Five missing after fire in Swiss Alpine town
Eight others were injured, local police say, with the cause of the fire still being investigated.
Panama Canal to cut number of ships passing through due to El Niño
The crucial waterway’s operator says low rainfall caused by the ocean pattern had led to the decision.
British rapper Yung Filly to face retrial on rape charges in Australia
A jury last month cleared the YouTuber of several sexual assault offences, but it couldn’t reach a decision on three others
Israel re-establishes closed West Bank settlement, defying growing international protests
Thirty “pioneer families” have arrived on a wave of nationalism driven by Israel’s government, but the rapid change has left nearby Palestinian residents fearful.
Truckload Of Squid Spills Into The Street In Rhode Island — And, Boy, Does It Stink!
Local authorities have dubbed it the “Squidpocalypse of ’26.”
Navy discusses renaming aircraft carrier after Trump instead of heroic Black sailor
The USS Doris Miller would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black and an enlisted sailor. The decision to name the carrier after
Trump and former fixer Michael Cohen bury the hatchet
The president and his former fixer put their contentious past behind them and reunited on Cohen’s radio show after years of legal feuds and name
Taco Bell’s voice AI expansion shows the drive-thru has entered a new phase
Voice AI in the drive-thru is becoming less of an experiment and more of an operating decision for quick-service restaurants. Food On Demand recently reported
A data centre rack running on living neurons is now operating in Singapore
NUS Medicine, data centre operator DayOne and Melbourne’s Cortical Labs have unveiled a biological data centre prototype in Singapore, built from a 20-unit rack of
Hong Kong Tiananmen activists found guilty of national security charges
Activist group says the ‘twisted’ Hong Kong judicial system had long ago decided that the pair were guilty.
After GERD, can Egypt shape Ethiopia’s next Nile dams?
Three projects mark a new test for Egypt after it failed to prevent construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Brazil launches AI supercomputer push while balancing US and Chinese tech
The government has announced investments of about 2.3 billion reais ($444.2m) to bolster its AI ecosystem.
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after hospital examination
It comes as the court had earlier this week ordered that he had to be taken for a hospital examination.
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen activists guilty in national security trial
Three activists were accused of inciting others to subvert state power under the China-introduced law.