Wildfire in southern France forces evacuation of 10,000 peopleA wildfire has forced the evacuation of thousands of people in southern France as the country grapples with the impacts of an early summer heatwave that scorched much of Europe.More than 10,000 people have been ordered to leave more than a dozen small towns and villages in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, near the border with...

Colombian Air Force plane crashes with many soldiers on boardVanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, News OnlineDaniel Ortiz / AFP via Getty ImageThe Hercules aircraft crashed shortly after take-off in a rural area near Puerto LeguízamoA Colombian Air Force plane has crashed in the south of the country, near the border with Peru.A Colombian military official told AFP news agency that two...

'They seized everything': Yemen's Houthi rebels drive aid groups to the brinkSally NabilCairo correspondent, BBC ArabicBBCYemen is experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crisesAmina has been fighting to keep alive what's left of her humanitarian lifeline in Yemen. She feels heartbroken to see the aid group she founded years ago falling apart."I remember how 1,600 poor families were...

Google will now let you sign in to your account with a selfie video Image Credits:Jonathan Johnson/Bloomberg / Getty Images 9:01 AM PDT · July 23, 2026 Google is adding a selfie video option as a new way for users to log in to their accounts, the company announced on Thursday, joining a growing wave of tech companies betting that biometrics and not password...

Eight Sleep raises $50M at $1.5B valuation Sleep tech company Eight Sleep today said that it has raised $50 million in a strategic round led by Tether Investments at a valuation of $1.5 billion. This new round comes after the startup closed a $100 million round last August from investors such as HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, and Y Combinator. The startup, which sells smart...