Month: May 2026
The rare Ebola outbreak is one danger. Attacks on healthcare workers are another
Health workers responding to a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of Ebola in eastern Congo face two threats
As A.I. Fever Rises in Silicon Valley, Pope Leo Has a Few Words
The American pope wants to take artificial intelligence down a notch. Is he challenging the tech companies, or will tech take over the papacy?
Ebola patients flee in attacks on DR Congo health facilities, hobbling response
Doctors operating on the front lines of the fight against Ebola in Congo are having to deal with attacks on their facilities and fleeing patients.
CBS backs off effort to stop sharing of Colbert’s surprise ‘Only in Monroe’ segment amid backlash
CBS said it had issued copyright notices for a recent episode featuring a surprise appearance by Stephen Colbert on the show “Only in Monroe” per
Watch: Only world record broken at Enhanced Games won’t be recognised
The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil explains why the achievement by Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev will not be accepted by official sporting bodies.
Russia threatens more Kyiv strikes and tells foreign nationals to leave
It comes after the Ukrainian capital suffered one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war overnight on Saturday.
White House gunman had previous run-ins with Secret Service, court documents show
The suspect previously obstructed a White House entry lane in June of 2025 and told Secret Service agents he was Jesus Christ.
‘Blistering heat’: Indians warned to stay indoors as temperatures soar
The BBC’s Sumedha Pal described how difficult it was to be standing in the streets of Delhi as temperatures rose to 45C .
California chemicals tank no longer an explosion risk, say fire officials
Firefighters contending with an overheating tank of hazardous chemicals in Southern California on Monday said an overnight operation had eliminated the possibility of the tank
PerPlant raises €1M to put AI cameras on tractors, and 200,000 hectares in the bank
The Copenhagen agtech has already mapped nine times more European farmland than every Danish agricultural drone combined. Two well-known Nordic investors want the United States
India’s AI ambitions hinge on turning 200 million workers into 350 million
IBM India’s Sandip Patel says the country can become the world’s AI skill capital by 2030. The arithmetic of getting there is harder than the
Russia warns foreigners to leave Kyiv as it prepares ‘systematic strikes’
Moscow calls upcoming ‘systematic strikes’ on Ukrainian capital a response to Kyiv’s recent attack in Luhansk.
Nearly 300 tourists rescued after cable cars halt mid-air
Around 300 people were stranded mid-air after the Gondola system suddenly halted in Indian-administered Kashmir.