Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, only slightly larger than Earth’s Moon, but what lies beneath its battered surface is anything but small. Its metallic core stretches out to nearly 85 per cent of the planet’s total radius, leaving behind a rocky shell so thin it barely qualifies as a shell at…

US makes visa bond pilot programme permanent. The United States is making a visa bond programme permanent that could require certain visitors to pay up to $20,000 before being granted entry for business or tourism. The policy, announced by the US State Department, is aimed at reducing the number of people who overstay their visas….

Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks as he leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 20, 2026.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Keir Starmer bowed out as the UK’s prime minister on Monday, declaring “my work is done” as he prepared to hand over power to Andy Burnham after being forced to resign by his own…

PC: David Santiago Garcia/Aurora Photos/Getty Images At first glance, the Río Tinto in southwestern Spain looks almost unreal. For around 50 kilometres, the water flows in shades of deep red and orange that seem more fitting for an artist’s palette than a natural river. Yet its extraordinary appearance is not the result of artificial dyes…

At least six people were killed and dozens injured after Russia launched a fresh wave of missile and drone attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials. Kyiv renewed its call for urgent deliveries of air defence systems, saying growing shortages of interceptor missiles had left it increasingly vulnerable to Russian strikes.The strikes hit…