Nigeria mine accident: Suspected carbon-monoxide leak kills 37 miners in Plateau stateBBCMany mourners came to the funeral prayers and burial of the miners, who were aged between 20 and 40At least 37 miners have died in a suspected carbon-monoxide leak at a lead and zinc mine in central Nigeria's Plateau state, witnesses have told the BBC.The tragedy is believed to have happened just before...

How to get into a16z’s super-competitive Speedrun startup accelerator program Without a doubt, one of the hottest new startup accelerators in tech right now is Andreessen Horowitz’s Speedrun program. Launched in 2023, the accelerator has an acceptance rate of less than 1%. In a January blog post, the program said that over 19,000 startups pitched and fewer than 0.4% were accepted into the...

How US-Israel strikes on Iran unfolded in 90 secondsThe US and Israel launched attacks across Iran on Saturday, with US President Donald Trump later saying Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Khamenei's compound in Tehran had been destroyed in a "powerful, surprise strike". Iranian state media later confirmed Khamenei's...

The U.S. claims China is conducting secret nuclear tests. Here's what that means A DF-17 road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile is seen during a military parade in Beijing's Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. China may want to develop new nuclear warheads for its hypersonic...

'Difficult' Russia-Ukraine peace talks end without breakthroughReutersRussian, American and Ukrainian representatives met in Geneva on Tuesday and WednesdayTalks between Russia, Ukraine and the US aimed at ending Moscow's war in Ukraine have concluded without a breakthrough. The trilateral meetings, held in Geneva, went on late on Tuesday but only lasted two hours on Wednesday. Although US...