The autopsy report for a Los Alamos National Laboratory worker who was found dead in a remote national forest earlier this year determined she was fatally shot in the head — but could not conclude whether the wound was self-inflicted. The “advanced state of decomposition” of Melissa Casias’ body, which was discovered almost a year…
Deal includes an obligation to make the move permanent next year, reportedly for a guaranteed $68m. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Tottenham Hotspur have signed Omar Marmoush from Manchester City on a season-long loan, the Premier League club has said, with the deal including an obligation to make the Egypt forward’s move permanent…
The long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) of National Stock Exchange (NSE) may get approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) soon, Sebi chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said on Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of an event celebrating 30 years of NSE Clearing, the chairman said that it was ‘close’ to approving…
The rapid scaling of robotaxis over the last two years has come with a hidden human cost. Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to the…
Available for 7 days Scientists have long referred to the Goldilocks zone – the region around a star where conditions are not too hot and not too cold but “just right” for life. Joined by a live audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK, Tom Whipple asks what are the true limitations of…
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File under “stupid publicity stunt that I shouldn’t even be writing about, but here I am, writing about it.” Last week, former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White demanded they be officially declared eligible for the 2027 WNBA draft. White, who recently lost the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated…
Meta has agreed to a landmark $18bn settlement in a major US federal case accusing it of endangering children, the terms of which will force the social media giant to introduce new safety features to platforms including Instagram and Facebook. The social media giant has faced an avalanche of legal cases against it this year,…
India Yamaha Motor (IYM) on Thursday announced the launch of the much-awaited YZF-R2 in India, strengthening its iconic R-series portfolio. The company sees India as a global hub for Yamaha in engineering, manufacturing, and exports, a top company official said. This is Yamaha’s first product in the 200 cc segment in India, and deliveries…
Josh Mackanic left a 10-year engineering career at Pacific Gas and Electric because he kept thinking about what the utility company doesn’t know about what’s buried underground. “I had a job that got shut down because a pipe was in the excavation [that] we didn’t know about. Fortunately, we saw it before we impacted it,”…
Available for 14 days Large parts of Europe are in the grip of drought. According to the UK Meteorological Office, last week was the UK’s driest July on record. Katie Field, professor of plant-soil processes at Sheffield University, joins us to discuss the state of our struggling substrate. Next week, a dramatic solar eclipse will…
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WASHINGTON — The only remaining U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the Pacific departed Asia through Singapore last week en route to the Middle East, marking the latest step in a steady drawdown of American military assets across the region. An armada of naval forces, alongside a constellation of air-defense and missile capabilities, has been removed from a theater…
Trump talks to Al Jazeera, Qatar’s Prime Minister visits Tehran and a temporary route is agreed in the Strait of Hormuz. Al Jazeera’s Reem Takieddine has the latest on the war on Iran. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Share War on Iran: Diplomacy intensifies on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al…
Stunned by the National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) approval of Essel Group founder Subhash Chandra’s repayment plan, HDFC Bank — the country’s largest private sector lender — is weighing an appeal to the appellate tribunal. NCLT has approved Chandra’s proposal to pay just ₹6.25 crore against admitted creditor claims amounting to ₹22,000.57 crore —…
Hugging Face unveiled the Microduck on Thursday, a cute little duck-like robot that sells for $399 — and ships before Christmas. Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.” The 25-centimeter-tall duck can waddle, pick things up with its beak (up to…
Available for 21 days The extreme possibilities of synthetic biology hit the headlines last week, when researchers at Stanford University in the US announced they had created new kinds of viruses designed by Artificial Intelligence. Roland Pease is joined by microbiologist Dr Simon Clarke from Reading University and Joy Zhang, Professor of Sociology at the…
UEFA is preparing to bring criminal proceedings against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over the attempt to sell shares in the World Cup to private investors. The revelation is contained in legal documents, with UEFA subpoenaing FIFA and the financial institutions involved in the United States to obtain documents related to the scheme. But the planned…
California voters are more inclined to back progressives running for office than mainstream Democrats, a new poll found, though a marked generational divide separates those who favor each camp. Registered Democratic voters over 65 were overwhelmingly more inclined to support a candidate identified as a mainstream Democrat, whereas more voters under 40 favored those more…
blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Teams across Europe discover their opponents at the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League draw in Monaco. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Share Champions League draw LIVE: 2026-27 league phase fixtures, schedule on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link
Food and grocery delivery firm Swiggy said its Food on Train offering has grown 12-fold in the last two years (August 2024 to August 2026), with adoption in tier-2 and tier-3 markets growing twice as fast as in metro cities. In addition, Swiggy has expanded its Food on Train offering to 201 stations, up from…
You read that right. There is a new social network called “Twitter.now” on the block, and it’s being operated by a startup called Operation Bluebird, whose founding team includes former Twitter trademark counsel Stephen Coates. As ArsTechnica reported, X sued the company last year and asked a Delaware judge to issue an injunction to stop…
In a report, officials said the proposed guidance would encourage best practice by minimising exterior lighting to only what was necessary for safety and security. They said: “There are environmental benefits in terms of reduced emissions and lower adverse impacts on humans and wildlife, financial benefits in reduced energy usage and bills, and tourism economy…
Tottenham have confirmed the signing of Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush on an initial loan. Sky Sports News understands a £60m obligation to buy has been inserted in the deal and the fee is split into a £50m guaranteed payment, plus £10m in add-ons. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Take a…
A 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling this week has raised new questions about the legality of tactics used by the Trump administration to keep Bill Essayli atop the federal prosecutor’s office in Los Angeles. The federal appellate court ruled Monday that the Department of Justice cannot keep an official who has not been confirmed…
Reports say ‘butcher of Bosnia’ died age 84 in a UN prison hospital in The Hague, Netherlands. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, who was serving a life sentence for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity during the bloody 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has died. Mladic,…
Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has called for an urgent national and international framework to manage artificial intelligence, warning that the technology could become either a powerful force for greater equality or deepen already-existing economic and social divisions. Writing in his personal online blog and website Gates notes, he said AI was…
A SpaceX rocket has made an unexpected appearance off Christmas Island after touching down in the Indian Ocean following a test flight from Texas on 24 July. David Watchorn, chair of the Christmas Island Tourism Association said he initially thought he was looking at ships on his way to work, before realising it was “a…
World No 2 Luke Humphries could face World Matchplay semi-finalist Dirk van Duijvenbode in the first round of the Hungarian Darts Trophy. Humphries has not played on the European Tour since his triumph at the 2026 Belgian Darts Open in March and is in great form after winning the latest Players Championship event on Wednesday…
Some Los Angeles-area renters may carry a secret shame of not owning their homes, but maybe they should be bragging. Right now, renting is a much better deal. People in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area looking to get into a smaller home on average would save more than $2,000 a month by renting rather…
Six months after a US missile strike on an Iranian school killed at least 170 people, most of them children, their families are still living with the loss. Parents return to the ruins and visit graves, while questions over accountability remain unanswered. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Share Six months after US strike…
India’s crude oil imports from Russia are expected to be around 2.1 million barrels per day (mbpd) in August, down sharply from the record levels of around 2.6 mbpd seen in June and July this year, fresh data from maritime intelligence and research firm Kpler showed. Despite the decline in August, Russia remains India’s…
In July, OpenAI admitted that one of its agents tasked with completing a cybersecurity experiment broke out of containment and hacked AI dataset platform Hugging Face. That incident, which got a full accounting from OpenAI yesterday, was the first publicly reported case where an LLM went rogue and autonomously hacked a third party. Since then,…
Available for 28 days This week Merck (known as MSD in Europe) and Moderna announced that a personalised cancer vaccine had significantly improved the outcomes of melanoma patients. Is the era of the cancer vaccine, at last, upon us? What does that mean? Anne Willis, a cancer cell biologist at the Medical Research Council, joins…
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Democrat Xavier Becerra pledged on Tuesday to participate in more than one debate against Steve Hilton, his GOP rival in the California governor’s race. “We will have debates, and between now and Nov. 3, we will continue to go out there and meet with folks to make sure they have an opportunity to see the…
Saudi football federation says it supports Infantino’s ’efforts’ as he garners support to remain in power as president. By Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Saudi Arabia, hosts of the World Cup 2034, have thrown their support behind embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino as he continues to face criticism…
ACME Solar on Thursday announced that it has raised ₹1,571 crore in long-term funding from India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) for the construction and development of ACME Renewtech Sixth’s 300 Mw assured peak power project in Rajasthan. This project financing, secured at a competitive rate of interest, marks IIFCL’s first sole greenfield financing to…
Melanie Simmonds, head of Save the Children Wales, said: “In Wales and across the world, children are breathing in smoke from wildfires, coping with extreme heat and losing the freedom to play outdoors because the air is no longer safe. “These conditions are not only frightening – they carry serious health consequences for children whose…
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Exclusive live coverage of the Mikaela Mayer vs Chantelle Cameron press conference! Chantelle Cameron and Mikaela Mayer will go toe-to-toe on Saturday night in a blockbuster main event unification bout in Birmingham – watch the two exchange words in their final press conference here! The…
U.S. District Court Chief Judge Dolly M. Gee excoriated the Trump administration over its treatment of migrant children in a pair of decisions this week, saying she saw no choice but to name a new enforcer to protect kids it has detained. “Defendants cannot claim amnesia as to the history of the case,” Gee wrote…
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Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 A massive fire, believed to have been started by Israeli settlers, has destroyed olive trees and farmland in the occupied West Bank. A blaze broke out near the al-Omari aluminium factory in the village of Ein Siniya, north of Ramallah, on Monday morning, spreading to roughly 50 dunams…
Representative image for construction of real estate projects 2 min read Last Updated : Aug 27 2026 | 6:03 PM IST Realty firm iUSTUS will develop 2.5 million sq ft of housing and commercial projects in Bengaluru. The company has a “pipeline of around 2.5 million sq ft across South and East Bengaluru, covering residential…
It seems there is no escaping the ad industry. OpenAI said on Thursday that it will start showing ads on its ChatGPT Free and Go subscription tiers in India. The move comes after the company changed its terms of service earlier this month to indicate that it will show ads to users while they use…
France has seen 301 drownings since 19 June, a government minister has said, linking the sharp rise in deaths from last year to a series of prolonged heatwaves. Sports and Youth Minister Marina Ferrari told France Inter radio the number of deaths – a 14% hike on 2025 – was a “tragic toll”. France, Spain…
A look at how long each Formula 1 driver’s contract is believed to be, as it stands in 2026, amid the potential for some key moves heading into the 2027 season. McLaren Lando Norris – 2027 Lando Norris agreed to an extension shortly before the start of the 2024 F1 season on a “multi-year” extension…
WASHINGTON — As the year’s midterm primaries draw to a close, Tuesday’s results in Florida, Wyoming and Alaska continued to underscore an unpredictable election season marked by unreliable polls, intra-party divides and surprise showings by political outsiders. In one high-profile surprise, democratic socialist state Rep. Angie Nixon’s easily defeated former Army intelligence officer Alexander Vindman in Florida’s…
Rangers have signed winger Minsu Kim in an £8.5m deal from Spanish side Girona. The 20-year-old has put pen to paper on an initial four-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months. Kim is Rangers’ 12th summer signing, with striker Kevin Kelsy expected to follow after the Ibrox side agreed a £9.2m deal…
The San Francisco Bay Area, epicenter of the artificial intelligence boom, is home to a massive number of tech workers employed by some of the world’s most valuable companies, from Apple to Nvidia. But for the first time, New York has eclipsed the Bay Area as the home of the largest “tech talent workforce,” a…
Dinusha’s 133 not out, his second century of the match and third in four innings, helps the hosts avoid defeat. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Sri Lanka’s middle-order batter Sonal Dinusha engineered a remarkable rearguard action to help the hosts salvage a draw and deny India a series sweep in the second Test….
Essel Group founder Subhash Chandra on Thursday said media reports on his personal insolvency proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had misrepresented the quantum of claims against him and stated that the relevant claims totalled ₹3,992 crore and not ₹22,000 crore. “I have to state that certain vested media houses are spreading…
Hardware companies have realized that note-taking is one of the easiest AI use cases to build for, and consequently have been busy shoving mics into everything from pendants and rings to credit-card-sized pucks and wristbands. Still, despite the variety of devices, only a few companies have been able to stand out. One of these companies…
These slender, long-winged raptors make an epic annual migration to Africa in winter and return to Europe to nest over summer, often setting up home in agricultural fields. But little is known about the behaviour of juvenile harriers once they leave the nest. This year, for the first time, the RSPB has fitted two of…
Think darkness is your ally? Amelia Moore was born in it, moulded by it. And she plans to demonstrate as much against Caroline Dubois on Saturday night. Sure, it is all very Christopher Nolan, all very caped crusader, all very masked man, but the American shoulders her own hardship as immunity to retreat across life…
MEXICO CITY — As increasing numbers of migrants perish during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has vowed to ramp up pressure on U.S. authorities to investigate the deaths. “There are too many cases,” Sheinbaum told reporters last week, referring to 17 Mexican citizens who have died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
Europe’s oldest reigning monarch has been in hospital in Oslo since August 17, suffering from a blood disease. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 The health of Norway’s 89-year-old King Harald, hospitalised with a blood disease, has deteriorated and he is in an “extremely serious” condition, the palace said. Queen Sonja and Crown Prince…
When OpenAI disclosed in July that one of its internal AI models had helped compromise parts of Hugging Face’s infrastructure, the incident raised questions about how an AI model being tested inside a controlled environment had managed to reach an external platform. The answer is considerably more complicated than a single model finding a way…
Michael Sheen has welcomed the reaction to his documentary investigating Wales’ toxic waste legacy, saying he hopes it pushes the relevant authorities to “find a solution”. Dozens of people contacted BBC Wales following coverage of Sheen’s investigation into chemical giant Monsanto and the dumping of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). One of them was a former Monsanto…
Manchester City supporters might not know whether to be amused or afraid to hear that Allan Elias’ nickname as a kid was ‘Mini Balotelli’ – a reference to the bleached-blonde mohawk haircut that had in fact been inspired by childhood hero Neymar. They should not be concerned. Allan’s £34m move from Palmeiras to the Premier…
A federal investigation into former Rep. Eric Swalwell appeared to gain steam after agents seized his electronic devices and raided his Washington home over the weekend, even briefly holding the former lawmaker at San Francisco International Airport, a person familiar with the inquiry told The Times. Swalwell, a Democrat from Dublin, dropped out of the…
Kathmandu, Nepal — It was a normal school day on Wednesday at Trishuli Secondary School in Nepal’s Nuwakot district when Gyan Deep Sapkota, a grade 11 student, suddenly heard his teachers yelling. Bidur, the city where the school is based, lies on the banks of the Trishuli river. A flash flood was barrelling down from…
Paradip Port Authority has granted a 30-year concession to AM/NS India special purpose vehicle AMNS Paradip Logistics Pvt Ltd (APLPL) to mechanise CQ-III berth for handling dry bulk cargo on a captive basis. APLPL on Thursday said Paradip Port Authority (PPA) has formally granted the 30-year concession that will ensure seamless cargo movement, enhance AM/NS…
The waters far away from El Niño’s Pacific hunting ground are also extremely warm, including around the UK and Europe. The western English Channel has seen almost continuous marine heatwave conditions for more than three years, peaking at 7C above normal in July, according to Prof Tim Smyth, director of science at Plymouth Marine Laboratory….
Newcastle have signed Nico Gonzalez from Man City. The deal for the 24-year-old midfielder is set to reach £50m after add-ons. He will wear the No 6 shirt at St James’ Park. The midfielder said his goodbyes to his City team-mates on Tuesday morning before travelling to Newcastle and completed a medical on Wednesday, before…
Despite threats of a billionaire exodus and consistent complaints about the difficulty of doing business in California, it attracted three times more venture funding this year than every other state combined. The Golden State has attracted $366 billion, or around 90% of all the venture capital for the U.S. so far this year, according to…
Kusama turned her hallucinations into work that ranged from dot-covered paintings and pumpkin sculptures to infinity mirror room installations. Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist known for her polka-dot paintings, pumpkin sculptures and immersive “Infinity Mirror Rooms”, has died at the age of 97. Announcing her death on Thursday, Kusama’s company said she died from multiple…
By Ruchi Bhatia India’s fiscal outlook has improved from the worst-case scenarios officials were contemplating at the height of the Iran war, with the government now set to exceed its asset-sale target for the first time in eight years, according to people familiar with the situation. A long-delayed privatisation of IDBI Bank will…
U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA said it has observed cyberattacks targeting over 100 internet-exposed systems across the U.S. water and wastewater sector, amid a wave of hacks targeting American critical infrastructure. The number of affected systems provides new context to the scale of the ongoing cyberattacks targeting water providers in Michigan, Minnesota, and at least five…
Sinn Féin councillor Terry Crossan said he has raised concerns over the quad bikes with Coillte Ireland, the forestry company responsible for managing 440,000 hectares of primarily forested land across the Republic of Ireland and An Garda Síochána (the Irish police service). Crossan said there were potential dangers to families walking in the woods while…
Liverpool have an agreement in principle with Paris Saint-Germain to sign Bradley Barcola for a package worth £120m. The deal has not been finalised, with last details still being discussed, but there has been a breakthrough in negotiations. Monterosa This content is provided by Monterosa, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you…
MEXICO CITY — In her previous job as mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum expressed outrage when a conservative critic proposed publicizing a list of prominent supporters of her leftist Morena political party. “This is a fascist position,” then-Mayor Sheinbaum declared in 2021. “Who makes lists? McCarthyism. Nazism. Those are the ones who make lists.” Now, Sheinbaum…
The rediscovery of the Altalena has revived an old Israeli fault line, but beneath it lies a broad consensus on Jewish supremacy, occupation and military force. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Share Israel is not heading for civil war on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo On August 24, Israeli…
By Subhadip Sircar, Pratigya Vajpayee and Bhaskar Dutta India’s central bank is intensifying efforts to support the rupee, emboldened by a jump in its foreign-exchange reserves to contest the pressure from higher oil prices. The Reserve Bank of India has decided to shift to a more constant pattern of intervention to support the…
Bill Gates posted a long essay to his Gates Notes site today, showing just how much the Microsoft co-founder has been thinking about the social impacts of AI. Gates is mostly in the Responsible AI camp, arguing that Pacing the Frontier, the open letter published by AI employees pushing for an AI slowdown, would be…
The first phase of the eclipse begins at 02:23 BST when the Moon enters the lighter outer part of Earth’s shadow, known as the penumbra. The much more obvious stage starts at 03:33, as Earth’s darker central shadow begins moving across the lunar surface, with maximum eclipse occurring at 05:12, external. In Belfast, the Moon…
This year’s US Open men’s singles tournament appears to be up for grabs with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic joined by a whole host of players in the mix. While world No 1 Jannik Sinner is injured, Alcaraz returns to competitive tennis at Flushing Meadows, ending a more than four-month absence caused by a wrist…
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican state governor — wanted by U.S. authorities on charges of collaborating with the notorious Sinaloa cartel — returned to office Friday, more than three months after going on leave following his stunning federal indictment in New York. Rubén Rocha Moya, governor of the northwestern state of Sinaloa, resumed his duties as he…
ChatGPT creator says AI agents collaborated and delegated work in hacking, calling themselves a ‘collective’. OpenAI detected its artificial intelligence models communicating with each other and gaining internet access without authorisation months before they hacked the start-up Hugging Face, the creator of ChatGPT has announced following an internal probe. In a report released on Wednesday, OpenAI…
India’s Bank ??of Baroda has raised $400 million through reissuance of its 5.3180% August 2031 U.S. dollar denominated bonds ??at a higher yield, becoming the second state-owned bank and the fifth issuer overall to tap the central bank’s discounted funding window for more than $1 billion, merchant bankers said. BoB, India’s second-largest state-run lender…
Nvidia has agreed to buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion, The Information reported Wednesday night, citing a source familiar with the matter. Business Insider, which first reported over the weekend that Hugging Face was fielding takeover interest, reported Wednesday night that the talks — which would value the company at more than $13 billion —…
At Kathmandu’s TU Teaching Hospital, families of those missing in the floods wait anxiously for updates. Holding up her phone, Ram Khumari Shrestha says: “This is my husband. He was off to Rasuwa as a part of his driving job. He was in contact with me until 8 pm yesterday. “But I couldn’t call him…
We have a busy day’s racing on Thursday with action from Ffos Las, Lingfield Park, Newton Abbot and Southwell, live on Sky Sports Racing… 3.22 Lingfield – Debut winner Enoch popular for Gosden team Enoch looks to go 2-2 in this Download The At The Races App Novice Stakes at Lingfield. John and Thady Gosden’s…
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is weighing President Trump’s claim that his new White House ballroom is urgently needed to protect him, his staff and guests from attacks by drones, terrorists and snipers. On Friday, with a lower-court order about to go into effect halting construction on the controversial project, Chief Justice John G. Roberts decided that…
Farah, Mohammed and Jawad are getting ready for the new school year in Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank. The children, aged 17, 8, and 7 respectively, attend Shaab al-Butum school in a village with the same name. But the building they’ll return to will be missing two administrative rooms and a storage…
Tata Power is appealing to Singapore’s top court after losing a major $490 million legal battle against investment firm Kleros Capital Partners. On August 26, the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC) dismissed Tata Power’s applications to set aside arbitral awards issued in 2025, while also rejecting its challenge to a June 2025 decision by the…
Amazon’s smart home division, Ring, said on Wednesday that it is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE (Throw Away the Key Encryption) as the default setting for video encryption and user control. The company says this standard lets it protect user privacy without relying on end-to-end encryption, which can restrict some features such as…
Councillor Loic Rich, portfolio holder for environment and climate change on Cornwall Council, said it was great to see residents engaging with recycling food. He said: “We’re living on a planet that we’ve damaged with pollution and it’s time now to take a bit more responsibility. “It’s just another thing we don’t really want to…
Mercedes could be left “hanging on” to win this year’s titles after appearing to have front-loaded the development of their 2026 car, according to Sky Sports F1’s Bernie Collins. The Silver Arrows made a dominant start to the season following the introduction of new chassis and power unit regulations, with Kimi Antonelli winning five races…
My dream holiday is a trip back in time. Not to see the results of seismic Pompeii or 15th-century Machu Picchu – although I love both – but somewhere created specifically between the mid 1950s and 1970s, when cities were getting weird. I love postwar architourism, exploring urban planning at its most frenzied and optimistic….
LAUREL, Md. — Ralph Lorenz dreamed up the idea of flying a helicopter through Titan’s thick methane-laden atmosphere back in 2000 in a speculative research paper and a cover story for New Scientist magazine. “It was a fantasy,” Lorenz said. A quarter-century later, that fantasy is turning into reality inside a 40-foot-tall clean room at the Johns…
Duo secure first Grand Slam trophy as a team after defeating Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli of Italy. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Czech pair Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik beat Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic and Italian Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, 10-6 to win the US Open mixed doubles title, securing their first…
By Ashutosh Joshi Billionaire Nithin Kamath, founder of India’s second-largest stock broker Zerodha Broking Ltd., warned that the surge in his company’s margin-loan business may pose a risk if markets fall sharply even as the activity boosts revenue. “While we are okay, we might get pulled down if there were market contagion due to…
AI is transforming everything around us but, thus far, it has largely remained contained to the digital realm. Increasingly, however, startups are looking to take it into the real world. Perceptron, a startup started by two former Meta research scientists, is one such company. Founded in November 2024, the firm develops frontier vision models that…
As with any kind of lunar event, getting to high ground will give you the best chance of a great view. That means places like Troopers Hill, Perrett’s Park or the Clifton Observatory could be good spots in Bristol, or Lansdown Hill in Bath. In Gloucestershire options include Robinswood Hill, Leckhampton Hill or Crickley Hill…
Newcastle have signed Nico Gonzalez from Man City. The deal for the 24-year-old midfielder is set to reach £50m after add-ons. He will wear the No 6 shirt at St James’ Park. The midfielder said his goodbyes to his City team-mates on Tuesday morning before travelling to Newcastle and completed a medical on Wednesday, before…
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s latest home purchase appears fit for a billionaire who runs the world’s largest social media empire. Zuckerberg, who is married to Dr. Priscilla Chan and has three children, bought the Strancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, a spokesman for the tech executive confirmed Friday. “Mark and his family look forward to…
Locals on Indonesia’s Borneo Island are struggling to breathe as the smoke from wildfires is turning the air toxic. Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington reports from Borneo on how conditions are complicating efforts to stop the fires. Published On 27 Aug 202627 Aug 2026 Share Wildfires on Indonesia’s Borneo island turn the air toxic on social…
Particle, the AI newsreader startup founded by former Twitter engineers, is shifting its focus to a potentially more lucrative idea: indexing the spoken conversations buried in podcasts and making them discoverable. On Wednesday, the company introduced Radar, a podcast search engine that not only transcribes podcast audio but also understands what it means, enabling it to…
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon, causing the Moon to temporarily move into the Earth’s shadow. During a partial eclipse, only part of the Moon enters the darkest section of that shadow, known as the umbra. The Moon is not completely cut off from sunlight, however. Sunlight…
