Saudi missile plant expansion may produce more powerful missiles, study says
Saudi Arabia appears to be expanding its ballistic missile factory to build larger solid-fuel missiles that could fly farther or carry heavier
October 23, 2026Saudi Arabia appears to be expanding its ballistic missile factory to build larger solid-fuel missiles that could fly farther or carry heavier
October 23, 2026Moms try to get electric shock gloves out of their kids’ schools
October 23, 2026US-based Lyft unit Freenow and Baidu's Apollo Go unveiled the Chinese company's RT6 autonomous vehicle in London on Thursday and said they hope to launch
October 23, 2026China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for stronger governance of the deep sea, polar regions and outer space as he addressed the opening of the country's Global
October 23, 2026Forget ‘ferritin face’ — experts explain the truth about iron deficiency
October 23, 2026The combined China-India-Brazil market for weight-loss drugs could grow to $22 billion by 2035 from $6.6 billion currently, J.P.
October 23, 2026In a windy, remote oilfield in Argentina, Chevron is bringing in US workers, equipment and expertise, betting it can recreate the Permian Basin
October 23, 2026Advances in artificial intelligence have uncovered a stream of new software vulnerabilities that are almost certain to trigger more
October 23, 2026The Venezuelan opposition movement headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado is preparing for eventual elections, including a new effort
October 23, 2026Brazil's presidential election could be a turning point for the Amazon, the world's largest rainforest
October 23, 2026The Iran war’s toxic impact on one of the planet’s most unique seas
October 23, 2026What is Shamonda, the livestock virus found for the first time in a person in France?
October 23, 2026The destructive 1982-83 El Niño, then the strongest on record, eroded cliffs, leaving homes hanging precariously over the edges. A coastal scientist explains the escalating risks.
October 21, 2026China's Commerce Ministry urged the United States on Friday to "respect the facts" and immediately end what it called discriminatory measures against Chinese research
October 23, 2026The Bank of Japan warned on Friday of rising risks caused by AI, including growing cybersecurity threats and potential market shocks, that
October 23, 2026Jaguar Land Rover will recall 93,997 vehicles in the United States as the rearview camera image may fail to appear on the display, the US National Highway Traffic Safety
October 23, 2026Japan said on Friday it will set up a team to simulate cyberattacks using AI to identify weaknesses in technology systems as organisations scramble to curtail risks from
October 23, 2026Disaster-hit Nepal will receive $20 million from the United Nations to help the Himalayan country recover from the devastating floods that killed thousands and destroyed buildings, schools, roads and dams resulting in billions of dollars of damages
October 23, 2026OpenAI said on Friday it would collaborate with Poland’s NASK National Research Institute on AI safety, security and technical research, as rising incidents of rogue behaviour by AI
October 23, 2026China is combining militia vessels with coast guard ships to expand "battlefield preparation" around Taiwan and into the western Pacific,
October 23, 2026China's ruling Communist Party will gather some 300 of its highest-ranking members next week to discuss tightening discipline among its ranks, a conclave analysts say could
October 23, 2026AI developer MiniMax said on Friday it had completed the technology export registration with China's commerce ministry for open-source release and overseas licensing of "
October 23, 2026The world's oldest cave paintings on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are under threat as heat and smoke from the country's worst wildfires in more than a
October 23, 20267-magnitude earthquake hits Tibet, killing 16 and injuring dozens, Chinese state media reports
October 22, 2026An earthquake of magnitude 7 struck China's southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m.
October 22, 2026Violent weather is thrashing the U.S. Southwest
October 22, 2026The Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday it has granted a waiver to Intel from its ban on some foreign-made advanced robotics to allow
October 22, 2026Microsoft researchers say an AI tool that diagnoses patients step by step, as doctors do, was more than twice as accurate as general physicians at solving complex
October 22, 2026An Idaho prosecutor is seeking the death penalty against a woman charged with murder in the deaths of her twin toddlers last year
October 21, 2026More than 50,000 people in Europe died this summer from heat, a record high amount, a new study finds
October 22, 2026‘Worst on record’: Brutal summer heat wave killed more than 50,000 in Europe’s cities
October 22, 2026The US nuclear power regulator finalized a rule on Thursday allowing companies to use data from demonstration projects at US agencies, calling it the first major change
October 22, 2026The US Department of Homeland Security oversaw 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump's second term, according to a
October 22, 2026A leading advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement has resigned as a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calley Means says he leaves with respect for President Donald Trump and Kennedy
October 22, 2026Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration remains “full-bore ahead” with a sweeping reorganization of the Forest Service after a judge blocked the changes last week
October 22, 2026An intensifying El Niño-linked storm season this week brought flooding to Paraguay, killed two farm workers in Argentina's cattle belt and
October 22, 2026The US government will increase measures aimed at preventing entry by people exposed to Ebola with a new requirement for US-bound air travelers to
October 22, 2026The U_S_ Treasury Department has proposed a rule to crack down on American high-tech investments in China, Russia, North Korea and other “countries of concern."
October 22, 2026Gilead Sciences said on Thursday it will acquire PepStar Therapeutics' oral inflammation drug program, including an experimental bowel disease treatment, for $1.275
October 22, 2026The tab for the next round of the AI buildout came due on Thursday.
October 22, 2026A wave of worry around AI and tech crashed over global markets on Thursday, slamming equities and bond yields as investors sought the refuge of
October 22, 2026Moderna and Merck said on Thursday that their mRNA cancer vaccine when combined with Merck's widely used immunotherapy cut the risk of
October 22, 2026General Motors, the biggest customer of a US factory making rare earth magnets for electric vehicles, cancelled its long-term supply deal with the
October 22, 2026A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is helping significantly reduce the chances that melanoma patients' tumors return
October 22, 2026Experimental mRNA vaccine cuts risk melanoma returns by 42%
October 22, 2026Moderna's shares sank over 25% on Thursday as late-stage trial data for its personalized melanoma vaccine, developed with Merck, triggered what analysts called a
October 22, 2026France reported the first human case of the Shamonda virus usually found in livestock on Thursday in a hospital patient who died,
October 22, 2026Donald Trump said on Thursday that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk had restored Ukraine's Starlink access but the US president declined to
October 22, 2026The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the first Ebola patients confirmed in Kenya and Nigeria might have crossed paths at an airport in Uganda
October 22, 2026Nearly 1,000 Texas fourth graders dig into farming at hands-on Ag in the Classroom event
October 22, 2026Iowa faces shortage of doctors to deliver babies as hospitals cut labor and delivery
October 22, 2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt investigations in nine states into whether noncitizens are registered to vote
October 22, 2026Egypt advocates exploring "every opportunity" to resolve the Yemen conflict diplomatically, its foreign minister said, ahead of a parliamentary vote next week on authorising the
October 22, 2026High 5: Massachusetts high school students work with NASA to help plants grow in space
October 22, 2026Aurora firefighters rescue trapped driver after crash
October 22, 2026With host communities across the U.S. turning against their gargantuan data centers, America’s technology giants are promising to take fewer taxpayer handouts, keep fewer secrets or shower more money onto the communities willing to allow the server warehouses
October 21, 2026Peru on Thursday unveiled a package of economic measures aimed at cushioning a potential slowdown from the El Niño weather phenomenon.
October 22, 2026AI safety evaluators METR and Redwood Research found several new vulnerabilities in OpenAI's internal system, including an exploit agents could have used to keep
October 22, 2026Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least four people in the Gaza Strip in separate incidents on Thursday, health officials in the enclave said.
October 22, 2026A once-robust fall calendar for technology IPOs is down to just Anthropic.
October 22, 2026Governments and corporations worked throughout the night to update software after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to about 70% of websites globally
October 21, 2026Scientists have studied a two-century-old coral core from Maui's Olowalu reef, revealing how land use has impacted reef health
October 22, 2026Cancer survivorship is often thought to begin after a patient receives their last treatment. But planning for life after cancer is critical to effective care.
October 22, 2026Baby who had 50 seizures a day now seizure-free after surgery at Children's Minnesota
October 22, 2026Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming
October 22, 2026The US Commerce Department said on Thursday it plans to award $389 million in research and development funding to four companies working on power
October 22, 2026Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Thursday as growth stocks came under renewed pressure after earnings from mega-caps Tesla and Meta did little to dispel doubts about AI
October 22, 2026The cost of insuring Meta Platforms' debt against default touched an all-time high on Thursday, as investors grappled with concerns about its plan to spend more
October 22, 2026France has reported the first known human case of Shamonda virus in a patient who died, raising questions about the risks posed by a livestock virus that has reached Europe
October 22, 2026Scientists have traced Vincent van Gogh's “The Starry Night” to a celestial scene that suggests a new date for one of the world's most famous paintings
October 22, 2026Websites shut down globally after AI finds cybersecurity flaw affecting 70% of the internet
October 21, 2026Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics said it learned of a cyber breach of one of its systems this week, likely compromising some records for patients
October 22, 2026British pension funds could have greater exposure to AI-related risks than trustees realise, Britain's pensions regulator said on Thursday, and urged them to challenge
October 22, 2026An assessment of the world's coral reef ecosystems has found that almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves
October 22, 2026