Will Germany bring back mandatory military conscription next year?
A voluntary recruitment drive has only drawn 500 people so far this year, with many more eager to opt out.
Saudi Arabia joins US in strikes on Iran-backed militias in Iraq
US Central Command says proxy groups launched attacks against US bases and Saudi energy infrastructure.
Japan in a ‘race against time’ to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quake
At least 13 people have been killed after the earthquake struck the island of Kyushu on Tuesday.
‘I thought I would die’: Survivors describe the shock and horror of powerful Japan earthquake
Rescue operations are ongoing following the 6.8-magnitude quake, as survivors wrestle with the shock.
‘No safe options’ for thousands sheltering in key Sudan city as RSF fighters advance
International leaders have issued warnings the RSF may be preparing to attack the city, raising fears of further atrocities being committed.
Brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness
The unconscious brain appears to be far more capable than scientists once believed. Researchers found that patients under general anesthesia could still process language at
‘Catastrophic’: Supreme Court justice’s alliance with Trump alarms political operative
A political operative sounded the alarm on a Supreme Court justice whom he believes is President Tweety McTreason’s chief enabler. During an episode of Court
‘Are you serious?’: MAGA pundit baffles with head-spinning attack on Trump foe
A MAGA commentator turned an entire table full of pundits against him for his attack on a foe of President Tweety McTreason. Terry Schilling went
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake traps shoppers as mall collapses in Japan — here’s why the seismic event was unusual
A powerful earthquake struck southwestern Japan Tuesday afternoon local time, collapsing part of a shopping mall, toppling a stone wall at the centuries-old Kumamoto Castle
The ultimate packing list for Aug. 12, as a solar eclipse coincides with the Perseid meteors peak
Aug. 12, 2026, promises to be a big day for anyone interested in the sky. By day, a solar eclipse will be visible across parts
Colossal scars of 60 million-year-long continental collision streak across warped mountains in Pakistan — Earth from space
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Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9
Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see the Q9 and Q7. And we also drove the new
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
Nearly a month since its launch, a first-of-its-kind commercial satellite built to save NASA’s Swift gamma-ray telescope from a fiery reentry is having problems of
1,134 AI insiders just asked Washington for a way to slow AI down
More than a thousand of the people building the most powerful AI want a way to slow it down. On Tuesday, 1,134 employees of the