Indian-origin teenager Shrey Parikh has achieved what millions of young spellers dream of. The 14-year-old from Rancho Cucamonga, California, won the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 28 at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. He defeated runner-up Ishaan Gupta in a dramatic spell-off finale. During the tie-breaker, Parikh correctly spelled 32 words in…
PC: Guinness World Record On the mudflats outside Mombasa, the tide does not sit still for long. It pulls in, withdraws, leaves behind a surface that looks soft but behaves like something less forgiving once you step into it. On a stretch of coast usually shaped by salt, heat, and passing weather systems, a man…
PC: Facebook (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities) Ancient stones rarely behave like still objects in Egypt. At the Karnak temples in Luxor, walls and gateways tend to reappear in unexpected forms, as if the past has been repeatedly folded and stitched back together by different hands across centuries. The latest work north of the temple…
Italy on red alert; Portugal records hottest May day ROME: Italy issued a red alert warning for the capital Rome on Thursday and Portugal and France reported their hottest days in May as Europe struggled with a heatwave that has smashed records across the continent.Britain and France have already reported their hottest-ever May days this…
Police officers on scene after a stabbing attack at the train station in Winterthur, Switzerland A man armed with a knife wounded three people at a train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Thursday in what authorities described as an “act of terror” before he was arrested by police.The attack took place shortly…
Popular Twitch streamer QTCinderella has announced plans to take legal action against clip accounts that allegedly use her stream content to spread harassment and misleading narratives. Returning online after grieving the loss of her dog Swift, she said she would issue DMCA takedowns against malicious reposts. The move comes amid growing concerns over “clip farming”…
A resurfaced video of Charlie Kirk defending Candace Owens has reignited debate online. In the clip, Kirk calls Owens “the best” and says, “We’re on Team Candace.” Owens shared the video, writing that Kirk “always had my back.” However, many social media users criticized her, arguing that her recent attacks on Kirk’s family and organization…
The agency will unveil the Artemis III crew members in a broadcast event from the Johnson Space Centre, Houston, on 9 June and make an important progress statement regarding their Moon mission project. As mentioned above, the Artemis III mission is one of the many projects within NASA’s Artemis program. The project will see astronauts…
CNN journalist’s video from Lisbon Airport went viral as she showed the long queue to leave the country owing to the new EU travel rules — making travelers miss their flights The European Union began a new Entry/Exit System in 2025 but it became fully operational in April this year, unloading the heat on summer…
A 21-year-old Austrian man who admitted plotting a terror attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna during the singer’s Eras Tour has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.The man was identified in court only as ‘Beran A’ under Austrian privacy laws. He pleaded guilty to planning an attack on one of Swift’s sold-out…
