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QS World University Rankings 2026: Full list of institutes here
Institutions Overall Rank in 2026 Overall Rank in 2025 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1 1 Imperial College London 2 2 Stanford University 3 6 University of Oxford 4 3 Harvard University 5 4 University of Cambridge 6 5 ETH Zurich...

US 4th Fleet Holds UNITAS 25 Final Planning Conference
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet hosted the UNITAS 2025 Final Planning Conference, June 23-27, bringing together U.S. and partner nations representatives in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo: U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S....

Chris Hedges: Gaza’s Hunger Games – how Israel is weaponising starvation
ANALYSIS: By Chris Hedges Israel’s weaponisation of starvation is how genocides always end. I covered the insidious effects of orchestrated starvation in the Guatemalan Highlands during the genocidal campaign of General Efraín Ríos Montt, the...

Did Trump nab his Hannibal Lecter? At ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, Kristi Noem says ICE ‘detained a cannibal’
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Conozca a la Mujer que Lucha Contra la Brecha de Género Oculta en los Sistemas Alimentarios Mundiales
En la intersección del fitomejoramiento y la justicia social, la Dra. Hale Ann Tufan está rediseñando la investigación agrícola para que refleje a las personas a las que sirve. El último día de la conferencia de la Asociación Nacional de...

Guest Opinion: They are us — We should defend our Latino/Hispanic neighbors
I’ve spent my career working overseas, in part trying to make our country a safer place by trying to fix problems outside our borders — but also to share the luck that all U.S. citizens inherited just by being born. Over the course of those years,...

World Earthquake Report for Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Previous news Wed, 9 Jul 2025, 00:01 An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred only 9 minutes ago 125 km west of Labuan, Indonesia, Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported. ... Read all Tue, 8 Jul 2025, 23:50 Quakes...

Ralph Gene Wallace
Ralph Gene Wallace, formerly of Parrish, passed away peacefully on June 29, 2025, at his home in Florence. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Woodland Trace Church of Christ, to be immediately followed by...

ATC Brings Solar Solutions to the World’s Poorest Communities
Ann Arbor-based non-profit Appropriate Technology Collaborative (ATC) is transforming lives across the globe by developing and implementing innovative, low-cost technologies for communities in extreme poverty. From solar vaccine refrigerators to...

This Spider-Man Co-Star Missed Out On Two Other Marvel Roles First
Those pursuing acting careers in Hollywood seek out as many auditions as they can. The roles and projects they find themselves reading for vary in scale, whether it be a bit part on a network sitcom or a character in a major film franchise, along...

Protecting homes from hurricanes, rice crops from heat, and seas from trawling
Hurricane-resilient construction protects buildings and saves money After Hurricane Ivan in 2004 caused extensive damage and a loss of insurers, Alabama implemented mandatory minimum insurance discounts for homes built or retrofitted to a...

A Study In Winning: Matt Freese's Harvard Days Helped The U.S. Take A Big Step
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! MINNEAPOLIS — Matt Freese went into Sunday’s penalty shootout against Costa Rica fully understanding the stakes. If the U.S. goalkeeper wanted to give his team a chance to win the match and advance to...

Let’s talk about anything but politics
I have never been vocal about political issues, generally keeping my opinions to myself. However, in our current intense political climate, it seems that people are more riled up than I have ever seen them. Tensions are high and lines are drawn....

Wrong Prisoner Is Brought to Court, Derailing a Hearing
The hearing was meant to determine whether the state had enough evidence to support a charge of attempted murder. Subpoenas had been issued and witnesses were prepared to testify. But when the defendant was escorted into the Chittenden County...

Trump’s ICE raids on farms risk U.S. food supply, economists warn
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

7 Latinx artists based in Nevada
Nevada is home to notable Latinx artists specializing in a variety of styles and mediums. Here are seven with works you can’t miss. Artists from different backgrounds have been calling Nevada home for years, including these seven who are currently...

Mexico: The search for disappeared persons is a high-risk activity for collectives of women searchers
Women who search for their loved ones among the more than 128,000 disappeared and missing persons in Mexico additionally face a growing number of impacts and violence which have so far claimed the lives of at least 16 of these women, Amnesty...

Matt Freese shined in his shootout moment, and the Americans are moving onto the Gold Cup...
The late-blooming national team rookie, who made a costly mistake in the previous match, actually conducted an in-depth research project in college at Harvard about penalty kicks. Freese spent the flight to Minneapolis reviewing his findings and...

Taiwanese company importing foreign workers while Vincy applications ‘sitting catching dust’
Former workers at Overseas Engineering & Construction Co. (OECC), the Taiwanese firm that the Vincentian government awarded a US$78 million contract to build a new hospital in Arnos Vale, say the company continues to import foreign workers even as...

El Salvador’s environmentalists lament reversal on mining ban, as companies circle
In December 2024, El Salvador’s congress reversed an historic ruling on metal mining to reauthorise the activity in the country, seven years after it became the first nation in the world to explicitly ban it. Gold mining has a particularly long...