Water and energy sites hit as U.S.-Iran strikes escalate
Critical water and power infrastructure sites have been damaged as the U.S. and Iran continue to trade strikes, while the parched Middle East reels from
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How the World Cup final is starting to look a lot like the Super Bowl
For American viewers of the World Cup final on Sunday, the sport the rest of the world knows as football will closely resemble the one
German politician resigns over surrogacy child controversy
Jens Spahn faced criticism over his use of a surrogate, a ban on which he previously backed.
Russian online retail warehouses hit by deadly Ukrainian strikes
Drones targeted Wildberries facilities near Moscow and in Tambov. Ukraine’s leader called them “major logistics facilities” supplying “sanctioned components”.
‘Fail at every turn’: Kash-bashing shouting match erupts at CNN round table
A fight erupted on CNN Saturday morning as conservative political commentator tried and failed to defend Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel as reports
Trump can’t control GOP ally fueling ‘bitter succession fight’ in key swing state: report
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ refusal to back a clear frontrunner has turned Florida’s gubernatorial race into a “Republican family feud” marked by race-baiting and in-fighting —
Apple widens OpenAI trade secrets fight with preservation orders
Dozens of former Apple employees now working at OpenAI have been put on notice after Apple reportedly sent legal letters ordering them to preserve documents and
China, Russia, and 27 others create World AI body, without US
China has created an international organization to set standards and introduce regulation for AI, inviting 28 other countries to join — but the US, a
‘Fireball’ meteorite that smashed into New Jersey home contains ingredients of life from an ancient proto-planet, study finds
Scientists have discovered the building blocks of life inside a meteorite that smashed through a New Jersey home two years ago. The space rock contains
Science news this week: Gold tongues discovered in tombs, sugar found in space, a new monkey identified in the Congolian rainforest, and ancient impact crater ‘geoguessed’ by an amateur astronomer
This week’s science news reminds us how the past still speaks if we listen closely, with news of the discovery of 18 ancient Egyptian tombs
What is the roundest animal?
Animals come in a wide range of shapes and sizes, from spindly stick insects to blubbery whales. Round animals are harder to come by, but
‘I didn’t 100% fit in’: How two men discovered they had been switched at birth
The families of two men switched at birth 38 years ago have accused a US hospital of depriving them of the lives they should have
A French startup built a radiology viewer from scratch with AI at its core. Moffitt Cancer Center is already using it.
Raidium, a Paris and Silicon Valley-based radiology startup, has launched its AI-native imaging platform in the US at Moffitt Cancer Center, one of the country’s
Cybercriminals released 802,000 stolen accounts in one day during the World Cup group stage
More than 12 million compromised streaming accounts tied to World Cup broadcasts are circulating on the dark web, representing nearly $220 million in potential black-market