109 migrants dead, 116 missing after boat capsizes off Djibouti, UN says
A vessel carrying 350 people from Djibouti to Yemen capsized overnight on October 8-9, a UN agency said. More than 80 people survived the shipwreck, all Ethiopian.
Oil chiefs pull out of Riyadh energy congress after airport missile strike
BP and others skip World Petroleum Council meeting after 12 killed in Houthi attack
Saudi Arabia weighs response after Houthi attack on Riyadh, deadliest in a decade
A missile attack on the Saudi capital's international airport, launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, killed at least 12 people and injured 309 on Saturday, including a French national.
Yemen's Houthis warn passengers not to use Saudi airports
The warning from the Iran-backed rebels comes a day after a missile attack on Riyadh airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300. The airport will remain closed until at least Sunday night.
Four dead after Hurricane Isaias crashes into US - as Mexico braces itself for major storm
Four people have died after Hurricane Isaias smashed into the US Gulf Coast.
Indian ‘Cockroaches’ Plan New Protest Amid Heavy Delhi Security
Parts of India’s New Delhi remained under lockdown on a second straight day as the Cockroach Janta Party pressed ahead with its call for protests despite tight security, demanding the resignation of India’s top election official over a contentious…
Trump announces 'energy ceasefire' between Russia and Ukraine
US President Donald Trump says both sides have agreed to stop targeting oil refineries, power plants and other energy infrastructure immediately.
Homes and bridges swept away as fresh floods hit Nepal
Nepal is still trying to recover from catastrophic floods that hit less than two months ago, leaving thousands dead and missing.
Pentagon Again Increases Number of U.S. Casualties in Iran War
In an unannounced change, the Defense Department is now acknowledging troops who died or were wounded in support roles.
Poland on alert amid possible attack on PM, defense minister
Poland was holding an emergency meeting after police received information about a possible assassination plot against PM Donald Tusk. The meeting comes amid a wave of violence at Polish schools this week.
At least 4 dead as cyclone Isaias drenches southern US
Four people died in the southeastern United States as post-tropical cyclone Isaias threatened flooding and tornado risks Saturday as it moved northward after making landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast.
Netanyahu cere anchetarea penală a militarilor care apar în documentarul „NAZA”: „Crime împotriva securității statului”
Prim-ministrul israelian Benjamin Netanyahu a ordonat duminică investigarea şi urmărirea penală, pentru „crime grave împotriva securităţii Israelului”, a participanţilor la documentarul „NAZA”, care relatează uciderea în masă de civili din Gaza…
Cum să ții șoarecii departe de casă toamna. Cele mai simple trucuri pentru a ține rozătoarele la distanță. „Pot transmite boli”
Când vremea se răcește, nu ești singurul care caută un loc confortabil în care să petreacă iarna. Șoarecii sunt în mișcare și s-ar putea să decidă să se instaleze în locuința ta călduroasă, plăcută și uscată.
Alexandru Rogobete, noi acuzații la adresa lui Bolojan: Aproape unul din trei tineri activi pe piața muncii este șomer
„Într-un singur an! Aproape 1 din 3 tineri activi pe piața muncii este șomer! De la 22,9% la 30,8%. O creștere de 7,9 puncte procentuale, prezentată ca fiind produsă în doar 12 luni”, a scris duminică Rogobete într-un mesaj publicat pe Facebook. El…
Winless and an 'easy touch' - what's happened to the Anfield fear factor?
Liverpool's struggles at Anfield continue as Iraola still awaits his first Premier League win at Anfield.
Naționalismul creștin este susținut mai ales de persoane care merg rar la biserică, arată un studiu
Naționalismul creștin din Marea Britanie este susținut în mare parte de persoane care participă rar la slujbe religioase și sunt preocupate mai ales de apărarea moștenirii creștine a țării, potrivit unui raport realizat de institutul de cercetare…
Europeans back Zelenskyy after Trump calls for new Ukrainian leader
The United Kingdom, Germany and Poland have reaffirmed their support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after U.S. President Donald Trump said the country needed a new leader. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X that he was…
Man arrested in connection with alleged assassination plot against Donald Tusk
A man has been arrested as part of an investigation by Polish authorities into a possible attempt to attack Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. Writing on X, interior ministry spokesperson Karolina…
Deutschland reicht Irlands Vorschlag zur Kürzung des EU-Haushaltsentwurfs nicht aus
BRÜSSEL — Deutschland und seine europäischen Verbündeten haben den Vorschlag Irlands, den Entwurf für den nächsten Siebenjahreshaushalt der Europäischen Union um rund acht Prozent zu kürzen, als nicht ausreichend zurückgewiesen. Die irische…
‘Putin will drag you into the war,’ former Ukrainian foreign minister tells Europeans
KYIV — Russia’s Vladimir Putin is preparing for a broader confrontation with Europe amid an uptick in the Kremlin’s hybrid attacks on the continent, Ukraine’s former Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has warned. In an interview with the Axel Springer…
Democrats are running on a scant agenda. Do they need more?
They lack a specific plan for governing, beyond turning back Trump and holding him accountable.
Bond Selloff May Mean Fewer Rate Hikes From Global Central Banks
Bond markets are starting to do some of the lifting for central banks around the world by pushing up borrowing costs themselves, potentially reducing the number of benchmark interest-rate hikes needed to get inflation under control.
US Bond Traders Await CPI, Warsh For Insight on Fed’s Rate Path
Bond traders are looking to the latest consumer-price inflation figures and a planned appearance by Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh for insight into how quickly the central bank will continue raising interest rates.
US threatens to block arms for Ukraine over attacks on Russian refineries
Officials lobby European capitals and Kyiv following Trump’s diesel deal with Putin
Câtă ciocolată vinde Leonidas în România: 60 de tone într-un an si 3 mil. euro. România, cea mai mare piață externă după zona BeNeFraLux
Leonidas este prezent pe piața românească din 2001, când, potrivit lui Codreanu, ciocolata premium era încă o categorie aflată la început, iar pralinele belgiene reprezentau o noutate pentru mulți consumatori. Actuala echipă a început dezvoltarea…
Cum va implementa Uber mașinile autonome în Europa. Directorul regional explică la București ce se va întâmpla cu șoferii
”În Zagreb, o companie tehnologică globală precum Uber și antreprenorii locali construiesc împreună viitorul autonom al Europei. Nu este ca și cum cineva aduce un produs gata făcut celuilalt; îl construim împreună. Iar acest parteneriat ia o formă…
48 hours to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 — hear directly from the people building what’s next
In less than 48 hours, the doors open for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. Save up to $100 on your ticket before prices increase at the door. Don’t forget to get a second pass at 50% off. Register now. On October 13-15, more…
Silicon Valley is falling in line with Trump’s attempt to rename AI
When President Donald Trump announced his plans to rebrand artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," you'd be forgiven for being skeptical that it would catch on. While most of the broader population is sticking with AI, some of Silicon…
Chapter 1 of Ways of Seeing by John Berger
In chapter 1 of Ways of Seeing, Berger, borrowing from the ideas of Walter Benjamin, argues that our ability to reproduce art on a mass scale has fundamentally altered how we encounter it in the world.
The Times’s New Space Editor Has Her Eye on the Cosmos
On the Science desk, Victoria Jaggard spends her days pondering the universe’s most pressing mysteries.
Feelgood factor of human interaction | Brief letters
Happy hormones | Fuel costs | Drive-in parking | Guys and girls | Young or old? | Singapore pollution Re your report (‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms, 6 October), the US neuroscientist Ben Rein has shown that…
US’s Reagan-era economic promises return as Trump’s AI-fueled growth fantasy
‘Even if AI supercharged the economy, its impact on the government’s finances would be muted’ Back through political history to the age of Ronald Reagan, Republicans have repeatedly promised the US public that tax cuts would pay for themselves…
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Are we really living through ‘end-times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of the…
Black Box: The Chatbots | The Line | Ep 5 - podcast
Five stories that feel like five answers to one important question: in a world where AI chatbots can help us through a breakup, listen like a friend, be a life coach, draft a difficult text message and do our work, where do we draw the line?…
‘Gaza is a moral tear in the universe’: Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
Are we really living through ‘end times fascism’? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor think so. In a new series from the Guardian, the pair speak to Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty in an extended interview. From Trump 2.0 and the rise of the…
Quantum 'birthmarks' hold lasting traces of a system's past
Some classical physical systems can explore many configurations over time until their long-term behavior no longer reveals their starting conditions. The sampling of available configurations according to the appropriate statistical distribution is…
New study shows effects of hypoxia in Florida's Banana River
A new study by Florida Tech assistant professor of marine sciences Austin Fox, Ph.D. '15, found that low oxygen levels are contributing to the rerelease of nutrients buried on the river floor that feed harmful algal blooms. The study was based on…
Conservation groups alarmed at marine mammals' deaths in Spain
Conservation groups on Sunday condemned the death of a dolphin transferred from France to a Spanish marine park, saying it added to the deaths of other sea mammals recently moved to Spain from Canada.
Indonesia releases eight orangutans rescued from fires to protected forest
Eight orangutans rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through Borneo island have been released into a protected forest, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Sunday.
Jurassic fossil reveals ancient origins of how mammals drink milk
An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence illuminating the evolutionary origins of one of the defining features of mammals: the ability to suckle and consume milk during infancy. Their findings, published in Nature, suggest…
How one antibiotic morning-after pill came to be widely available in San Francisco
An antibiotic morning-after pill has been shown to be effective for preventing STIs among gay men, but some doctors worry about antibiotic resistance. This story discusses STIs and their symptoms.
Don't be scared: Being afraid is outright fun, and maybe useful
Listeners of NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday may already know that host Ayesha Rascoe loves horror. But why do scream queens (and kings) like her like what's frightening? The answer may surprise you. (Image credit: Ryan Benk)
A heroic, 7-day bike ride made this teen a global star. Where is she now?
Her epic ride — carrying her injured dad on her $20 hot pink bicycle — made headlines. Promises were made — financial help, training for a cycling career, even a movie deal. Were any of them kept? (Image credit: Deepak Paswan)
Service increases access to mental health support
The programme covers a range of topics, including managing anxiety and boosting self-esteem.
Carys lived with endometriosis pain for decades, then everything changed
Carys Thurlby says "intense pain had become my normal" but surgery changed her life.
‘A living hell’: how Los Angeles got taken over by mosquitoes
Heat and humidity have led to one of the worst mosquito years in recent history, with West Nile virus at a decade high Los Angeles might be best known for blue skies, beaches and film premiers — but for the last several years it’s held another…
The Greek National Park Suffocated by Fish Farming
This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. For two thousand years, the Ambracian Gulf in western Greece provided life to its Mediterranean…
The Race for Lithium Is Becoming a Race for Water
This investigation was reported in a collaboration between Inside Climate News and Columbia Journalism Investigations. CALIPATRIA, Calif.—On a border-town road surrounded by alfalfa and grain fields, William Cooper stopped before a dusty, vacant…
As Rival Resorts Battle in a Bahamas Court, a Threatened Conch’s Nursery Is Caught in the Middle
Queen conch larvae drift for two to three weeks before settling into seagrass, where their first food grows on the thin green blades. This is where they spend most of their first year, buried in the sand. In the Exumas region of the Bahamas, just…
Blooming beautiful! The Tesselaar tulip festival – in pictures
The annual month-long festival takes place at a flower farm in the Victorian town of Silvan when tulips and other springs flowers are at their most vibrant Continue reading...
Incendiu violent la o clădire dintr-o fostă unitate militară din Vâlcea / Intervin pompieri din patru județe
Peste 50 de pompieri militari intervin, sâmbătă după-amiaza, pentru stingerea unui incendiu izbucnit la acoperișul unei clădiri din incinta fostei unități militare din localitatea Vlădești, județul Vâlcea, transmite Mediafax. Clădirea are parter și…
Co-creator of Empire Market dark web marketplace given 40-year sentence
Raheim Hamilton, 30, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a drug conspiracy charge and agreed to forfeit more than $100 million worth of Bitcoin and several properties in Virginia.
FBI Arrests Executive at Ransomware Negotiation Firm
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested an executive at a Canadian cybersecurity firm in connection with an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group that recently relieved the FBI of sensitive data on…
Georgia new No. 1 in AP poll; Texas falls to 7, Ducks go unranked
Georgia moved to the No. 1 spot in the Week 7 AP Top 25 following its win at Alabama, while Oregon was unranked for the first time in four years after falling to 3-2.
Eagles' Sirianni laments late-game call vs. Jags: 'I lost us that game'
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni took responsibility for his handling of the closing moments of Sunday's dramatic 19-17 loss to the Jaguars in London.
Browns WR Concepcion knocked out of game vs. Jets after illegal hit
Browns rookie wide receiver KC Concepcion sustained a head injury in the first quarter of the team's game against the Jets and was ruled out.
Alvarez willing to fight in Riyadh despite airport attacks, Saudi official says
Despite escalating violence in the region, Canelo Alvarez is still willing to fight in Saudi Arabia at the end of this month, according to Turki Alalshikh.
Short-handed Pats lose RB Henderson, LT Campbell
Patriots RB TreVeyon Henderson (ankle) and LT Will Campbell (knee) left Sunday's game vs. the Raiders with injuries and did not return.