivery driver who secretly completed university coursework and online exams for students in exchange for money has been jailed for three years after investigators uncovered a large-scale academic fraud operation that generated more than £300,000 in illegal earnings.Shahid…

Seven Rice University students in Texas have turned a classroom project into a startup with ambitions to transform healthcare logistics. Their company, Haast Autonomous, has secured $1.85 million in pre-seed funding to develop a drone-based transport system designed to move critical medical supplies quickly and safely between hospitals. The team believes existing healthcare networks rely…

Burmese pythons have already earned a reputation as one of Florida’s most destructive invasive species, wiping out populations of native mammals and disrupting ecosystems across the Everglades. But scientists have now uncovered another surprising way these giant snakes may be changing the landscape. New research suggests the reptiles are unintentionally transporting seeds after eating fruit-consuming…

This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Arthur along the Gulf coast of Texas, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (NOAA via AP) Tropical Storm Arthur, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, weakened into a low-pressure area on Wednesday night after moving along the upper Texas coast. However, forecasters…

The US-Iran peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlines a sweeping framework aimed at ending military confrontation, opening the Strait of Hormuz, releasing Iran’s frozen assets and providing $ 300 billion for reconstrction and opening the door for long-term negotiations. While the agreement still requires a final deal within 60 days, both sides stand to gain…

The United States and Iran have reached an interim agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme, opening a two-month window for negotiations, though key issues such as verification mechanisms, enrichment limits, and long-term compliance remain unresolved and are now set for further negotiation.The peace deal signed by US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on…

Antarctica tends to be described in numbers first. Temperatures that fall far below what most instruments are built for, wind that can strip visibility down to nothing, distances that flatten judgment. It is also a place where people still go to work, to measure ice, to run stations, to move supplies across blank stretches of…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday defended the newly signed memorandum of understanding with Iran, saying it would be ‘a little bit unfair’ for Tehran not to possess ballistic missiles if other countries in the region have them.The remarks came shortly after the agreement was signed on Wednesday between the two sides and ahead of…

US President Donald Trump signed the much-anticipated US-Iran peace deal memorandum of understanding (MoU) during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 summit in Versailles on Thursday. As Trump sat beside Macron, US secretary of state Marco Rubio handed him the agreement. Before putting pen to paper, Trump remarked, “This was not…

Chud the Builder’s bond revoked after new footage emerges in Tennessee shooting case (Image via Getty) Dalton Eatherly, the controversial livestreamer known online as “Chud the Builder,” suffered a major setback in court on June 17 after a Tennessee judge revoked his bond in a separate misdemeanor case. The decision came during a Davidson County…