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Dimethyl mercury is extremely toxic and can be absorbed through the skin. Even very small amounts can cause severe poisoning and potentially death.

Some 237 people have been rescued, Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel told Turkish state-run TRT news channel. He said a search was underway for another 24 people.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will build on the capabilities of other orbiting observatories such as the James Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021, and the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990.

Nepal Flash Flood LIVE News Updates: A glacier collapseled to a sudden massive flood in Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, causing widespread damage.

Figures from Nepal and from Chinese authorities in charge of Tibet put the total number of missing at 3,048, with 768 confirmed deaths.

Flood warning notices were sent to people's phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday's catastrophic floods

The claims, which spread widely on social media, suggested that Pak President Zardari had travelled to Liechtenstein, a small sovereign state located between Switzerland and Austria, to discuss and finalise a date for his son's wedding.

Antonina Kulhava, a Ukrainian humanitarian deminer, is helping clear mines and explosives left behind by the war. She says farmers have returned to some of the fields cleared by her team.

A Nepal school principal’s quick action helped save 1,643 children after he received a warning that fast-rising floodwaters were heading towards the school in Nuwakot.

Gaza medics said the Israeli airstrike near a bakery in Deir Al-Balah killed one man, Hussam Nusair, a three-year-old boy, Tayyem Hamdan, and wounded several others.

The disturbing phenomenon of teachers engaging in illegal sexual relationships with students is a growing concern in the United States.

Khamenei, in power since shortly after his father, Ali Khamenei, was killed at the start of the war on February 28, has yet to be seen in public since his appointment, and authorities have not released any video or audio of him.

Rasuwa, a northern Nepali district, was the first to be devastated by deadly flash floods on Wednesday.

Omar al-Bayoumi, a Saudi national, was accused of helping two 9/11 hijackers settle in the US months before the attacks.

Meta's deal with the US states requires a two-hour daily limit, a midnight to 6 am block, and muted notifications between 8 am and 3 pm for children under 18.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford answered President Donald Trump's "Lake America" decree Saturday with a billboard-sized message on the Canadian shoreline - "Lake Ontario. Now and Always" - as Canadian leaders met the move with ridicule rather than outrage.

Zhao Zongqi was the first commander of the Western Theatre Command, which looks after China's military operations along its western borders, including the border with India.

One person was killed and five others were wounded, some of them seriously, in a shooting at a rave party in northern Switzerland, local police said on Sunday.

At least 675 bodies have so far been recovered since the tsunami-like rumble of water and mud struck Nepal on Wednesday morning.

The group had left Raipur on August 21 and reached Nepal the following day. They had hired a car and were planning to visit the Pashupatinath Temple, Manokamana Temple and other tourist attractions, .