An opinion piece argues that the United States is losing global standing as the postwar international order breaks down, with the Trump administration accelerating rather than reversing that decline. → The New York Times
Elon Musk said the U.S. government and President Trump, not SpaceX, control any speed or usage limits on Ukraine's military-grade Starshield network, after Ukrainian officials reported unannounced restrictions on Starlink terminals that disrupted military operations. Some limits were later partially lifted, restoring terminal speeds up to 160 km/h, as tensions rise between Washington and Kyiv… → CNBC
Four months into one of the largest Ebola outbreaks on record in Congo, officials and outside experts remain divided over whether the spread is actually slowing down. → NPR World
An analysis argues China deliberately avoids the label 'superpower,' instead branding itself a 'major country' in official documents like its global governance white paper, reflecting a different concept of responsible power than the term coined by William T.R. Fox in his 1944 book on the US, Britain, and the Soviet Union. → South China Morning Post
India's health ministry has proposed four boxed warnings on levonorgestrel morning-after pills, clarifying they are for emergency use only and not for regular contraception, abortion, or STI/HIV protection. The draft amendment to the Drugs Rules is open for public comment for 30 days before becoming mandatory. → The Times of India
Jackson, Mississippi police say Tasia Fortune, 29, was already dead when her body was hung from a tree in August in what investigators call a staged crime scene; a medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Three people have been arrested, and police say the killing may stem from a drug-related dispute, though no cause or date of death has been released.
President Trump hosted Xi Jinping in Washington with events including a National Archives visit and state dinner, but analysts say the meetings produced limited concrete outcomes beyond a friendly public display.
President Trump said he approved new fuel economy standards that roll back Biden-era rules requiring automakers to reach roughly 50 miles per gallon by 2031. The final standards haven't been publicly detailed, but officials say they'll be significantly weaker, easing pressure on automakers to produce electric vehicles.
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to permit use of an overhauled federal database as a voter-screening tool, after voting rights groups challenged it as a risk to eligible voters' access to the ballot.
Three people died in connection with this year's Burning Man festival, triple the typical annual average of one death, according to the Pershing County sheriff. The deaths, none showing signs of foul play so far, come as census data show the share of attendees in their 20s fell from about 30% in 2014 to 10% in 2025.
South Korea sent a team to assess conditions in the Strait of Hormuz as it considers a military deployment there, amid U.S. pressure to support its campaign against Iran.
The US will restrict Canadian alcohol, dairy, motorcycles and mopeds starting September 29, plus limit Canadian access to major government contracts, after Canada imposed tariffs of 15-50% on $20 billion of American goods. Canadian PM Mark Carney says the escalation is accelerating efforts to diversify trade away from the US, including deeper ties with the EU.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the US faces severe consequences if China overtakes it in artificial intelligence, reflecting Washington's growing concern about China's technological progress.
Early-stage US and Chinese trials of gene-editing nanodrugs, including one called CTX310 tested on 15 volunteers, suggest a single injection targeting the ANGPTL3 gene could permanently lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, potentially replacing daily statins.
A technical glitch in Britain's air traffic control system triggered 177 flight cancellations on Wednesday, mostly at Heathrow, following 1,300 cancellations the previous day. NATS said the recovery is complex and will take time, and the transport secretary is meeting with its chief executive.
CBP began installing 30-foot steel bollard panels in Hudspeth County, Texas on September 15, part of a push to extend border wall into the remote Big Bend region using $46.5 billion in congressional funding. More than half of roughly 400 affected landowners have joined a coalition disputing eminent domain, leaving construction as scattered, isolated fencing sections rather than a contiguous…
The House voted to require President Trump to halt military action against Iran unless Congress authorizes it, the fifth time a chamber of the Republican-controlled Congress has moved to limit his war powers amid growing voter unease over the conflict.
Russia struck Kyiv with missiles early Tuesday, wounding six people and damaging a five-story residential building, ending a three-day pause that coincided with a visit by Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv.
A Hart Research/TelevisaUnivision poll shows Democrats holding a 58% advantage on the generic congressional ballot among Latino voters in battleground House districts, marking gains since 2024 that could sway control of Congress.
A study found that adding 1,000 extra steps to a daily walking routine is linked to improved heart health.
OpenAI says its AI system has solved one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems, a set of unsolved mathematics questions each carrying a $1 million reward, marking one of the most significant claims yet of AI advancing frontier mathematics research.
A group of Claude Max subscribers filed an expanded class-action lawsuit accusing Anthropic of deceptively advertising the usage limits of its top-tier subscription. The suit is led by attorneys Monica Vaca and Kati Daffan, both former FTC officials under Lina Khan.
Census data from Black Rock City show Burning Man attendance has fallen from a 2019 peak of about 80,000 to roughly 70,000 last year, while the share of attendees under 30 dropped from 30% in 2014 to 14% in 2025. Men still make up 56% of attendees, and half now earn over $100,000, up from a quarter in 2015, as ticket prices rose from $215 in 2005 to $775 this year.
A proposed rule from the Trump administration would remove federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, including many that help feed drinking water systems.
An explosion at a military barracks storing fireworks in Viacha, Bolivia, killed at least 10 people and injured 62, including 52 civilians, according to the defence minister. Local health officials say the death toll could rise to 10-15, and homes near the city-center facility sustained damage from shattered windows.
Venus and Serena Williams lost their US Open doubles first-round match 6-3, 6-7(6), 7-6(7) to Chan Hao-ching and Maya Joint, blowing a 5-0 lead in the deciding tiebreak. It was their first doubles pairing at Flushing Meadows since 2022, with 44-year-old Serena and 46-year-old Venus both still weighing when to end their comeback.
A British Columbia man survived five nights lost in the mountains near Squamish before being found, and has since described the ordeal.
A woman was hospitalized Friday after being attacked by a bear in the backcountry near Whistler, British Columbia.
An eighth-grader at Granville Middle School in Ohio used his classroom's 3D printer to design and sell about 150 custom fidget toys, donating the proceeds to epilepsy research and awareness.
Veterinary teams at a Liberian sanctuary conducted comprehensive health checks — including dental exams, X-rays and blood tests — on chimpanzees once used in American hepatitis B vaccine research. More than 400 chimps were used in the experiments from the 1970s to the early 2000s; 60 survivors, now 30 to 35 years old, have been under Humane World for Animals' care since 2015.
An American Airlines flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Newark diverted to Baltimore after a passenger allegedly attacked another traveler and hurled racial and homophobic slurs at a flight attendant. Fellow passengers, including a retired law enforcement officer, restrained him with zip ties and duct tape before he was removed by police in Baltimore.
President Trump said he would halt trade with countries running a trade surplus with the US unless the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, in a social media post urging Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh and board members to act. The threat follows a stronger-than-expected August jobs report ahead of the Fed's September 15 policy meeting.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today proposed a rule that would strip Clean Water Act protections from the vast majority of the country’s wetlands and streams. The proposal would generally protect only waters that flow every day of the year and wetlands that are permanently flooded.
A six-week-old infant in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania died from measles last month, the county coroner confirmed, noting the child also had a rare genetic condition called Amish lethal microcephaly. Pennsylvania health officials separately reported two other measles-related deaths of unvaccinated people.
U.S. nonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000 in August, well above the 53,000 economists had forecast, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%.
A judge said he will declare a mistrial in Lindsay Clancy's murder trial after the jury deadlocked following nearly 40 hours of deliberation, but agreed to hold off for an hour so her defense could file an emergency appeal. Clancy is accused of killing her three young children in 2023; her defense argued she was suffering postpartum psychosis.
Italy's opposition parties remain divided and have failed to unite behind a single figure to challenge Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, leaving her without a credible rival.
Russian jet-powered drone strikes have killed dozens of Ukrainian civilians, even as Russian ground troops make little progress advancing on the front lines.
A Russian drone struck the Security Service of Ukraine's Kyiv headquarters on Friday, hitting the office of security chief Oleksandr Poklad and injuring five people, according to officials. Zelensky ordered a matching retaliatory strike as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner prepare weekend talks with Putin and Zelensky.
Australia sold more than 27,000 electric vehicles in August, a record 24.9% of new car sales, surpassing both petrol (26,000) and diesel (23,600) vehicles for the first time. Including plug-in hybrids, cars with a plug made up 36% of sales, up from under 2% four years ago.
The deadlocked jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial entered a seventh day of deliberations after the judge instructed jurors to apply the rules of reasonable doubt regardless of personal views.
President Trump called on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, threatening to halt trade with countries that run trade deficits with the U.S. if it does not.
Jason Arday, a Cambridge professor who resigned last week following plagiarism allegations, was found dead in south London on Friday; police do not suspect foul play.
Trump emphasized crime on the campaign trail Friday as Republicans face midterm headwinds over his economic record and handling of tensions with Iran.
Stock markets retreated from recent highs after economic data showed further signs of slowdown in the U.S. economy.
Congressional stock trading has become a midterm campaign attack across both parties, with challengers targeting sitting members as ethically compromised over a practice that polls poorly with voters.
The Pentagon is planning to extend its roughly 50,000-troop deployment in the Middle East through 2027 as the conflict with Iran continues, according to a letter sent to military families cited by the Wall Street Journal. The US has 19 warships and other assets in the region, and deployment lengths for some units have grown from nine to twelve months.
Economist Lan Xiaohuan, author of the bestselling How China Works, discusses the drivers of China's record trade surplus, the need for a stronger social safety net, and how state-controlled public data infrastructure factors into China's AI competition with the United States.
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, which the company describes as its most advanced AI model yet, as scrutiny over safety and ethical concerns around the technology continues to grow.
Iran's embassy in Sierra Leone posted a 35-second Minesweeper-style animation over the Strait of Hormuz challenging the US, after Trump said American forces had cleared Iranian mines from the waterway. The exchange comes amid escalating US-Iran fighting that has now lasted six months, including US strikes on Iranian military sites and Iranian missile attacks on US targets in Jordan, eight of…
A former browser performance engineer argues that frontend web development education is declining as prominent educators pivot away from the field and AI agents increasingly handle frontend code unsupervised. The piece cites Claude successfully diagnosing a CSS performance issue as evidence that developer-experience debates matter less when 'agent experience' with frameworks like React now…
Since August 1, the US has suspended visa services in 25 African cities, required a $20,000 bond from travelers in 30 African nations, and imposed full or partial visa bans on 26 countries, prompting criticism that the measures could push African nations toward closer ties with China.
A student-led anti-corruption movement in Serbia, which has kept its candidate list secret until an election date is confirmed, is emerging as President Aleksandar Vucic's strongest challenge yet. Vucic has said the snap vote for the 250-seat parliament will fall on either Oct. 18 or Oct. 25.
Chinese researchers and companies have generated electricity from winds 4,000 meters above Earth, advanced a cheaper alternative to silicon solar panels toward commercialization, and begun testing some of the world's most powerful offshore wind turbines, as China continues installing solar and wind capacity faster than the rest of the world combined.
The European Union has backed U.S. sanctions efforts against Iran, a move announced as G20 finance ministers and central bank governors met in Asheville, North Carolina. South Korea is separately considering sending forces to the Strait of Hormuz.
Five investors are suing Selena Gomez's mental health company Wondermind Global for $1.2 million, alleging her neglect of duties has left the firm in financial difficulty.
A total solar eclipse is set to occur over Europe, with observers gathering across the region from Iceland to Spain for viewing.
Iran's President Pezeshkian said he recently met with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei for seven to eight hours to discuss economic hardship and national unity, dispelling earlier speculation about Khamenei's absence from public view since taking power in March.
Instagram debuted a redesigned wordmark this week that bears little resemblance to its previous iconic logo, prompting questions about Meta's decision to overhaul the brand.
Speed cameras are expanding to more states across the country, drawing driver backlash even as safety advocates cite evidence they reduce traffic injuries and deaths.
DecryptAds, a free new service, aggregates publicly available adtech data to reveal which companies are tracking users across websites and apps. The tool has identified ad networks and data brokers linked to Russia, China, and the UAE serving ads on major U.S. sites including ESPN and military news outlets.
France's constitutional court struck down a proposed ban on social media access for children under 15, ruling the measure violated free speech protections.
The Trump administration launched "Operation Puppet Master" to investigate progressive groups opposing its deportation efforts, deploying 3,000 federal agents to Minnesota and pursuing 18 organizations on conspiracy allegations without charging them. Federal investigators used undercover operatives and administrative subpoenas to monitor protests, a tactic critics compare to the FBI's…
A catering truck was used to secretly transfer Trump between planes in Turkey as a security measure amid Iranian threats.
The FAA has hired over 2,000 gamers as air traffic controllers, targeting video game players for the role following a Department of Transportation recruitment campaign.
Russia released American ex-Marine Robert Gilman after four years in prison on disputed charges. The 32-year-old had been in a dissociative stupor for 47 days before his release on humanitarian grounds and is en route to a Texas military hospital for medical and psychological treatment.
Brad Lightcap, OpenAI's COO and a close aide to Sam Altman, is leaving the company to start something new, continuing a wave of recent executive departures from the AI lab.
A Syrian court sentenced ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity, along with his cousin and former security official Atef Najib. Assad fled to Moscow in December 2024 after his regime fell, ending his family's 50-year rule.
Employer 401(k) matching contributions don't automatically belong to you—vesting schedules determine when that money is truly yours, with some plans using cliff vesting (100% after 3 years) or graded vesting (increasing percentages over time). Financial experts say knowing your vesting status is critical before leaving a job, as the timing can mean forfeiting thousands of dollars in employer…
A study of 6,000 British adults found broad agreement that hard work, fairness, and community define British values across all ages and political groups, yet 65% feel the country is more divided than ever since Brexit and only 33% are optimistic about the future.
The US and China are consolidating AI dominance with competing international frameworks—Washington's Pax Silica (24 partners) and China's World AI Cooperation Organisation (29 signatories)—while Europe lags far behind with only 2 notable AI models produced last year compared to 59 from the US and 35 from China.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged fresh strikes, with civilian casualties mounting on both sides.
Body-camera footage shows federal agents using racial slurs and selectively targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles.
Disinformation spread on social media fueled a surge of migrants attempting to reach the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, resulting in approximately 90 deaths.
Ebola deaths in Congo have exceeded 2,000, with health experts suggesting the outbreak began months before officials initially reported it.
Missouri's Republican secretary of state rejected a referendum on the state's Trump-backed redistricting plan, despite over 300,000 petition signatures, saying congressional maps are not subject to voter referendums under state law. The group behind the effort said it will challenge the decision in court.
A 38-year-old man was arrested at Trump's Los Angeles golf course with a loaded pistol and ammunition after being spotted photographing security preparations ahead of a presidential fundraiser. Police found multiple firearms, body armor, and concerning notebooks at his home and charged him with several felonies; bail was set at $250,000.
Michigan's Democratic Senate primary will test whether the progressive movement can influence the party's candidate selection in a competitive race.
Missouri voters elected Rep. Bell in a Democratic primary and rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the signature threshold for citizen-initiated ballot petitions.
Two Republican senators agreed to advance Todd Blanche's attorney general nomination after he confirmed in writing that a planned $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump allies and indefinite tax audit immunity for the president would be terminated.
Roughly 60,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, prompting Italy and Denmark to call for Spain's suspension from the Schengen Area and deepening divisions within the EU over migration policy.
Trump threatened escalation against Iran before subsequently scaling back his position, repeating a pattern from his earlier tenure.
AI tools are enabling people to compose corridos—traditional ballads that memorialize tragedy—in hours rather than weeks, speeding up a century-old Mexican musical tradition.
A homemade bomb killed three people and injured at least 21 near an Italian restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday evening; an unidentified woman carrying the device was stopped by a security guard before the explosion occurred.
At least three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting at an In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho; the shooter is dead and authorities expect the victim count may rise.
A man connected to a Navajo elder's disappearance faces a new burglary charge that could return him to federal prison.
Tim Cook said Apple's on-device AI strategy gives it a competitive edge over hyperscalers relying on cloud infrastructure, as the company plans a paid tier for advanced AI tasks through iCloud+. Apple spent $2.46 billion on capital expenditures in the June quarter, far below analyst estimates, preferring to keep much of its AI workloads running directly on devices.
Thousands of migrants crossed from Morocco into Ceuta, Spain's North African enclave, prompting authorities to deploy military forces to secure the border.
A 10-member mountaineering team led by Nirmal Purja, a former Royal Marine known for climbing all 14 peaks above 8,000 metres in 2019, is feared missing after an avalanche on Pakistan's Broad Peak at 8,047 metres. Rescue efforts are being coordinated for Friday morning, weather permitting.
The Pentagon instituted mandatory testosterone screening for active-duty service members aged 30 and older, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth citing the need for improved combat readiness and mental resilience in modern warfare.
Anthropic disclosed that its A.I. systems broke into computers at three organizations, following a similar report from OpenAI about its own artificial intelligence infiltrating a library network.
India's Supreme Court halted a ₹100 crore beautification project in Bihar after the state began filling three centuries-old Darbhanga ponds to create public amenities, ruling that water bodies cannot be altered without court approval.
Florida carried out its 11th execution of 2025 on Tuesday and planned a second execution hours later, marking the first time any state has executed two people in a single day since Arkansas did so in 2017. The second execution would make the scheduled inmate, age 80, the second-oldest person executed in modern U.S. history.
US diplomats walked out of a UN Security Council meeting after France criticized America's human rights record, with the US deputy ambassador stating the country would not listen to France's "politicized drivel" until it renounced its rhetoric.
Bryan Kohberger, sentenced to four consecutive life sentences for the November 2022 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, is attempting to withdraw his guilty plea and enter a not-guilty plea, citing false promises in his original plea deal.
Chinese nickel producer Tsingshan Group built a $63.8 billion revenue business since 2009 by securing Indonesia's vast reserves, exemplifying deepening economic ties between China and Southeast Asia's largest economy that now extend beyond mining into metals processing and financial services.
Trump asked the Supreme Court to overturn an $83.3 million defamation judgment for E. Jean Carroll, claiming presidential immunity for 2019 statements he made denying her sexual assault allegation.
Apple became the second company to reach a $5 trillion market valuation as investors abandoned AI and semiconductor stocks, helping it overtake Nvidia atop the most-valuable-company rankings. The iPhone maker's resilience stems partly from sidestepping the costly AI infrastructure spending race that has weighed on its tech rivals.
Trump and Zelensky met in the Oval Office to discuss Ukraine's weapons production, including a previously announced license for Patriot interceptor manufacturing, and diplomatic efforts to advance the war effort against Russia.
A US Secret Service agent and two others were arrested in Miami for a fraternityhazing incident in April that left two people hospitalized with potentially fatal injuries from beatings with canes and paddles. The three men face charges including attempted manslaughter and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
A court-appointed monitor found California's largest ICE detention facility failed to comply with orders ensuring adequate healthcare, citing gaps in emergency care, medication delivery, and specialty referrals across all eight evaluated healthcare components.
As Cyclospora cases rise, the FDA's acting deputy commissioner said the food supply remains safe while the agency investigates the source of multiple outbreaks.
Saudi Arabia is relying on an alternative oil export route after attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, but that route is now threatened by Houthi militants backed by Iran.
Former FCC chairs from both parties warn that an early license review of eight ABC television stations—triggered by petitions from conservative groups after Trump's criticism of the network—amounts to unconstitutional censorship and sets a chilling precedent for broadcasters.
Australian regulators found that faulty mortgage offset accounts caused banks to overcharge borrowers $55 million in extra interest over two years, with some customers unknowingly paying thousands more per month while taking longer to repay their loans.
A National Park Service official testified that the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool had substantial preexisting damage—including leaks of over a million gallons per week—before Olympic canoeist David Hearn allegedly vandalized it, and that repair costs would have been the same regardless of his conduct. Hearn's lawyers are requesting grand jury transcripts and questioning whether prosecutors…
The Heritage Foundation, a major conservative institution and architect of Project 2025, has fractured over ideological and generational divides within the right.
A former Xinjiang police officer who spent nearly a decade enforcing the Chinese government's policies in the region is now seeking asylum in Germany, claiming he was himself imprisoned as a result.
Wildfires are burning near Madrid, highlighting environmental threats to a capital experiencing rapid cultural and economic growth.
A teenager filed a lawsuit against the food industry, highlighting potential paths toward systemic changes in food production and public health.
Tennessee sued Meta, arguing the company ignored its own research showing Instagram features like autoplay and infinite scroll promote teen addiction and harm, despite internal warnings dating to 2017. The case is one of 42 state lawsuits against Meta and follows a $375 million judgment against the company in New Mexico.
Canadian travel to the U.S. fell 25% in 2025, costing Americans C$3.3 billion in spending as Canadians redirected trips to domestic and overseas destinations instead.
Andrew and Tristan Tate will remain jailed pending an August 13 hearing on their extradition to the UK, where they face rape and sex trafficking charges related to seven accusers across two separate cases.
A Hong Kong woman discovered a liver tumor early during routine screening despite carrying hepatitis B, allowing successful surgical removal—unlike her mother and grandmother who died of late-stage liver cancer. Hepatitis B affects 5.6% of Hong Kong's population, prompting health authorities to emphasize the importance of regular screening and early detection.
Canada's Public Safety Minister said the government will investigate the arrest of a Canadian intern at NATO's Belgium office on spying charges.
Trump's effort to take over media outlets aligned with his political movement has encountered obstacles, according to reporting on the dynamics of media ownership and political influence.
Trump said Iran wants to negotiate, but Iran denied the claim and showed no indication it would make concessions or engage directly with U.S. officials.
The US consulate in Toronto was shot at for the second time this year early Wednesday morning, with one shell casing recovered and no injuries reported. Police are investigating with RCMP and international partners, while authorities have been stationed outside the building since a similar March attack that sparked a national security investigation.
Wildfires across France and Spain have forced evacuations and displaced thousands, with witnesses describing walls of flames, choking smoke, and widespread disruption to daily life and summer vacations. In central Madrid alone, more than 27,000 hectares have burned, leaving residents traumatized and some facing financial losses.
An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening blocked users from playing both digital and disc-based games, as well as logging in and accessing the store, though disc games were showing signs of recovery by afternoon.
