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In recent months, the eastern Central African Republic has been hit by several attacks attributed to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militia infamous for its massacres and mass abductions of children in the 1990s and 2000s.
5 Min Read NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October.
Blocked Middle East oil shipments upended supply chains and prices for fossil fuel-based plastics, offering yet another reason nations must support a global treaty that shifts to sustainable materials, environmental advocates say.
“I feel quite sad… I also feel quite angry because with these kinds of changes, there are a lot of impacts downstream, including risks and hazards.
Five companies will bring real business problems and data to the hackathon, where teams will test whether quantum algorithms could offer potential solutions.
They’d been treated with probiotics, beneficial bacteria isolated from healthy corals, and those treatments prevented the corals from bleaching, scientists now report.
The USDC issuer also wants to preserve cross-border co-issuance and create a recognition route for foreign stablecoins, while central banks demand stronger safeguards....
We sit down with David McAllister, the chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee.
Sunday’s poll pits the leftist incumbent Lula against the son of a former far-right president convicted of staging a coup ‘No one disrespects Our Lady’: fears for Brazil’s patron saint grip country ahead of election Shortly after his controversial speech to the United Nations general
Ink Massive Nuclear Energy Plan These efforts aim to build stable and resilient supply chains by enhancing cooperation between Korea and the United States in strategic industrial sectors, including energy.
The long queues for shuttle buses at Sepang International Circuit reportedly prompted some to walk several kilometres out of the area along main roads and motorways, according to their posts on TikTok.
The estimate comes from a recent report by Skytruth, a U.S.-based nonprofit that used satellite imagery, machine learning and vessel tracking data to trace global oil pollution in the oceans between 2023 and 2025.
Kyiv's Northern Bridge across the Dnipro river was hit by a Russian air attack, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Saturday, amid an escalation in strikes on infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital.
The Omani co-pilot accused of attacking the captain aboard a Flydubai flight to Israel on September 30 attempted to carry out a "terrorist" attack, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said Saturday.
Health officials in New York set up a regional test of healthcare facilities to identify and respond to a patient with a mystery infection that could pose a pandemic-level threat.
By Dana Drugmand A New Jersey county has become the latest local government to sue major oil and gas companies, seeking to recover costs from damage caused by worsening flooding and other climate change impacts.
One argument that often comes up about climate change is that fossil fuels are good because they powered economic growth that has left most people better off overall.
Annual Latinobarometro survey finds views of China’s influence improving as perceptions of US influence worsen.
Ahead of first Palestinian national elections in 20 years, people in Gaza hope to rebuild after Israeli destruction.
The strike on Northern Bridge comes after repeat attacks on another major bridge in recent days.
Two Iranian men are accused of preparing to commit attack in Manchester on or before Yom Kippur.
In the first episode of Radical Thinking, a new series from the Guardian, senior economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty speaks to the former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis about what it was like during the eurozone crisis when he went head to head with those who
No warning was given before the deadly Israeli attack hit Remal, one of Gaza City's most crowded neighbourhoods.
Nations should do more to reduce uncertainty about the legal value of their positions on cyber activities, a new study says.
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Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03057-4 The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.
OpenAI’s rogue agent swarm was eventually caught hacking Hugging Face for a simple reason: it wasn’t trying to hide from us at all. What could a swarm that wants to stay hidden get away with? Host Rob Wiblin sees 6 results in Astra’s system card that make this an extremely urgent question. OpenAI’s strongest public model can: Do major tasks with zero visible reasoning Hide its thoughts at will Pretend not to be able to do things, and not get caught Reflexively hide its thoughts when watched Complete one task while pretending to think about something else entirely Escape a toy sandbox and disab
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