Nodding along to catchy music is not just a human habit, according to Japanese scientists who have discovered that rats also move to the beat of songs by stars like Lady Gaga. Researchers at the University of Tokyo played Mozart, Queen, and Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” to rats wearing …

The companywide ultimatum, sent around midnight in San Francisco time, comes after Musk has already fired key Twitter executives and laid off half of Twitter’s full-time employees. New Twitter CEO and sole director Elon Musk sent a companywide email to remaining employees of the social media business on Wednesday, demanding …

The uncrewed mission around the moon will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration. Nasa’s Artemis moon mission has successfully lifted off Earth, heralding a new era for lunar exploration which will eventually see humans return to the moon. After a series of failed …

Iraq said Wednesday it has set up a high commission to investigate “major cases of corruption,” as the newly appointed premier makes tackling graft a priority. Corruption, mismanagement, and nepotism are rife in Iraq which has caused widespread public anger. Days after Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was appointed last …

Soaring energy, food, and transport prices drove Britain’s inflation to a new high in October, jumping to a 41-year high of 11.1 percent, squeezing households and businesses amid a warning of recession in major economies by the world trade body. The Office for National Statistics in a report on Wednesday …

A missile that hit Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defences and not a Russian strike, Poland and NATO said on Wednesday, easing global concern that the war in Ukraine could spill across the border. Nevertheless, NATO’s chief said that Moscow, not Kyiv was ultimately to blame, …

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Americans announce they are “in hurry” for returning to the 2015 nuclear deal in their ongoing messages to Tehran but “hypocritically” tell the press that rejoining the deal is not their priority. According to Press TV, speaking to reporters on Wednesday on the sidelines …

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has claimed that China poses “the single biggest state threat” to his country’s “economic security”, but insisted on engaging with Beijing on global issues. “I’m very clear that China poses a systemic challenge to both our values and our interests and it represents the single …

A commander of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist group has been captured in a security operation in Nineveh, Iraq’s Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a statement on Wednesday. The arrestee, wanted in accordance with Article 4/Terrorism as by the statement, served as a bodyguard for the head of the …

Russia’s defense ministry has fiercely rejected Poland’s claim of a Russian missile striking Polish territory, slamming the allegation as “deliberate provocation aimed at escalating the situation”, amid reports, which blame Ukraine for the strike. “No strikes on targets near the Ukrainian-Polish state border were made by Russian means of destruction,” the …

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev has sounded the alarm, warning Russian government officials that the United States wants to weaken and destroy Russia. While Washington declares Russia “a source of instability”, it also fosters “anti-Russian alliances, builds up military strength, deploys NATO forces at our border,” Patrushev warned on …

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Ukraine’s conditions for ending the ongoing conflict and for restarting peace talks with Moscow have been “unrealistic and inadequate.” “I said again that all problems are with the Ukrainian side, which is categorically refusing negotiations and putting forward conditions that are obviously unrealistic,” …

A Liberian-flagged oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck in an exploding drone attack off the coast of Oman, reports say. A defense official based in the Middle East, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said the oil tanker was targeted by a bomb-carrying …

The United Kingdom’s Foreign Minister James Cleverly, on Wednesday said that the government of his country is committed to supporting Iraq’s security, environment, and economy. Cleverly’s remarks came during a phone call with Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-sudani, a readout by the latter’s bureau said earlier today. Al-Sudani …

Donald Trump has declared his intention to seek the White House again in 2024, vowing to prevent US President Joe Biden from being re-elected. “I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” the 76-year-old former president said in a speech at his Florida private club on …

Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem al-Araji stressed the importance of the cohesion of the international community in order to combat terrorism, stressing the need to stand against it and pursue its cells wherever they are, until their elimination. Al-Araji’s statements came during his meeting with the US ambassador to Iraq, …

Russia has roundly rejected reports its projectile crossed into Poland, which neighbors Ukraine, the site of an ongoing Russian special operation. On Tuesday, the Associated Press cited local Polish media outlets as claiming that two people had “died” earlier in the day after “a projectile struck an area where grain was drying …