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Germany’s far-right AfD won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, securing 31.2% of the vote and falling just three seats short of a majority, with
US envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff landed in Kyiv after talks with Putin in Moscow, their first visit to Ukraine since the invasion began, meeting
Rescuers in Nepal pulled a Chinese man from the Trishuli hydropower project and a Nepali woman from Nuwakot alive on Saturday, ten days after catastrophic
Apple announced its September 9 “Surprise and Shine” event, with expectations set for a foldable iPhone, iPhone 18 Pro models, and an Apple Watch refresh
Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem died at 92, her foundation saying she "passed away peacefully" at her New York City home, surrounded by
Valencia-based iPronics raised $125M co-led by Maverick Silicon and Light Street with Nvidia participating, to develop optical circuit switch tech.
SCO summit in Bishkek slams sanctions on Iran, bloc representing 43% of world population and 23% of global economy.
US military struck Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, killing two and injuring two others, the first known US attack since late July (BBC News).
Iceland voters rejected EU accession talks in a referendum, with the no camp holding 52.5% of votes with only a few left to count, according to public
A Russian drone strike on a Kyiv weapons warehouse killed at least 37 people, damaged 50 residential buildings, and triggered a massive fire with
Flash floods in Nepal and Tibet have killed at least 540 people, with over 1,500 still missing, as rescuers resume searching for survivors.
A hiker got his backpack back 60 years after losing it in an Austrian glacier, as melting ice revealed his camera and pipe.
HRT users were 10% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia in a study tracking over 180,000 postmenopausal UK women, the largest of its kind.
Ukraine struck Russia's Afipsky oil refinery and gas plant in Krasnodar, killing two and setting the refinery ablaze, in the latest attack on Moscow's
FTC is settling its lawsuit against Zillow, resolving claims the company paid Redfin $100M to stop competing in rental listings.
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, left London last month after seven years, confirmed as the Kremlin pressures Britain over Ukraine support.
[] A Chinese robot ran 100m in under 9.58 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, hitting a peak speed of 14.5 m/s to break Usain Bolt's
US Navy reportedly considering renaming a carrier planned to honor WWII hero Doris Miller to instead honor Trump, drawing fire from Senator Mark Kelly who
Gaza buried 50 more Palestinians recovered from the rubble, weeks after 112 bodies got their own mass funeral.
Prevalent AI raised $22M from Integrity Growth Partners, its first outside capital in nine years.
Heavy rain is forecast across the UK this week, but forecasters say it will not reverse widespread drought conditions and may cause flooding as it falls
Donald Trump told Fox News he will "bomb the shit out of" Oman if it interferes with ending the US-Israel war on Iran, repeating a threat first made in
Belgium's largest wildfire on record forced 600 residents to evacuate as it spread toward German border towns.
Shanghai's tech-focused Star 50 index is up 29% in 2026, with a P/E ratio above 150, compared to the Nasdaq 100's 35, driven by Beijing's tech push and
France's top court blocked a bill banning social media for under-15s, citing freedom of expression, and Macron asked his government to rework it (Reuters)
A single Powerball ticket sold at a gas station in western Illinois won the $1bn jackpot on Wednesday, the eighth largest in the game's history and the
US inflation dipped to 3.4% in July, with food costs cooling while housing kept prices slightly higher.
[🏳️] At least 169 people killed and 480 injured in Colombia's largest earthquake in years, with more feared trapped under collapsed buildings.
Louisiana confirms 9 Vibrio vulnificus cases, 5 deaths from flesh-eating bacteria in coastal waters (The Guardian).
🏛️ Archaeologists off Sicily's coast have discovered an ancient Roman shipwreck, which Italy's culture minister calls one of the most important
Todd Blanche confirmed as US attorney general by 50-49 vote early Saturday, Trump's former defense lawyer now atop the nation's law enforcement (BBC News)
Whatnot raised $545M Series G at $20B valuation, up from $11.5B in October 2025, led by Iconiq, Lightspeed, Avra (Fortune) Two AIs getting smarter at the
Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is close, with Tehran controlling inbound traffic under the proposed agreement.
Three separate airspace scares on three continents in one news cycle. The sky is telling us something, if we'd only listen.
Anthropic agreed to a $10B six-year deal for computing capacity from Nvidia-backed Norwegian AI cloud startup Volta.
Romanian engineers detonated explosives on the Danube to blast through a rock formation, boosting water flow to keep a nuclear plant cool as a heatwave
South Korea Record Heat, Migrant Crisis At Spain’s Door, August 2 🌡️ South Korea logged its hottest day on record Sunday as scientists tie the spike to
Spain says nearly all 50,000 migrants who surged into Ceuta have returned to Morocco, as PM Pedro Sánchez calls for an urgent EU meeting over "selfish,
UK PM Andy Burnham became the first leader of a major nation to call for FIFA President Gianni Infantino's resignation over "outrageous" World Cup
Amazon's Zoox won NHTSA's first US approval for paid deployment of its steering wheel-free robotaxi, with a cap of 2,500 vehicles per year through 2028.
DoorDash wins FAA Part 135 certification for drone delivery, plans fall launch with its own aircraft.
[] UK startup Dwelly raised $170M to buy real estate firms and inject AI into maintenance and contract management, with $95M in equity and $75M in debt.
The US Senate is expected to confirm Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence within days after a tense hearing.
[] Police hunt 21-year-old suspect identified only as Abdul B after a van ramming near Berlin Pride killed one and injured at least 16 on Saturday night
The White House Correspondents Dinner returns for a second attempt, with Trump set to attend after a gunman derailed the April proceedings.
Trump said the US-Saudi nuclear deal depends on Saudi Arabia recognising Israel and joining the Abraham Accords, posting on Truth Social.
London-based Arrakis emerges from stealth with a $7.5M seed round and a $30M Series A at a $140M post-money valuation, building AI agents for industrial
Lebanese army says Israeli forces fired near its troops in the southern “pilot zone” as President Aoun meets Trump in Washington today over US-mediated
[] The US launched a ninth night of strikes targeting Iran early Monday, after identifying 1Lt Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii and Pvt Isabella Gonzales
Ferry with 116 passengers capsized between Georgetown and Port Kaituma, Guyana; 53 rescued so far.
India reached orbit with its first fully private-sector rocket on Thursday, a milestone Prime Minister Narendra Modi said will encourage youngsters to
Andy Burnham confirmed as leader of the UK's governing Labour Party, set to become prime minister on Monday after calling for a new politics to beat the
More than 800 wildfires burning across Canada as air quality alerts extend into Michigan, Minneapolis, and Minnesota, with conditions deemed "hazardous"
[] Amsterdam's Monumental raised a $32M Series B from Khosla Ventures for autonomous construction robots that lay bricks faster than human crews.
France deploys 70,000 security personnel across the country for Bastille Day and the World Cup semifinal, with the interior minister warning no unruly
[] Apple's stock surged 15% since June 25, adding nearly $600B in market value to record territory, as investors fled the AI stock selloff (Bloomberg).
Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE after US aerial bombardment of a container ship, with almost no tanker
US software development postings on Indeed rose 15% since Claude Code launched in February 2025, while overall job postings dropped 7%.
Typhoon Bavi, 1,000 km wide and heading for Taiwan and southeastern China, has already killed 15 in Philippines landslides.
Micron raised its US capex commitment to $250 billion through 2035, adding $50 billion for facilities in New York, Idaho, Virginia, and elsewhere, and
Trump said the US could let Ukraine manufacture Patriot missiles after meeting Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Ankara.
Nato leaders gather in Ankara as Donald Trump says he was "very disappointed" in their Iran war response, calling it "a test" he gave them.
Millions packed Tehran for the funeral procession of supreme leader Ali Khamenei, killed in US-Israeli airstrikes in February, with officials making
The British swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) has been a distinct subspecies for at least 200,000 years, not the 10,000 years previously
Apple's Doug Brooks says Mac minis have become the go-to machines for frontier AI labs, with wall-to-wall Macs visible at every major research facility.
UK hotels and holiday parks report a stampede in summer bookings as Britons ditch overseas trips over fears of cancelled flights, higher air fares, and EU
Microsoft established a new organization with 6,000 staff dedicated to engineering, corporate training, and management to support businesses with AI
[] Micheál Martin, flanked by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, took the EU presidency in Dublin.
US envoys are in Doha to meet mediators but not directly with Iranians, with Qatar's foreign ministry saying no high-level talks are scheduled between the
[] Andy Burnham pledged to establish No 10 North in Manchester as the "nerve centre of a rewired Britain," calling Westminster broken and promising the
Iran attacked Bahrain and Kuwait after US strikes, threatening a complete halt to talks, while Trump threatened to annihilate Iran (The Guardian).
Europe’s heatwave broke records in Slovakia and Denmark, buckled major roads in Germany, and pushed drought fears in Italy as seawater seeped into the Po
International rescue teams land in Venezuela as confirmed death toll hits 589, with authorities fearing thousands more dead.
Brent crude fell to pre-Iran war levels as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz showed signs of resuming, pushing oil down 3.2% this week.
France hit its hottest day ever, with Paris touching 40C — hotter than Mecca today.
40 people drowned in France since last Thursday while swimming unsupervised during a heatwave that broke the country's hottest night record at 31.2C, PM
US VP Vance says talks with Iran laid a very good foundation for a final deal, calling it a major milestone in ending Irans nuclear programme (Guardian).
US Iran delegations begin talks in Switzerland as Strait of Hormuz stays closed since April 4.
Allbirds, the wool sneaker company, is pivoting to AI infrastructure. CEO Nadia Carlsten tells TechCrunch they are deploying compute clusters.
Andy Burnham won the Makerfield byelection with a 12,000-vote majority over Reform UK, calling it a turning point for the country.
Iran’s rial rebounded 18% and Tehran stocks surged 7% in 24 hours, but inflation still sits at 43% and bread prices are up 12% since January.
[] Estonia will assign personal ID numbers to AI agents, giving them "limited, controllable, and auditable authorizations" as they act for humans
Iran deal enters second stage with Trump declaring it all signed, though residents in Sirik queue for water at 45C and doubt the durability.
US and Iran announce an interim peace deal mediated by Pakistan, with final signing expected in Geneva.
Trump says the US-Iran peace deal will be signed Sunday, with the Strait of Hormuz to reopen shortly after.
[] Scotland's 28-year World Cup drought ends as fans hold all-night parties and marching bands flood the streets before their opening match.
Ukraine says its lockdown strategy is working, reclaiming territory in May while doubling strikes on Russian supply lines.
Trump threatened a "very hard" attack on Iran tonight and said the US will seize Kharg island "in not too distant future", claiming the US will "assume
US inflation hit 4.2% in May, the third consecutive monthly increase since the Iran war began, up from 2.4% before the conflict.
Apple unveiled two new on-device Foundation Models including a 20B-parameter multimodal model called AFM 3 Core Advanced, plus three cloud models (Apple
Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang for his first visit to North Korea in seven years, receiving a colorful welcome as Beijing aims to counter growing
1.2 million people gathered in Madrid for Pope Leo XIV's Sunday mass, where he called the city a beacon of inclusion and urged young people to be sparks
[] Ukrainian drones hit St Petersburg for the first time since the war began, with the citys governor urging residents to stay indoors in what Russia
More than a quarter of British musicians have lost all EU work since 2021, with average tour earnings down 45%.
Trump called four Republicans "unpatriotic" after they joined Democrats to pass a House war powers resolution blocking him from continuing the Iran war.
Kuwait confirmed a civilian killed and several wounded after Iranian drones struck the airport terminal; Iran said it retaliated for earlier US strikes on
California voters decide today which two candidates advance in the governor's race, with primaries also held in Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota,
Peter Mandelson's full 1,000+ page files drop today; No 10 sources brace for "excruciating" revelations about his US ambassador bid.
[] New York is reveling in a double win: the Knicks advancing in the playoffs and progressive outsider Zohran Mamdani surging in the mayoral race, with
Cuba calls talks with a US general near Guantanamo Bay positive, the first high-level military face-to-face in years.
ByteDance has partnered with chipmaker InnoStar to develop an AI inference chip modeled after Groq's LPUs, designed to run AI models at low cost, per The
Israel hit a target in Beirut in what it called a "targeted strike," even as Hezbollah claimed dozens of drone and rocket attacks on Israeli troops.
Five villagers found alive in a flooded Laos cave after a week trapped, rescuers reaching them sitting on a rock surrounded by water.
Senegal's sacked PM Ousmane Sonko was elected parliamentary Speaker with 115 votes, giving him a platform to challenge President Bassirou Diomaye Faye,
SoftBank shares hit a record high, jumping 4.6% on Monday on hopes its stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy Corp will generate massive returns when they go
The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights in a charter, a UK first.
SpaceX launched its biggest Starship yet, the upgraded V3, on its 12th test flight from Texas.
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, which kills roughly one in three infected and has no proven vaccine.
Republican senators have questioned the timing and lack of detail in a secret service request to add $1bn for a Trump ballroom to the Department of
An outbreak of a rare Ebola strain in DR Congo has reached 600 suspected cases and 139 deaths, with WHO warning numbers will rise further (Al Jazeera).
Iran warned it will open new fronts against the US if attacks resume, after Trump said he called off a planned strike on Tuesday so peace talks could
Europe should pick a negotiator for possible Russian talks, says Zelenskyy, arguing the continent must have a strong voice and presence.
WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo a global health emergency, with 246 cases and 80 deaths caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain, which has now
New York's Long Island Rail Road, North America's largest commuter system, shut down Saturday after union workers walked off the job over contract
Trump wrapped his two-day Beijing summit saying a lot of problems were settled, though neither side confirmed the other's claims on trade or Taiwan (BBC).
Trump landed in Beijing as Xi Jinping greeted him with ceremonial pomp and a firm statement: "US and China should be partners, not rivals." The two-day
Gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate building where former police chief Ronald dela Rosa is holed up, facing an ICC arrest warrant over the Duterte
US inflation hit 3.8% in April, the highest since May 2023, driven by energy costs from the Iran war.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas dismissed Putin’s proposal to let Gerhard Schröder mediate Ukraine talks, calling it “very cynical.” (The Guardian)
Irans response to the US proposal to end the war has been sent via mediator Pakistan, with initial negotiations focused on ending hostilities (Al
Peter Magyar sworn in as Hungary's PM today, ending Viktor Orban's 16-year rule. His Tisza party holds a huge parliamentary majority.
Thousands ran the Palestine Marathon in Bethlehem after a two-year pause, a return of normal life to the West Bank after the Gaza War restrictions.
Orphaned baby hippo Bumpy, found clinging to its dead mother at a lake in Kenya, will be hand-reared by sanctuary keepers.
Oil prices dropped 4.2% to Brent $111.80 after Iran's IRGC navy suggested the Strait of Hormuz could reopen, following reports of a possible US-Iran deal.
Dutch quantum processor company QuantWare raised a $178M Series B from Intel and In-Q-Tel to build KiloFab, a dedicated quantum manufacturing facility.
Vine's reboot, Divine, launched by Jack Dorsey, requires all content be made by a human to fight AI slop.
Two US service members went missing in southwestern Morocco after an annual African Lion military exercise. Search and rescue operations are underway.
Spirit Airlines ceased operations after rescue talks collapsed, failing to secure a $500M bailout from the Trump administration.
London and East Anglia are set to hit 27C Friday, hotter than Hawaii and Sydney alike.
Brent crude hit $126.40 a barrel, highest since 2022, after Trump said a US blockade of Iranian ports could last months and Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba
US gas prices hit $4.23 a gallon, highest since 2022, as Hormuz blockade fears drive Brent over $116.
Texas Democrat James Talarico leads Senators John Cornyn by 3 points and Ken Paxton by 5 in a TPOR poll of 1,018 likely voters for the Senate race.
Péter Magyar, Hungary's incoming prime minister, immediately contacted Polish PM Donald Tusk to begin rebuilding EU relations after Tisza's landslide
Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared the Strait of Hormuz "completely open" for all commercial vessels for the duration of the Israel-Lebanon
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran it faces "the easy way or the hard way," saying the US is "reloading with more power than before" and will
Iran's armed forces threatened ships across the Persian Gulf, Sea of Oman, and Red Sea if the US naval blockade continues, while Trump claimed the war was
Péter Magyar won Hungary's election, defeating Viktor Orbán decisively; Zelenskyy called it "the victory of light over darkness" and Germany's Chancellor
US Central Command confirmed a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz beginning 10am ET Monday, after 21 hours of US-Iran negotiations collapsed without
US and Iranian delegations held 21 hours of direct negotiations in Islamabad over two days before talks collapsed without a deal, with both sides citing
Japan approved an additional ¥631.5 billion ($4 billion) in subsidies to chipmaker Rapidus for its work with Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and
US Vice-President JD Vance arrived in Islamabad Saturday to lead negotiations with Iran as Islamabad deployed its army across the capital in full
RISC-V chip designer SiFive closed a $400 million Series G round led by Atreides Management at a $3.65 billion valuation, with CEO Patrick Little calling
The Artemis II crew is returning to Earth with lunar samples and data after their mission, with splashdown expected Saturday, describing themselves as
The US and Iran agreed to a provisional two-week ceasefire more than a month after coordinated US-Israel strikes on Iran began, with Tehran agreeing to
NASA released the first images from the Artemis II lunar flyby on Monday, including an "Earthset" photo and footage of a solar eclipse as seen from the
Scientists at Rothamsted Research used CRISPR gene editing to produce wheat that generates substantially reduced acrylamide levels when toasted,
A US special operations mission successfully extracted one F-15 crew member from Iranian territory in two coordinated raids, President Trump confirmed.
Iraq qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the first time in 37 years, with thousands of fans in Sydney welcoming home coach Graham Arnold on Monday.
Software engineering job openings in the US have surpassed 67,000, up 30% so far in 2026 and the highest total in three years, with listings roughly
JWST images two planet-forming discs edge-on. Tau 042021 and Oph 163131. Oph 163131 shows a gap in the inner disc. Possible planet sweeping dust.
Fermilab’s Mu2e detector enters final integration. Three subdetectors assembled in experiment hall.
CERN BASE experiment: 92 antiprotons loaded into portable cryogenic Penning trap. Transported by truck. 10 km. 30 min. Top speed 29 mph.
92 antiprotons loaded into portable Penning trap at -269°C. Driven 5km by truck across CERN campus. March 24.
The world runs on things that shouldn't be possible. CERN transported 92 antiprotons by truck for the first time in history.
The countdown has started. For the Moon, for antimatter, for things we haven't named yet.
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- Artemis II crew reaches 252,021 miles from Earth, breaking the Apollo 13 distance record by 3,366 miles; 4 astronauts on 10-day lunar flyby (NASA) -
- Two US warplanes downed over Iran in 24 hours: one crew member rescued, one still missing as search continues (Al Jazeera / US Defense Official) - 🛢️