Five ways El Niño is affecting the weather around the world
As the strongest El Niño on record continues to intensify, what impacts on weather patterns are already being felt across the globe? Sarah Keith-Lucas looks
In pictures: Dussehra celebrated across India as triumph of good over evil
The festival, which commemorates the triumph of good over evil, is celebrated with different rituals across India.
Clean up begins after French riots but police remain
Outside of Paris, Marseille saw some of the worst damage, with shop owners reporting more than 600 premises having been looted.
$100 Million ICE “Intelligence” Program is a Domestic Secret Police Agency in the Making
Administration that has ordered agencies to target activists and nonprofits would hire “intelligence” agents within ICE to identify “threats” and investigate “relationships”
New ACLU Documentary Reveals Stories of Families at Idaho Immigration Raid
“Wilder Raids,” the ACLU’s latest short documentary features the harrowing stories of families caught in a violent immigration raid at a horse race in Wilder
Russian spacecraft maneuvers in “extreme proximity” to satellite used by Ukraine
A Russian military satellite maneuvered in “extreme proximity” of a commercial Earth-imaging satellite in recent days in the first known example an unsanctioned rendezvous in
Accused OpenAI spy had folder called “Saudi Gov Docs,” FBI says
On Monday, a court granted the US government’s request to deny release of a former OpenAI engineer accused of bugging a top-secret conference room to
Texas Democratic candidate for governor sues to review emails between Elon Musk and Greg Abbott
State Rep. Gina Hinojosa alleged in her lawsuit that Gov. Greg Abbott is “unlawfully withholding communications” between his office and tech CEO Elon Musk.
Mississippi AG says police shooting that killed 1-year-old was ‘justified’
Kohen Wiley was killed in June when officers fired at a car at a Walmart parking lot. A friend of Wiley’s mother, who was driving
These tiny snakes cartwheel to escape danger
New videos offer a closer look at a rare and bizarre escape behavior in some Southeast Asian snakes.
Japan’s sample return mission to Phobos may also collect some Mars dust
Japan’s MMX mission will be the first to the moons of Mars and it aims to bring back precious rock samples — perhaps even indirectly
Modal says Nvidia’s Vera CPU doubles throughput for its AI sandboxes
Modal plans to run its Sandboxes product on Nvidia’s Arm-based Vera CPU, its first step away from x86 chips. In Modal’s own tests, Vera handled
Vingroup’s Green SM brings 500 VinFast EV taxis to Los Angeles
Green SM, a ride-hailing firm owned by Vietnam’s Vingroup, has launched an all-electric taxi service in Los Angeles. It starts with 500 VinFast VF 8
Finland seeking one million land mines as it eyes Russian threat
Helsinki recently joined regional peers in withdrawing from UN Charter banning munitions as it eyes its eastern border.