British paratrooper killed by explosion in Ukraine, coroner rules
L/Cpl George Hooley is the first UK service member to die in Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
After failed execution of Christa Pike, questions loom amid impossible US death penalty debate
The 50-year-old woman had been sentenced to death for a murder committed in 1995. After surviving two injections of barbiturates, she was transferred to intensive care Wednesday night at a hospital in Tennessee. The episode marks a dramatic failure…
Indian Pilot Stabbed on FlyDubai Flight Recalls Sudden Attack
Capt. Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by his co-pilot midair between Dubai and Tel Aviv, said he “had to act” to prevent a crash despite serious injuries.
‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack
Smit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up then ‘passengers would lose their lives’ The Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight has described how he fought for his…
Israel’s top court overturns ban of Arab parties in upcoming election
Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling clears way for Ra’am and Joint List to run and potentially swing balance in event of hung parliament
Austin Sarat: Pike case is 'extraordinary and unprecedented moment' US death penalty history
Austin Sarat, an American academic specializing in US capital punishment, explains the unprecedented nature of Christa Pike's botched execution. Sentenced to death in Tennessee, Pike survived two injections of barbiturates.
Nepal plans to drain four dangerous glacial lakes after deadly flood
Nepal is set to begin draining four high-altitude glacial lakes in an effort to reduce flood risks, as the country recovers from the recent catastrophic deadly flood that killed more than 1,400 people.
Ebola death toll surpasses 4,000 as DR Congo struggles to suppress outbreak
Burning of a Ebola-hit transit camp sends 19,000 fleeing, illustrating the difficulties of controlling epidemic.
FlyDubai attack adds tumult to already combative Israeli election season
Supporters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu call him “Mr. Security” in action. Critics said this week’s FlyDubai flight attack was another security lapse on his watch.
Ann Widdecombe murder suspect charged with planning terror act against Nigel Farage
Joshua Kerry, 28, of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, say police The man accused of murdering Ann Widdecombe has been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of acts of terrorism…
Protestele elevilor se extind în Franța: mii de arestări, Ministerul Justiției spune că părinții ar trebui să plătească despăgubiri
Forţele de ordine s-au ciocnit din nou vineri cu elevii de liceu, în toată Franţa, iar sindicatele au chemat profesorii la grevă, în timp ce guvernul preşedintelui Emmanuel Macron se străduieşte să ţină sub control protestele din ce în ce mai…
Polonia - România 6-0, în Liga Naţiunilor. Tricolorii au suferit o umilinţă de proporţii la Varşovia. Lewandowski ne-a dat 3 goluri
Naţionala României a fost zdrobită de Polonia cu scorul de 6-0 (1-0), vineri seara, pe Stadionul Naţional din Varşovia, în Grupa B4 a Ligii Naţiunilor la fotbal.Echipele de start au fost:Polonia: 1. Marcin...
România scapă de „junk”: S&P păstrează ratingul BBB-, dar perspectiva este negativă. Scenariile pesimist și optimist ale evaluatorilor
România evită, pentru moment, retrogradarea în categoria „junk”. S&P Global Ratings a menținut ratingul suveran al țării la BBB-, cu perspectivă negativă. Este ultima treaptă din categoria „investment grade” (n.r. recomandată investițiilor), iar…
Politico: „Maxi merde” în Franța. Săptămâna de haos a campaniei pentru alegerile prezidențiale din 2027
Școli din Franța sunt incendiate. Cel mai important personaj al extremei drepte luptă pentru supraviețuirea sa politică după ce a fost acuzat de declarații antisemite. Iar indicatorii economici sunt pe roșu,...
Where Does Russia’s Violent Imperialism Come From?
A new book provides some helpful—if not always spot-on—answers.
The Illicit World of Sea Cucumbers
How a rare delicacy in Asia drives crime oceans away.
What in the World?
Test yourself on the week of Sept. 26: Trump pressures Zelensky, Venezuelans protest, and Morocco picks a new prime minister.
The Trauma Plot to Destroy America
A new book examines how narratives about psychological harm have come to dominate public life.
Talarico, Paxton launch dueling ads amid heated Senate race in Texas
Both contenders are airing spots intended to address perceived vulnerabilities.
Wall Street Tries to Live With 5% Yields as Market Cracks Grow
Wall Street has spent weeks trying to make peace with the great bond selloff. Friday offered some short-lived relief — along with a warning about the damage from stubbornly high yields across investment strategies of all stripes.
Treasury Yields Climb, Adding to Weekly Gains | Closing Bell
Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)
FAA Says Boeing 737 Max Computer Glitch Is Not Safety Issue
A Federal Aviation Administration review board says a software issue in certain Boeing 737 Max flight computers “is not a safety concern." Boeing shares rose on the news. George Ferguson of Bloomberg Intelligence has more. (Source: Bloomberg)
CME Shelves Plans for 24/7 Oil Contract After Industry Pushback
CME Group Inc. is shelving plans to launch a round-the-clock oil contract following industry pushback.
ULTIMA ORĂ Decizie în SUA: România scapă la mustață de FMI, deocamdată. S&P confirmă ratingul de țară cu mari rezerve și avertizări
S&P Global Ratings confirmă ratingul României și trecem astfel ultimul mare examen internațional pe 2026. Comunicatul agenției de rating este, însă, plin de avertismente și puncte negative, în timp ce în zona pozitivă avem doar reducerea…
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
Updates to Full Disk Access in macOS
We give developers powerful APIs to build incredible capabilities into their apps for Apple products, backed by a set of controls designed to protect users’ private data. Full Disk Access largely sidesteps these controls in order to allow backup…
Trickreicher Angriff knackt RSA-Signaturen – ein bisschen
Ein neues Paper reduziert die angenommene Sicherheit von 1024-Bit-RSA, indem es Signaturen fälscht. Doch die Methode ist in der Praxis kaum relevant.
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Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots
A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots When voters cast their ballots, their votes are supposed to remain secret: from their family, their neighbors, and the…
US arrests California man for allegedly smuggling $300m worth of computer servers to China
Greg Lui allegedly used false paperwork to smuggle export-controlled gear from US to third countries and then China US authorities have arrested a man accused of smuggling more than $300m worth of computer servers to China, the Department of…
A model guide for the GPT-6 family
Learn how startups can choose GPT-6 models, tune reasoning effort, improve prompts and skills, coordinate tools, and prepare workflows for production.
OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers
Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government faces significant “tech…
NASA Astronaut Christina Koch to Join NFL Fans in Philadelphia
NASA astronaut Christina Koch is seen during an event to award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the Artemis II crew, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Credit: NASA/John Kraus As part of NASA’s ongoing…
Motivation matters more than working memory for improving student math skills, study finds
Why do some students become ever better at mathematics, while others plateau? Many people may think that mathematics is primarily about cognitive skills. A new study from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) provides a more…
Computer-designed protein targets immune receptor linked to inflammation at new 'undruggable' site
To sense their environment and respond accordingly, cells enlist membrane proteins as communication hubs, receiving molecular messages from outside and triggering responses inside. One of these proteins is Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), an immune…
Heading Home: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Concludes Station Science Mission
5 Min Read Heading Home: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Concludes Station Science Mission NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space…
Small changes can have a big impact on sustainability transitions
In her dissertation, Hanna Entsalo examines how public policies, such as policy strategies and legislation, influence transitions toward the circular economy and sustainability. Entsalo works as a researcher in the Circular Economy Solutions Unit…
NIH rolling out streamlined website to help public find information more easily
Finding information from the National Institutes of Health about human health, disease, and biomedical research is about to look a lot different. On Monday, the NIH will unveil a new version of its website that shifts attention away from individual…
What it’s like to wait for the call from the Nobel Prize committee
Some 20 years ago, Mary-Claire King was asked to hold a seminar at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. The invite, the geneticist soon learned, was code for: You are being considered for a Nobel Prize. She traveled to Sweden, held the seminar…
Access to addiction meds for young people has improved — but retention hasn’t
In 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement urging doctors to offer medications for opioid use disorder to adolescent and young adult patients who needed them. New national data show that more young people with an opioid…
An Ebola treatment center was burned down as the death toll in Congo passes 4,000
BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history. The latest figures released by the Health Ministry on Thursday…
STAT+: Lilly bypasses Australian pharmacies with DTC model
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Mosquitos are eating us alive into October; I just annihilated an Aedes albopictus that was supping on my shoulder. Is there…
An ‘onslaught of punches’: is this week the cost-of-living tipping point for many Australian households?
As more families report housing stress, declines in financial wellbeing and food insecurity, experts warn that the situation is not just an economic problem but a matter of public health Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast…
California to Vote on Landmark Tribal Petitions for Coastal Protections
Drive the Pacific Coast Highway, spearfish alongside Great White sharks, surf in Santa Cruz, dive for lobster, cast a line or set a crab pot: California is defined by its 840-mile coastline. Managing the miles of beach, reef and cliffsides that…
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Obstructed by Federal Policy Shift, Tribal Withdrawal
Two major challenges could complicate efforts to restore the Chesapeake Bay. First, a new executive order from President Donald Trump revoked the longstanding framework for coordinating federal efforts to protect the bay. Second, seven Virginia…
Country diary: A TB scare is still hanging over the farm | Andrea Meanwell
Tebay, Cumbria: I’ve had a stroke of luck with applying for government funding, but some bad vet results are overshadowing things once more Last week was an important one as the government’s sustainable farming incentive opened for this year…
America’s Largest Producer of Foundry Coke Is Operating Under an Expired Permit. Who Is at Fault?
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—It’s time to act. It’s long past time. That was the case made by lawyers for the Southern Environmental Law Center, who filed a petition Wednesday in Jefferson County Circuit Court asking a judge to force local health officials to…
Mississippi mayor says ransomware incident led city to shut down systems
Government services were temporarily disrupted by ransomware in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Mayor Willis Thompson said the FBI and other authorities are investigating.
'Warlock' ransomware used in attacks on critical infrastructure in Portuguese, Spanish-speaking countries
The group is exploiting a variety of vulnerabilities impacting Microsoft SharePoint, according to a new report from Symantec Threat Hunter Team.
How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools
This essay was written with Nathan E. Sanders, and originally appeared in The Guardian. New campaign finance disclosure data shines a light on which US political campaigns are using AI tools and how much they are spending on them. Candidates’…
Iranian accused of hacking American universities extradited from Montenegro
An Iranian national accused by the U.S. of taking part in dozens of breaches involving the theft of academic data and intellectual property has been extradited from Montenegro.
OpenAI software attempted to secretly scrape data from dozens of prominent websites
The findings, released Thursday by Asymmetric Security, are just the latest example of rogue behavior spurred by OpenAI’s software.
Rams DT Donald out, WR Nacua returns against Eagles
Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald will not play against the Eagles as he deals with back soreness, while wide receiver Puka Nacua will return from a hip injury after missing the past two games.
Patriots' defense loses Gonzalez, Barmore against high-octane Bills
The New England Patriots will be without starting cornerback Christian Gonzalez and defensive tackle Christian Barmore due to a shoulder injury when they visit the Bills on Sunday.
Ravens' Hendrickson has surgery on finger, out vs. Titans
The Ravens will be without top pass rusher Trey Hendrickson against the Titans on Sunday after the outside linebacker had surgery for a broken finger.
49ers owner York suspended six games, fined $500,000 for personal conduct violation
49ers owner Jed York has been suspended for six games and fined $500,000 for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy stemming from his August arrest after he tried to engage in prostitution in Ohio.
Vikings' Jefferson to sit vs. Dolphins, hoping to return in Week 5
Vikings WR Justin Jefferson won't play against the Dolphins because of a sprained left ankle, but coach Kevin O'Connell is hopeful he can return in Week 5 vs. the Saints.