What are US and Japanese soldiers doing in the middle of the Australian bush?
The BBC’s Katy Watson explains why troops are training in remote Australia – a country not at war, thousands of kilometres from today’s major conflicts.
Roof collapse kills 14 children at Pakistan tuition centre
Two people are taken into custody after the incident in the Kahna suburb of Lahore.
Missing US congressman explains mysterious four-month absence
New Jersey Republican Tom Kean Jr, told fellow lawmakers that depression was the reason he had been away since March.
Amos: There needs to be a ‘set of standards’ for care
Review chair Baroness Valerie Amos recommends changes to overhaul the NHS maternity care system.
Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Other Old Internet Brands, Is Going Public
Bending Spoons, an Italian company that buys aging internet companies, is going public this week at a potential value of $19 billion.
BMW Will Build a New Electric S.U.V. in South Carolina
The German company is doubling down on electric vehicles even as other automakers pull back after acknowledging billions of dollars in losses.
Missing GOP lawmaker slammed for yanking health coverage he himself needed: ‘Hypocrisy’
The internet slammed Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) on Tuesday, calling him out for cutting Medicaid and healthcare services — the same ones he needed
Legal experts sound alarm after razor-thin birthright vote: ‘The most insane part’
Reactions were mounting among legal analysts Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected President Tweety McTreason’s birthright citizenship order. The divided court ruled in a 6-3
First Foxconn, now Tata — Apple suppliers keep getting hacked
The recently reported cyberattack against Tata Electronics is shaping up to be one of the most consequential attacks exposing important trade secrets belonging to Apple and
500-year-old freeze-dried potato snacks discovered in Inca storage room in Peru
Two lumps of potato discovered in a roughly 500-year-old Inca storage room in Peru are a rare find: freeze-dried potatoes predating the Spanish invasion, a
66 billion trees have been planted in China’s Great Green Wall — and they appear to be growing faster than natural forests
Trees in China that were planted as part of huge reforestation projects appear to grow faster than those in natural forests, a new study finds.
Scientists figured out how to shrink huge ultrafast lasers so they fit on a tiny chip — the ‘holy grail’ of the field
A breakthrough in photonic chips could make large, costly, ultrafast lasers dramatically smaller, leading to portable and affordable imaging, diagnostic and information-processing devices, researchers say.
Hollywood director jailed for defrauding Netflix out of $11m
A Hollywood director has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison after conning Netflix out of $11m (£8.3m) for an unfinished science fiction series.
Chamath’s AI coding startup 8090 raises $135M, and he’s CEO
Salesforce led the Series A, which 8090 announced this week. The pitch behind it is blunt. AI can already write code. The hard part is