News from Friday, October 23, 2026

Protest rallies held in Syria against repeated Israeli incursions, attacks Protest rallies were held across Syria on Friday against repeated Israeli incursions in the country's south including one this week that killed…

India’s Muslims fear the demolition of a historic mosque near PM's house after the imam claimed he got eviction notice.

October sees highest number of ship attacks on record, report says October has been the worst month for attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and nearby waterways, according to data compiled by a Washin…

Super typhoon weakening but large parts of Taiwan, including Taipei, still mostly closed and flights cancelledTyphoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday killing one person, injuring more than 500, and uprooting trees…

Palestinian farmers face 21 attacks by Israeli forces, settlers in single day, commission says The Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC) has documented 21 attacks by Israeli forces and settlers against Pale…

Saudi-led coalition says ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh destroyed Saudi Arabia's air defences intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile launched by Houthis towards Riyadh, Colonel Turki Al-Maliki, the spokesman f…

Dozens of Palestinians detained during Israeli raids in West Bank Israeli forces have raided at least 13 towns in the northern occupied West Bank, detaining dozens of Palestinians, Al Jazeera reported. The military raid…

Saudi civil defence says danger passes in Riyadh, Najran, Wadi al-Dawasir Saudi Arabia's Directorate of Civil Defence said danger has passed in the capital Riyadh, Najran, and Wadi al-Dawasir, minutes after warning the…

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth alleges Confucius Institutes operating in disguise on US university campusesThe ⁠US defense department has designated Chinese-funded cultural centers on university campuses ⁠known as Confu…

President Javier Milei’s role in cryptocurrency launch does not translate into a fraudulent scheme, judge says.

Coalition spokesperson says drone intercepted in Saudi Arabia's eastern region Saudi Arabia’s air defences have intercepted and destroyed a drone in the country’s eastern region, a spokesperson for the Saudi-led coaliti…

Syrians are protesting Israel’s occupation of parts of the country’s south, near the occupied Golan Heights.

Independent MP now serious but stable, according to update from Melbourne’s Alfred hospital Independent MP Helen Haines’s condition has been downgraded to seriou…

Tanker hit by unknown projectile off Oman, UKMTO says The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has reported that a tanker was hit by an unknown projectile seven nautical miles off Omani coast. The tanker, tr…

US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from IranMarco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying “now is the time” moments aft…

A clinical trial begins to test the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of multiple vaccines.

Israeli forces raid Bethlehem, Salfit areas in West Bank, Wafa reports Israeli forces have raided several areas in the occupied West Bank, including in the governorates of Bethlehem and Salfit, the Palestinian news agen…

Israeli military forcing Hebron residents to evacuate on foot, QNN reports Israeli forces were forcing Palestinian residents of Hebron in the occupied West Bank to evacuate their homes on foot, according to Quds News Ne…

Israeli army launches a 'targeted' operation in Hebron after a shooting killed two soldiers.

Two supertankers using unauthorised Hormuz route hit naval mines, IRGC says Two supertankers struck naval mines while attempting to use an unauthorised route south of the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Co…

Kiryat Shmona, Israel's northernmost city, has long been a bastion of support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. But that loyalty is no longer ironclad.

Behind closed diplomatic doors, some of the U.S.'s closest allies view Donald Trump's America as an "unreliable boyfriend", a "security threat," and open to corruption. A Canadian official warns that the world's disappo…

Parts of Queensland, Victoria and South Australia can expect severe storms on Saturday, moving into NSW and Tasmania by Sunday Severe thunderstorms and heavy rai…

Macklemore says ‘being human is not complicated’ as he kicked off his Free Palestine tour on Thursday night.

Israeli military shells southern Lebanon towns and villages Israeli military has shelled the southern Lebanese municipality of Khiam, towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Mayfadoun, as well as the villages of Barashit, Majd…

The U.S. Treasury Department proposed a rule Thursday to crack down on American high-tech investments such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence in China, Russia, North Korea and other "countries of concern."

Authorities warn of 'destructive winds' and urge residents to shelter as the storm passes the island's northeast.

Turkey says 'you will hear very good news' on Libya east-west reunification Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said the time had come to reunify Libya's rival eastern and western administrations, hinting at an an…

In our news wrap Friday, the White House says Melania Trump brokered a localized ceasefire deal in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky, Romania's president blamed Russia for a drone strike that sank a cargo ship in the Black…

This weekend, voters in Brazil head to the polls in a high-stakes presidential runoff that could reshape that country's political future. Will Brazil join a rightward shift across parts of the Americas, or stick with it…

The Ebola outbreak has now spread to four countries across eastern, central ⁠⁠and western Africa.

Military vehicles storm West Bank’s Hebron as Israeli army starts days-long lockdown Around 20 Israeli military vehicles stormed the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reported, citing its corresponden…

Israeli air strikes in Gaza City kill two Palestinians, wound several Two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Friday in an Israeli air strike in western Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency Wafa rep…

Seventy years after Hungary's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule, Prime Minister Péter Magyar paid tribute to its victims as Ursula von der Leyen highlighted the importance of freedom and democracy.

Being able to use the internet safely is also about being able to participate in everyday life.

In the Balkans, leaders are deepening ties with Israel through defence, surveillance, and political backing. But why?

Israeli raids, demolitions and settler attacks hit Palestinians across West Bank Israeli forces and settlers carried out demolitions, raids and attacks across the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian news agenc…

At least seven people were killed and 34 wounded after two masked gunmen opened fire at a church in Karak, Jordan.

Israeli occupation ‘main source of instability’ in region: Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan say Foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan said on Friday that the "Israeli occupation was the m…

The heiress to the throne quoted Paul Valéry through a Studio Ghibli character – "The wind rises, we must try to live!" – to conclude a strongly political speech about combating contemporary disillusionment, a theme ech…

Javier Milei had denied acting fraudulently when a cryptocurrency nosedived after he deleted a social media post about it.

South Africa: Durban mayoral candidate says he would welcome Netanyahu despite ICC warrant Submitted by Azad Essa on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 21:09 Democratic Alliance mayoral candidate Haniff Hoosen says he would welcome the…

Some three quarters of Jewish first-time voters identify as right or centre-right, higher than rest of Israeli society.

US President Donald Trump on Friday said his country may launch “another little Epic Fury” on Iran, referring to the joint Israeli-American military operation that sparked the war with Iran at the end of February.

More than 800,000 people have been cut off from aid since the Houthis encircled Taiz city in early October.

In tonight's programme, scramble to get through rubble to trapped survivors after a more than 10 storeys building being built in Nairobi goes down. Also, Kenya says that there's been a second Ebola death. Earlier this w…

President Donald Trump is exempting some imports — including plywood sheets, packing crates and some machinery — from the 50% tariffs he slapped on $20 billion worth of Canadian products over the summer

Turkey has no plans to fight Houthis under Saudi pact, minister says Turkey does not see its troops engaging in combat with Yemen’s Houthis under a defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, Defence Minister Yasar Gul…

European leaders are grappling with how best to support Ukraine, balancing their fraught relationships with the Trump administration and the imperatives of European security.

Ukrainians held alongside the American say they witnessed beatings and sexual humiliation by Russian guards during his detention.

'Everybody is terrorised': El-Fasher population drops to just seven percent of last year's high, Amnesty says Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 19:20 One year after the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces took the…

Republican facing tough re-election battle in state where Trump’s trade war with neighbor has stirred outrageSusan Collins, the embattled Republican senator for Maine, announced that several industries crucial to her st…

A drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region killed over 150 people, part of a wave of large scale attacks by the Sudanese army.

'Escalation is coming': Middle East on edge as new Israeli-US attack on Iran looms US diplomats are preparing for embassy evacuations. Israeli fighter jets are conducting sorties on the Iranian border. The mood among Ar…

President Trump says it was First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative that led to a ceasefire in Oleshky.

Rebel commander pledged to continue fighting government-allied forces who seized Ethiopia's Tigray capital.

Spanish newspaper El País has obtained what it identifies as an Interior Ministry report detailing calls for attacks on police officers and protesters during weeks-long demonstrations in several European countries.

Trump: US could launch another military operation against Iran US President Donald Trump told a rally in Florida on Friday that Washington might launch another military operation against Iran. Earlier in the day, asked…

'Escalation is coming': Middle East on edge as new Israeli-US attack on Iran looms Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 17:37 Neither Iran nor the US feel the need to make concessions, risking a second round o…

Aung San Suu Kyi's son said that they spoke about health concerns when he spoke with the detained former leader of Myanmar by phone for the first time in five years

Russia's attacks on the Ukrainian capital are hitting harder and more frequently, making 2026 one of the long war's bloodiest years for Kyiv. DW asked people on the ground what life is like.

Rights group urges global pressure to halt Israel’s planned expulsions in Hebron Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has called for international pressure to stop Israel from forcibly displacing Palestinians in response…

The US has declared helium a critical material as war in the Middle East and export curbs by Russia and China squeeze global supplies of a gas vital to chipmaking, leaving Europe scrambling to secure its share.

Part of the ruins of one of England’s most recognizable piers has collapsed into the sea

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has joined other foreign guests in Budapest to mark the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, signaling a new chapter in relations after the ouster o…

An official in Tigray’s new federal-backed administration has urged rebel fighters to lay down their weapons

After discovery of severe bug in the PHP programming language, executives warn of ‘vulnerability tsunami’Leaders in cybersecurity are sounding the alarm after the discovery of a major vulnerability this week. They are p…

It's been a week that’s seen mass protests hijacked by violent rioters across France. The looting of shops, trashing of public buildings, the burning of Lyon’s Tourist Information and the iconic Limoges City Hall. After…

Time running out for Yemen’s Taiz after 20 days under Houthi siege, UN warns Time is running out to get aid into Taiz, besieged by Houthis who are preventing supplies from reaching Yemen's third-largest city, the United…

Israel has imposed a lockdown across the occupied West Bank after a shooting near Hebron killed two Israeli soldiers.

At least one injured after flooding in Four Corners region – which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah Severe flooding in the Four Corners region on Friday led to water rescues – some from rooftops – and imp…

As Israel approaches a consequential parliamentary election amid renewed violence in the occupied West Bank, Yedioth Ahronoth Senior Journalist Ben-Dror Yemini offers a critical assessment of Benjamin Netanyahu's politi…

Millions removed from India's draft voter rolls viewed as targeting of Muslims Submitted by Muheet Ul Islam on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 15:54 Over 100 million people have been removed from the voter list, and many are question…

Images being broadcast on Jordanian state television show two gunmen who appear to be holding pistols approaching the church and firing shots. A third man who appears to be holding a semiautomatic rifle then appears and…

GMP fear vulnerable people being paid to attack buildings suspected of housing immigrants or refugeesVulnerable people, including children, are being recruited by criminals to damage houses suspected of being HMOs, poli…

On 24 October Rome will be locked down with 1,500 officers, Milan with 1,800 police and soldiers.

Turkey warns against renewed attack on Iran, says diplomacy only way Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan cautioned on Friday against any renewed attack on Iran, saying such a move would exacerbate tensions and further…

Officials say building in Nairobi's Eastleigh area had no occupation certificate, but ground floor was in use.

US could strike Iran this weekend, envoy says The United States could strike Iran as soon as this weekend, a US envoy said on Friday, after mounting threats by both Washington and Israel this week. “Could there be a str…

A few weeks ago, sporting director Max Eberl said that Kompany, who reportedly needed help climbing stairs, had been struggling with both a viral infection and a hip injury.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a “full lockdown” of the occupied West Bank following a shooting.

One sailor killed and three others missing after Comoros-flagged Khoryv hit near Romanian waters.

Iran has plans to target Gulf undersea cables if attacked again, officials say Tehran has drawn up detailed plans to target undersea communications cables in the Gulf if the United States and Israel attack Iran again, t…

Government’s emergency planning advice has sparked sales of essentials but no panic stockpiling, say prepping shop ownersWhen the UK government launched its “Protect and Survive” public information campaign in 1980 on h…

The olive harvest officially began in the West Bank on October 15, 2026, and it has coincided with an uptick in violence towards Palestinians carried out by both Israeli settlers and soldiers. Meanwhile, the settlers an…

China is experiencing a gold rush as families buy more of it, but not necessarily to wear as jewellery.

Multinational ‘anti-war bloc’ uses Istanbul summit to call for a diplomatic solution to Middle East crisisForeign ministers at a summit of eight European and Middle Eastern countries have urged the US and Israel not to…

Lebanon-Israel military talks in US end without a breakthrough Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 16:40 Israeli withdrawal plans have been effectively stalled since the signing of a June agreement between the t…

Prosecution says Robinson guilty of harassment of Daily Mail journalists because we do not live in a ‘vigilante world’ Tommy Robinson is guilty of harassing two journalists because we do not live in a “vigilante world”,…

Cranking up the heat as days grow colder could be making it worse

As Israelis head to the polls for the first legislative election since Hamas's October 7 attacks, neither Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu's Likud party nor former army chief of staff Gadi #Eisenkot's Yashar party are…

One year after the ceasefire in Gaza, efforts to recover the bodies buried beneath the rubble are continuing. Civil Defense officials say 1,000 bodies have been recovered so far, but the task remains immense: between 8,…

Campaigners call lack of progress ‘staggering’, as Ofcom also admits little change in severity of harm to children encountering unsafe contentLandmark online safety measures have failed to limit the proportion of childr…

Many people are feared trapped after a multi-storey building collapsed in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.

Netanyahu vows large-scale West Bank operation, starting with expulsion of Palestinians in Hebron Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank is “on the…

Predicting El Niño a year in advance could help communities and decision makers better prepare for the weather phenomenon's impact.

Indonesian authorities seized 1.16 tonnes of ketamine from a Malaysian vessel in the Strait of Malacca.

A massive security operation has been deployed across France for major protests on Saturday. Businesses across the country remain tense following violence which overshadowed peaceful demonstrations last weekend.

Founded 75 years ago, the St Louis manufacturer has scaled to 1,300 employees and $400 million in sales without downsizing

Residents of Madama describe being cut off from hospitals, schools, and olive groves as Israeli forces blockade village.

Recent efforts to throttle Ukraine's access to satellite systems have created a blame game of sorts among Trump administration officials and their allies, who have offered mixed messages about what led to the sudden res…

A further escalation would 'create nothing but losers', the French foreign minister warns after joint Istanbul meeting .

Antisemitism reviewer David Bell said Muslim schools could threaten UK's 'coherence' Submitted by Imran Mulla on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 15:32 Bell was accused of singling out Muslim faith schools for criticism in 2005 when h…

UAE’s star diplomat Lana Nusseibeh has entered the race for the UN secretary-general position, challenging front-runner Rebeca Grynspan at a decisive time for the global organisation's future. The UN chief race could no…

The European Commission hopes to curb Chinese imports in additional sectors in upcoming talks with Beijing while exploring new trade defence measures, though the move risks triggering retaliatory action from China.

Antiterrorism prosecutors investigating motive of attack that seriously wounded five, including a 12-year-old girl.

Italy demands release of five activists detained by Israel during West Bank olive harvest Italy has called for the immediate release of five Italian activists, all women, held by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Foreign…

Ongoing Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia have raised concerns about further disruptions to global energy supplies, especially after Saudi state oil company Aramco ordered the evacuation of its headquarters on Thursday. An…

Britain should use its G20 presidency to make the case that preventing conflict and hunger is central to a safer and more resilient world, writes Jean-Michel Grand

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned of an imminent large-scale military operation in the West Bank and vowed to displace some residents of Hebron after Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers in an…

Israeli settlers and soldiers have made a habit of destroying olive trees grown by Palestinian farmers in the West Bank and, in recent days, a video showing some trees being ripped up has circulated online. Just one pro…

The White House said the ceasefire in the ‘frontline war city on the brink of disaster’ will begin next week

Democrats are framing the conflict as an affordability issue to criticise Republican candidates backed by Trump.

Israel election 2026: Netanyahu may be weak but the right wing remains as strong as ever Submitted by Meron Rapoport on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 15:09 Likud is set to haemorrhage seats but the election is too close to call and…

Trump says US could end Iran war quickly or let it 'wither' US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Washington could end the war with Iran quickly, but questioned whether to seek a swift conclusion or let the conf…

China should build a “fertility-friendly society” with policies supporting marriage, childbirth and childrearing, the country’s State Council has pledged.

Security forces to include elite units usually used for counter-terrorism after worst street violence in yearsEurope live – latest updatesFrance will deploy about 70,000 police around the country on Saturday as the gove…

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Satellite images show oil spreading for miles along the coastline, threatening local marine wildlife

Exclusive: Key figure in campaign group accused of saying she would ‘never hire a black person’, and second figure discussed Sydney Sweeney’s ‘assets’The Free Speech Union (FSU) is reeling from internal grievances invol…

Netanyahu is facing a tight race with Yashar’s Gadi Eisenko, a former head of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)

Every year the art and design fair AKAA, or "Also Known as Africa", brings dozens of African and Afro-descendant artists to the French capital. As the 11th edition gets underway, we welcome Nigerian painter Midegbeyan O…

Two Israeli soldiers were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning that also left two suspected gunmen dead, the military said, violence that is likely to heighten political tensions and security…

Chase Cameron Gardella alleges that Doherty, 23, encouraged bodyguard Justin “Kane Kongg” Goslee to assault him

Polls show leftist incumbent Lula closing gap on right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro ahead of second round of voting.

Estonia's counterintelligence service has recently warned that sabotage operations orchestrated by Russian special services have reached a new and dangerous phase in Europe, with targets no longer being purely symbolic.…

The US has defunded one of the last universities giving Afghan women the chance to receive an education after the Taliban takeover in 2021. DW spoke with a student who says she's lost hope of ever earning a degree.

The historic blue neon Santa Monica Pier sign, which has welcomed generations of tourists since 1941, will be removed beginning Tuesday

A marathon EU summit on October 15-16 failed to produce a breakthrough on the European Union's next long-term budget. Although EU leaders put on a brave face at the end of the talks by saying that "the way forward is cl…

Vance has become a hurricane off the coast of Mexico

Amsterdam-based art studio DRIFT has unveiled Aeolus, a large-scale installation at London’s Ladbroke Hall that uses hundreds of glass rods and hidden lights to make the invisible movement of wind visible.

Jewish settlers destroy Shireen Abu Akleh memorial near Jenin Armed Jewish settlers arrived in two vehicles near the Ajja roundabout, south of Jenin, and demolished a memorial honouring Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu…

A multi-story building has collapsed in a busy commercial area of Kenya’s capital, and many people could be trapped beneath the rubble

Member of saved family says of stranger: ‘Something kept bringing him down our road’

After more than three years of war, the number of Israeli soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following bloody campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon has risen drastically. In the lead-up to Israel’s crucial l…

For the first time since the beginning of the mobilisation, the French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet student representatives as the government prepares for tomorrow's mobilisation. Luke Shrago has more.

Rescuers combed through a remote area in the Chinese region of Tibet on Friday after a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed at least 16 people, injuring 54 and collapsing hundreds of homes, according to Chinese state medi…

Repeated Ukrainian drone attacks are increasingly disrupting operations at Moscow's airports. The pounding is part of Ukraine's plan to shut down Russia's airpace.

Netanyahu threatens sweeping military offensive in occupied West Bank Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will decide when to carry out a major military operation in the occupied West Bank. “I have rev…

Two soldiers and two Palestinians killed in exchange of fire outside Hebron, where Israeli military says it thwarted ‘terror attack’Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to prepare for a “very extensive” operation in…

Thousands of students have staged days of demonstrations across Indonesia protesting the government’s response to toxic haze that has blanketed multiple cities and several other nations in Southeast Asia

After finishing behind Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has pushed for popular — and costly — measures to bolster his chances in the runoff

At least six people have been killed and 28 others wounded in a church shooting in Jordan, authorities said Friday. The unidentified assailants allegedly attacked the Greek Orthodox church during a funeral in the Karak…

Brussels wants to turn the next round of trilateral peace talks betwen Ukraine, Russia and the US into a multilateral format with European representation.

A multi-storey building under construction has collapsed in Nairobi, leaving a vast pile of rubble. Red Cross workers have arrived at the scene, where excavators are being used among the debris.

Ukraine and Russia have not confirmed the truce in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where residents have had to eat garden weeds to survive.

First lady Melania Trump has brokered an upcoming ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the war-ravaged city of Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid and the evacuation of civilians, the White House announced on Frida…

Humanitarian organisations have a responsibility to demonstrate that money has been spent as promised, and learning from spending it, HRH Infanta Cristina and Antón Leis Garcia write

The Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) brought together member states to discuss regional security, economic cooperation and shared challenges, with a focus on strengthening the or…

A brutal targeted attack on an Australian female MP, who lost both her legs as a result, has reignited concerns over the rising levels of violence against women in public life. Also Cornell University is facing a no-con…

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in UgandaHealth officials across Africa are racing to determine how Nigeria’s first Ebola patient ⁠in more than a…

The first human case of Shamonda virus, confirmed in France, poses no wider threat to Europeans, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) told Euronews.

The men were discovered by a rescue team after their bag, rope and shovel were spotted by a drone

A first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States under a new import agreement has set sail, the Kremlin said Friday, two weeks after President Donald Trump said he struck a deal with President Vladimir Putin…

Exclusive: Angela Eagle tells utility bosses next price review ‘must focus on value for money for customers’UK politics live – latest updatesMinisters will make an unprecedented intervention in water bills and how compa…

Facilities are being built in many countries, but Finland is the first to licence its underground storage facility.

The study said there were more than 50,000 heat-related deaths in towns and cities across Europe

Survivors say two masked gunmen began shooting as dozens attended a funeral procession.

Another 10 people are injured in the southern Karak governorate, and a manhunt is now under way.

Campaigners plan mass Halloween action before Supreme Court hearing on challenge to group's 'terrorist' proscription.

The first earthquake struck at 11:40am on Friday with a magnitude of 3.3

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to meet with high school pupils whose protests over school conditions have sparked a broader movement. Details by Philippe Moreau-Chevrolet, communication specialist and teacher a…

Austria has ordered four Russian diplomats to leave the country, accusing them of espionage

Russia’s territorial gains this year are effectively nil as it heads into trilateral talks with Ukraine, US.

Huge waves, uprooted trees and damaged boats mark Storm Austen's arrival in France and the UK. Gusts of up to 160 km/h have battered Brittany, while fallen branches have blocked roads in southern England.

Authorities in Jordan say that gunmen have opened fire inside a church in Jordan

The European Central Bank is expected to hold rates next week as France's bond sell-off tightens borrowing conditions across the eurozone, while ECB President Christine Lagarde has made clear that the first steps to tac…

France's cost of living protests come as the country struggles with its increasing public debt. Concerns over these public finances have pushed the nation's 10-year government bond yield above 5% for the first time sinc…

Victim left with life-threatening injuries after incident in Frances Street, Woolwich, south-east LondonPolice are searching for a suspect after a man was shot near the Royal Artillery barracks in south-east London.The…

Drones hit three Yandex facilities, a Sber centre and a VKontakte server farm across five Russian regions, causing persistent failures in payments, navigation and cloud services. Experts say restoring the infrastructure…

Azada reflects on her first international competition, representing Azerbaijan and her ambition to become a strong senior gymnast.

Palestinian militants wounded five Israelis in an attack on Friday before being killed in a shootout with soldiers, leading Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order a lockdown in the occupied West Bank days before Isr…

A growing number of countries are tightening rules governing children's online activity amid fears of addiction.

The US-brokered talks are the first planned talks since negotiations stopped earlier this year.

Journalist Heidi Levine recounts Israeli settler attack and Palestinians’ daily fear Washington Post journalist Heidi Levine has described how Israeli settlers knocked her down, kicked her and struck her with sticks dur…

UK antisemitism report questioned as 'three in five' student claim and other findings fall apart Submitted by Imran Mulla on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 10:32 The Bell report finds that anti-Jewish attitudes are 'less prevalent',…

Insults traded on social media and a combative debate have intensified the pressure ahead of a fiercely contested presidential run-off on Sunday, with only a few points separating leftist pro-union President Luiz Inacio…

Nigeria this week recorded its first case of Ebola in the current outbreak, which has spread from the epicenter in Congo to several other African countries.

Wooden boards are going up across France as shopkeepers brace for possible unrest. With a National Rally congress in Orléans and protests approaching in Lyon, businesses fear damage and disruption.

‘No space for critical thought’: How detentions and surveillance are strangling academic freedom in Kashmir Submitted by MEE contributor on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 09:14 Kashmiris have been living with curtailed civil liberti…

Worshippers killed in shooting inside church in Jordan Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 13:12 At least seven people were killed and others wounded by unidentified gunmen Off Two gunmen on Friday shot and kill…

Once the world's largest producer of mink pelts, the nation's industry has declined in recent years.

Israeli drone strike kills two Palestinians in Gaza City Medical sources say an Israeli drone attack on al-Nasr, west of Gaza City, has killed two Palestinians and wounded several others.

Health officials are investigating whether Ebola patients in Kenya and Nigeria crossed paths at Uganda's main airport as conflicting accounts cloud the source of one infection.

Yemen, Bab al-Mandab and Saudi Arabia: Tehran’s strategic calculus in the balance Recent Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and the Yemeni group’s growing leverage over Red Sea shipping have played to Iran's str…

Communications system still faces speed restrictions despite Trump claim that Musk had resumed full serviceTrump, Musk, Zelenskyy: who is blaming who in the Ukraine-Starlink row?Ukrainian forces continue to report wides…

Dozens of schools in Cornwall also affected by conditions as another storm heads for Scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of EnglandThousands of homes are without power and schools have been closed as the first name…

Since Burnham took office Labour has prioritised small fixes to try to show voters it can make a genuine difference, with government insiders delighted at the public reactionIn the first episode of Armando Iannucci’s po…

In Singapore, the quest for eternal youth is no longer just a billionaire's fantasy. It's becoming big business. High-tech clinics, longevity labs and specialist companies all promise the same thing: slowing down the ag…

The positions of Washington and Tehran have changed dramatically since US-Israeli strikes began the war, analysts say.

After two years of protests, Serbia faces a pivotal election on Sunday, with a student-led challenge to Aleksandar Vucic's lengthy rule. Allegations of electoral irregularities and fears of a post-election crisis abound.

The Kremlin says that a first tanker carrying Russian diesel to the United States has set sail under a new import agreement

Brent crude rises to $114.72 a barrel after Tehran threatens retaliatory attacks on Gulf oil and tech facilitiesBusiness live – latest updatesOil has hit its highest level in more than five months as fears of fresh esca…

A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher's healthcare system during their long siege and subsequent takeover of the city in Darfur a year ago. BBC Afr…

French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez held a press conference on security arrangements ahead of upcoming protests. He announced that 70,000 security forces would be mobilised on October 24 to keep order.

Health workers in Gaza are participating in a breast cancer campaign called ‘pink blooms from among the rubble’.

Two miners were killed and five injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion at a privately owned mine in northern Turkey. One person is still trapped inside the mine.

Yemen, Bab al-Mandab and Saudi Arabia: Tehran’s strategic calculus in the balance Submitted by MEE correspondent on Tue, 10/20/2026 - 10:40 The Houthi blockade of the Red Sea benefits Iran but also risks the conflict sp…

Military reinforcements are heading to the Middle East and some personnel have left the region, pointing to a potential attack on Iran. And, millions of Americans have already voted in the midterms.

Dozens of protesters took to the Paris streets on Thursday despite bans on demonstrations ordered in multiple French cities following a weekend of clashes and widespread looting that marked France’s most violent unrest…

The drill comes at a time of relative tension with Russia over the war in Ukraine

The French prime minister says an individual is in police custody after a "serious event" in Trappes.

French prosecutors on Friday said that they were investigating a shooting in Trappes, west of Paris, as a suspected terrorist attack. At least one person was killed, and four more were wounded, earlier in the day when a…

Documents show German party’s scramble to request support after president’s 2016 election win and co-leader’s pursuit of Steve BannonA data leak from Germany’s far-right German Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has reve…

Gatherings banned and curfews extended as cities lock down in an effort to avert further unrest.

"Iris," a monumental painting by Impressionist Claude Monet, sold for 50 million euros ($56 million) in Paris on Thursday, becoming the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction in France.

Defense attorneys for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk are suggesting a 2029 trial date, saying they could need several more years to prepare their case

Investigation marks a rare move by the DoJ against an ally of the US president. Plus, why the world’s coral reefs are facing a dire futureGood morning. Corey Lewandowski, a former political adviser to Donald Trump and ⁠…

The announcement was made as his surgeon and doctor issued an update on his recovery

The first major autumn storm is sweeping across northwestern France. Named Austen by UK forecasters, it brings violent gusts, disrupts transport and causes power cuts.

NPR'S Leila Fadel speaks with retired four-star Gen. Joseph Votel about the war in Iran and the U.S. and Israeli objectives for a potential post-election bombing campaign.

This is President Peter Mutharika's fifth visit to South Africa this year.

The shipment, carrying nearly 300,000 barrels of diesel, according to Kpler, follows a deal that temporarily eased US sanctions on Russian diesel as Trump seeks to lower fuel prices.

Smotrich orders Palestinian building demolitions near Hebron shooting site Israel’s Channel 12 reports that far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered Israeli forces to demolish numerous Palestinian buildin…

Experts interviewed by Euronews explained why improving children's lives requires more than simply expanding access to essential services.

The attack comes at a time of heightened tensions in the West Bank and four days before Israel's general election.

Footage captures the moment an Israeli strike hits a building in Gaza's Nuseirat camp. No deaths were reported, but images show a wounded person.

The proposal comes days after Pyongyang says it moved new military units into 'firing positions' along the border.

Questions about the integrity of some of Abramovich's professional advisers, were raised earlier this month.

‘Hereness’: What the forgotten history of Jewish anti-Zionism can teach us today Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Thu, 10/22/2026 - 10:24 As Zionism and Judaism are conflated by supporters of Israel, anti-Zionist Jews a…

Gunshots were fired from a vehicle in a Parisian suburb

Ukrainian forces continue to experience disruptions to critical battlefield communications despite Donald Trump's assertion that restrictions have been removed, raising fresh questions about Kyiv's dependence on an Amer…

The family were on a snorkelling expedition when the tragedy happened

Israel prepares full West Bank lockdown after Hebron shooting Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 10:36 Israeli forces shut Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque and intensify raids as ministers call to dismantle the Palesti…

An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitudeIn a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed t…

As Senegal prepares to host the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), the first Olympic event ever organised in Africa, the country is pulling out all the stops to be ready on time. FRANCE 24’s Sarah Sakho and Simon Martin report.

Latest smartphones are finding their way into Iran despite sanctions and trade restrictions, but many can't afford them.

A snap parliamentary vote on October 25 will determine whether a student-led group can loosen Vucic’s grip on power.

The pope's doctors said a follow-up chest X-ray confirmed he was recovering well. However, given the short time that has elapsed since the operation, they recommended as a precaution that he not make the trip to Assisi…

Comedian says officials told him he did not have the correct visa, but he feels ‘like I was targeted’

How Trump, Israel and big tech are driving Latin America to the right Submitted by James Schneider on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 09:30 Brazil's election runoff this weekend could see Lula da Silva deposed by the pro-Israel, Trum…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched an attack near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday morning. At least five people were injured, including some critically.

Governments around the world are rushing to implement safety measures after AI technology found 'severe' vulnerabilities in a key programming language called PHP.

For Israeli teenagers, military life ordinarily kicks off in school.

The death of what was thought to be Sri Lanka’s largest elephant has drawn attention to human-elephant conflict in rural communities. The island country sees a high number of deadly encounters.

Gaza bakeries forced to shut as Israel blocks flour shipments Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 10/23/2026 - 09:21 Palestinians queue for bread as shortages deepen, with authorities warning of imminent famine and worsening…

The incident is considered one of the worst peacetime tragedies in the history of Canadian military

Tom Skerritt, a Hollywood veteran actor, known for iconic roles in Alien and Top Gun, has died aged 93 of natural causes, according to a statement released by his family.

Israel’s PM is preparing to order a shutdown in the occupied West Bank lockdown after a shooting near Hebron.

Netanyahu orders Hebron closure, seeks full West Bank lockdown Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered security forces to “immediately impose a closure on the city of Hebron” following a shooting at its no…

Jean-Emile Jammine is pleased to welcome Gökçe Tuncel, Sociologist and post-doctoral researcher associated with the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC). For Tuncel, the wave of youth-led protests across France, Albania,…

Israel's election heats up over ultra-Orthodox conscription debate, reflecting deep societal and political divides.

Exclusive: Photographer Simon Montgomery told ‘state’s interest in regulated immigration’ outweighs his family concernsUK politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesA British photographer is facing deport…

Kim Aris tells NPR his mother sounds strong but is in pain. He says she is held at a residence in the capital.

Brazil's tight presidential runoff pits a political giant against a Bolsonaro heir in a battle over the country's political future.

According to the credit rating agency, Hungary’s 2027 draft budget supports its aim of meeting the conditions for adopting the euro by the end of the decade.

President to meet for first time with student representatives on Friday before further protests.

Rescuers are combing through a remote Chinese region in Tibet after a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed at least 16 people, injured 54 and collapsed hundreds of homes

UK says schoolchildren shouldn’t wave Palestine flags. Ukraine flags are fine though The British government has been accused of hypocrisy after saying pupils should not display Palestine flags in school, despite the gov…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that "illegitimate" protests would be banned in the coming days and blamed "seditious" ultra-left groups and vandals for last weekend's riots and looting.

One person has died after being swept away by waves in Taiwan's Liuqiu island, authorities say.

Israeli forces reportedly shot dead a Syrian man with an intellectual disability and hearing problems, during a raid.

A television reporter abandoned his shoes and glasses and dived into rising floodwaters to save a driver whose car was sinking fast in Morayfield, Queensland.

The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Africa faced a "complex" Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent.

Xenophobic unrest turns deadly in South Africa as a foreign national is beaten to death during a protest march in Durban, a city increasingly gripped by anti-migrant tensions. Meanwhile, as global efforts to raise aware…

Disaster-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 b…

Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.

The satellite service was still operating at a cap of 161km/hr, crippling key air defencesA quick update from what the Ukrainian and Russian officials are saying this morning on overnight attacks:Ukraine says Russia tar…

Pope Leo XIV will not travel to Assisi on Tuesday for a major interfaith peace gathering because he is continuing to recover from thoracic surgery he underwent last week, the Vatican said Friday

Storm Adam brings heavy rain to Valencia, Alicante and Balearic Islands, as Storm Austen gusts strike England and WalesStorm Adam brought torrential rain to eastern Spain earlier this week. In Pego, Alicante, 632mm fell…

An admirably dark and wince-inducing detour for DC Studios, who get a lot right with 'Clayface' when it comes to horror. However, the script lets it down in the second half, leading to a bold but uneven result.

Ministers have repeated several warnings in the last 18 months about the threat of hybrid attacks from overseasAndy Burnham has been meeting armed forces veterans and Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal collectors to mark…

A Malta-flagged tanker carrying 40,000 metric tons of Russian diesel is heading towards New York following an agreement with President Donald Trump

Heated exchanges and chaotic scenes gripped Albania's parliament in Tirana on Thursday as rival MPs clashed inside, while student demonstrators continued their protests outside for a tenth day.

Russia is ready to resume three-way talks with Ukraine and the United States, but on the security parameters of a final peace d al and not a "short" ceasefire, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.

British jazz and soul artist RAYE beat competition from heavyweights including Paul McCartney, Florence + The Machine and favourite Olivia Dean. The Mercury Prize honours the best album released by a British or Irish ar…

Isabelle Vuillet, co-secretary general of the CGT Educ'Action union, is our guest.

With emergency stocks at multidecade lows, analysts say the world may have only a month or two if Hormuz shuts again.

Latest negative economic update comes as John Healey is due to announce budget next weekBusiness live – latest updatesRetail sales in Great Britain fell more steeply than expected last month, the latest negative economi…

Towering waves crashed against Taiwan's coastline as Typhoon Champi swept past the island on Friday, leaving one person dead, 94 injured and hundreds of flights cancelled.

Chinese ownership has not shielded Volvo Cars from competition in China, as the Geely-owned carmaker steps up its turnaround efforts amid pressure from local rivals, US tariffs and the removal of EV incentives.

South Korea has proposed military talks with North Korea to resolve border disputes and prevent accidental clashes

Berta López Domènech, an analyst at the European Policy Centre, said this is the first time an alternative to Serbia’s current leader, Aleksandar Vučić, has “real options” ahead of Sunday’s snap elections.

From chocolate bars to toothpaste, everyday products are getting smaller while prices stay the same. Known as “shrinkflation,” this is making groceries increasingly expensive for Europeans, who end up paying the same fo…

Case filed in 2022 by patient unable to afford medicine leads to cap on drug prices for millions who face ruin if diagnosedThe Indian government has moved to reduce the price of cancer drugs after a retired bank clerk t…

A federal court in Brazil has ordered the government to ensure Indigenous people can vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff

French president Emmanuel Macron is expected to meet with high school unions on Friday

🗳️ On October 25, a runoff election in #Brazil could change the political landscape of #LatinAmerica. In the first round, #FlavioBolsonaro, son of ex-president Jair #Bolsonaro, beat incumbent President Luiz Inacio #Lula…

Taiwan shut down schools and offices and grounded hundreds of flights as Typhoon Champi began brushing by the island

New Zealand's military chief, Air Marshal Tony Davies, has resigned after admitting to an inappropriate relationship while in a position of command

Iran's Araghchi says US and Israel are in a 'parasitic' relationship Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described US-Israeli ties as a "parasitic" relationship . "The U.S. has over the past three years spent $11 BI…

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Ukraine's access to the Starshield satellite system had been restored after Kyiv reported limitations in its access. Trump administration officials and their allies have blam…

David Shoebridge’s newly-minted leadership under pressure over handling of misconduct allegations as Senate estimates loomsMore than a week after allegations that Greens senator Jordon Steele-John had behaved inappropri…

Good morning. I’m Mared Gwyn. In this Friday edition: Ursula von der Leyen is set to become a headline act at Hungary’s 1956 revolution commemoration, and Europeans grapple with Trump’s “terrifying” Ukraine approach.

Al Jazeera interviews Fatih Birol in Berlin as the Iran war disrupts global energy supplies.

France is bracing for another weekend of protests after last week’s demonstrations turned violent, as the government faces pressure to restore order. Meanwhile, EU leaders visit Hungary amid hopes of a reset in relation…

European Parliament’s point man on Canada, Tobias Cremer, told Euronews that the planned “associate membership” should include an institutional framework formalising closer ties between the EU and Canada.

More on the shooting attack near Hebron Six settlers reportedly sustained injuries of varying severity in a shooting operation near Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Two of the Israelis were critically wounded, while t…

Officials will call on UK to ‘step up’ financial support at Brussels summit – with post-Brexit issues also on agendaEU leaders will press Andy Burnham at a summit in Brussels to contribute more to Ukraine’s defence effo…

Regular users detail their frustrations – and question whether Andy Burnham’s crackdown on antisocial behaviour will actually work Andy Burnham has announced a campaign against nuisance behaviour on public transport, in…

Israeli military says forces kill suspected shooters near Hebron The Israeli military said that it killed two suspected of carrying out an attack near Hebron, occupied West Bank. A cordon had been imposed in the area al…

Rising energy prices added to inflation concerns as doubts over AI spending hit tech stocks; investors sought safety in US bonds, and France’s borrowing costs remained above 5%.

French President Emmanuel Macron is meeting with high school student representatives Friday for the first time since the month-long student protests over teacher shortages and run-down schools began. The president is al…

Europe faced its ‘worst summer on record’ for heat deaths – with climate change responsible for two-thirds.

Around 280 companies from 33 countries gathered at Milipol Qatar, displaying drones, robots and AI systems. Exhibitors discussed changing security needs, while officials examined how to protect essential services and re…

Official forecasts show country will meet energy demand by paying high prices to secure importsGreat Britain is expected to pay some of the highest energy costs in Europe this winter as its reliance on imports to ensure…

Protests and fringe violence expose sharp divide between marginalised and immigrant youth and those with greater prospectsMartina Miccichè was filming riot police kicking and beating a teenager with batons as they dragg…

Visa quotas, university fees and NHS surcharges remain sticking points ahead of post-Brexit negotiations next monthA deadline for a youth mobility scheme between the EU and the UK could be deferred by six months in a bi…

Officials say they both travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 October.

Saudi Arabia postpones two notable forums to 2027 Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics has postponed the United Nations Global Data Forum and the Second Saudi Statistical Forum in its capital of Riyadh to 202…

Air Marshal Tony Davies says he regrets not disclosing relationship

High winds propelled the blaze across the army base in Wainwright, killing four soldiers and injuring dozens more.

Ukrainian military sources say they are yet to see any change in satellite internet speeds

The clashes broke out after parliamentary leadership rejected opposition demands to debate ten days of student demonstrations that have gripped the capital Tirana.

Karachi's last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?

A small Japanese village facing an ageing population and labour shortages is hoping to attract young residents from Peru through a new sister-city partnership.

During the Cold War, the exclave of West Berlin, isolated in the middle of Communist East Germany, was regarded as one of the most dangerous potential flashpoints for a conflict between the Soviet Union and the West. In…

In a recent report, Jennifer Kavanagh of Defense Priorities called for the U.S. to end its formal security commitments to Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines and to withdraw nearly all of its forces in those countri…

Search and rescue efforts under way after quake strikes region’s north, officials say, while at least seven aftershocks recordedA magnitude-7 earthquake has hit China’s Tibet region, killing at least 16 people, injuring…

People succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating tollHeat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, new research suggests…

Alois uses the first veto of his reign to quash parliament-approved bill backed by a national petitionThe hereditary prince of Liechtenstein has used his veto for the first time in his reign to quash a bill aimed at bri…

Economic fallout from war in Middle East adds to pressures on consumers and on chancellor before budgetConsumer confidence in the UK has fallen at the fastest rate outside the Covid pandemic since the 2016 Brexit vote a…

UAE announce temporary closure of Umm Al Quwain beaches The UAE has announced the temporary closure of all beaches and coastal areas in Umm Al Quwain, following an oil spill from a tanker. In a statement by the the Mini…

No date has been set to decide on a successor for Nicolas Maduro after the former president was captured by US forces.

When saving your pet comes with guilt: The reality of starvation in Gaza In the latest episode of The Gaza Podcast, Palestinian journalist and human rights defender Maha Hussaini introduces her cat Tom, a fellow genocid…

As Typhoon Champi approached Taiwan, most businesses and schools were closed across the island Friday and hundreds of flights were canceled in the region. Authorities reported at least one death and dozens of injuries a…

A 27-year-old Indian developer has created a satirical video game inspired by the Cockroach Party-led protests.

Trump suggests US may launch further attacks against Iran US president Donald Trump suggested that Washington may launch more attacks targeting Iran. "This should have been done a long time ago by other presidents, the…

Trump has declined to comment on the process that led Starlink to lift speed and access restrictions on Ukraine.

Alerts issued in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh and Najran, Saudi-led coalition says Houthi missiles intercepted Saudi Arabia's civil defence issued early warning alerts in Riyadh and later Najran, before it announced that the d…

Demonstrators gathered on the sixth anniversary of a near-total abortion ban imposed by Poland's highest court.

Leaked documents reveal a project to compile lists of UAE residents from their Facebook likes of news articles considered critical of the Emirati government.

The quake hit a mountainous, sparsely-populated region in north-eastern Tibet.

Officials compare working in Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine to the Cold War era.

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes.

There were several heatwaves across Europe over the summer

Ed Miliband will be in Turkey on Friday for the vital talks

Iran's state television reported that seven oil tankers either caught fire or were damaged by mines overnight Wednesday into Thursday after being targeted or striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

Ukrainians are desperate for more defense systems to repel Russia's relentless onslaught of drones and ballistic missiles. For the missiles, no system is more valuable than the U.S. Patriot interceptor. But years of use…

The deaths of two CIA agents in April after a drug lab operation in northern Mexico have led to treason charges against a former Chihuahua state attorney general

Two officials have told The Associated Press that El Salvador has deployed 100 special forces soldiers to Haiti to help recover four missing soldiers from the Central American country who recently came under attack by g…

The beauty giant's CEO says the use of GLP-1s is "a very important phenomenon for us".

The Senate candidate denounced opponent Ken Paxton, calling out corruption allegations and support from MuskJames Talarico, the Democratic candidate for the US Senate in Texas, has taken aim at Elon Musk, warning that t…

Letters from federal prosecutors represent latest escalation as Trump continues to make claims of voter fraudFederal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday demanding that local officia…

Zeteo’s weekly round-up, documenting the growth of authoritarianism in Trump’s second term.

WA politician says he considered attending Senate estimates virtually but was told it would be ‘unacceptable’Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcastJordon Steele-John has confirmed he will not attend…

Intense rainfall slammed the Four Corners region late this week. As rivers flooded, towns declared evacuations and emergencies and made rescues.

The Trump administration wants to move Forest Service headquarters from Washington to Salt Lake City, shutter 23 research stations, and close many regional offices and replace them with state offices.

Police body camera and security footage released on 21 October shows the police shooting of Kohen Wiley on 14 June in Senatobia, Mississippi. The released video comes after the Mississippi attorney general announced tha…

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With just 11 days until the US midterm elections, Democrats need a net gain of four seats to reclaim CongressWith just 11 days until the US midterm elections, early voting data is rolling in nationwide. Democrats need a…

President Trump is making a final push to help Republicans maintain control of Congress as some of the most closely watched races remain competitive. But the battle for the Senate is also playing out in court. In Alaska…

It's been more than a decade since Iowa has had a Democratic governor or senator. But this year, with the incumbents retiring, both races are competitive. As Peter Tubbs at Iowa PBS reports, record-high diesel prices ha…

Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW and National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Trump administration's legal fight over a closely watched Senate race in Alaska, re…

Health care costs are climbing, putting new pressure on millions of Americans and raising questions about the coverage they can afford. The challenges extend to Medicare Advantage. In some parts of the country, insurers…

The Department of Justice filed suit against the state of Alaska on Thursday, preemptively attempting to decertify the state’s election results—unless they win. Their justification: Democratic candidate Mary Peltola, wh…

President Zelensky says limits to the technology continue to affect Ukrainian forces, while US officials and Elon Musk offer conflicting accounts of who controls it.

Defense attorneys for the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk are suggesting a 2029 trial date because they say it could take them that long to prepare their case.

The police officer involved in a shooting in Mississippi and killed a toddler has resigned a day after video of the incident was released.

The Texas congressman joins Mehdi LIVE in Houston to talk why ICE is beyond reform, why ‘tarnishing AIPAC’ saves lives, whether AOC should run for president in 2028, plus takes audience questions.

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Meanwhile, fighting in the Middle East continues as oil prices climb

Republicans are taking it and hoping no one notices. Let’s make sure they do.

The percentage of new mothers receiving prescriptions for the drugs has leapt in the past seven years

Democrat Anna Gomez warns broadcasters against yielding to the Trump-era FCC's claims of fake polls and news distortions.

A Justice Department filing listed a different name for her, prompting Trump to call for her resignation.

Some questions remain unanswered as the investigation continues, the mayor said

The agency regularly monitors polling places. But this year's effort on Nov. 3 will more than double the number of federal monitors deployed during the 2022 midterms.

Susan Collins, a Republican in a tight race to keep her senate seat in next month's elections, said she had been working with the White House on tariff relief.

Sgt. Hunter Foster, 33, had been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by the Mississippi Attorney General's office earlier this week after its monthslong probe concluded his use of force had been justified.

The Pentagon is building weapons and projects with AI capabilities that officials say don't always closely adhere to the agency's own guidelines for AI, according to a congressional watchdog report published in October.

Donald Trump told rally-goers on Thursday evening that he had 'the right to run again' for president, invoking a claim he has repeatedly made that he may seek a third term despite it being unconstitutional Continue read…

October's reading marked the second-lowest on record after the all-time low of 44.8 set in May

The Trump administration has suggested that state prosecutors don't have jurisdiction to investigate federal officers, while Minnesota officials have said they don't trust the federal government to investigate itself.

The family lawyer says an allegation of shoplifting "does not warrant the death" of a child.

Unidentified object vanished suddenly and silently, anonymous senior military observers claimTwo senior military observers say they watched a mysterious black triangular object flying at an extraordinarily high speed ov…

Attorney General Todd Blanche has declined to pledge DOJ’s independence from the White House and suggests he could file similar suits

More than 22 million Americans have already voted. Did Trump’s threats to voting by mail backfire?

Ohio has been a reliably red state for several elections but it's competitive this year. If Democrats want to prevail, they'll have to win people who have backed Republicans, like rural voters.

Trump justice department claims there could be ‘confusion’ about two Republicans on the ballot named Dan SullivanDonald Trump said he ordered the justice department to file a lawsuit to block the certification of Alaska…

Lawyers for two accused officials say Department of Justice seeking to revive scandal in the run-up to midterm vote.

Officials in northeast Ohio said a chemical tank leak earlier in the week was caused by an employee error

With so much going on right now, we pick up with an unusual Friday afternoon column to cover Trump’s defamation case against the BBC.

His name might not be on the ballot this November, but New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in American politics right now. After his barrier-breaking victory late last y…

Meanwhile, the GEO Group announced that DHS purchased two immigration jails in Adelanto, California, for $950 million.

Speaking at a campaign stop, Ramaswamy said the advertisement, which features Acton's mother calling her "a liar," had nothing to do with childhood abuse.

The lawsuit raises concerns the US administration may be looking to meddle in some of this midterm cycle’s races.

The president insists he can help his party defy the polls, even as Republicans who voted for him sour on his policies and increasingly erratic behavior and comments in the home stretch to Election Day, writes Andrew Fe…

The American people view the current political system as “a nightmare,” Kagan said, “and they’re right.”

It is a truth universally acknowledged that rich people love a designer dog. TikTok influencers walk their viewers through the process of cloning their dearly departed pugs. If you’ve got enough money, you can get a gen…

Independent voters’ economic anxieties highlight political implications of plummeting US consumer sentiment.

Most of the immigrants targeted by federal authorities in California this week for alleged voter fraud had applied for U.S. citizenship and now face charges related to lying on forms or during interviews. Those charges…

Despite distraction and distortion, voters know what issues will be informing their votes in this electionThis was originally published in The Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in…

Hunter Foster fired at vehicle during a shoplifting call at a Walmart, killing one-year-old Kohen WileyHunter Foster, the Mississippi police officer who shot into a vehicle and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley, has resig…

As time runs out on their hold on power, Trump’s lackeys are turning more brazen—and on each other.

Seven in 10 Americans don't believe President Donald Trump will accept the midterm results.

Kohen Wiley would have celebrated his second birthday in early November

Many in both parties believe the midterm fight could come down to Alaska, where Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan faces Democrat Mary Peltola

Former Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene alleged on X that politicians’ secrets function as ‘levers of control’ that keep them ‘in line’

Recent spots by Abdul El-Sayed and Vivek Ramaswamy show a choice between service and cruelty

In a little-noticed webpage update, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to decommission its online web archive at the end of the year, a move that would wipe tens of thousands of publicly available…

President Trump has heaped praise onto the ad, even claiming: ‘I only wish I could have had an ad like that against somebody’

But the US constitution unequivocally states that he cannot, which the president also seemed to acknowledgeDonald Trump joked with rally-goers on Thursday evening that he had “the right to run again” for president, invo…

The Israeli prime minister’s old writings from the 1980s and 1990s also reveal his long game for war against Iran – and how he influenced everyone from Reagan to Bush to Trump.

The justice department has filed a lawsuit arguing that the inclusion of two candidates named Dan Sullivan could confuse voters.

Vancouver’s Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) elected all 12 candidates it ran in the city’s recent election. The democratic socialist party is now part of a progressive council majority.

Guilfoyle’s mission in Greece — to push fossil fuels — is also playing out in the US with a permitting reform bill.

Sipping on an iced caramel latte with whipped cream and talking about “squadding up” with his daughters on Fortnite, Brian Poindexter doesn’t necessarily fit the stereotype of a “manly man,” which is how another magazin…

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.

The Supreme Court will consider in the new year whether the 1868 legislation forbidding home distilling should be overturned.

It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean, with storms spawning in assembly-line fashion near Hawaii and Mexico as El Niño conditions worsened by global warming create unusual weather.

The visit came amid discussions between the US and Israel about a renewed assault on Iran.

This move has sparked concerns about a lengthy battle between the U.S. government and states over election certification.

A Republican district attorney in West Texas has opened a criminal investigation into pamphlets mailed to homes across Texas purporting to come from a transgender rights organization. Sarah Stogner, district attorney fo…

I am beginning to see a glimmer of hope that justice will be found for the dozens of family members I have lost in Gaza.

Victory for Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil’s election would bring mafiosi to power and reward interference by the White House and Miami reactionaries. In the final stretch of the campaign, Bolsonaro no longer looks invincib…

Trump's former campaign manager is reportedly being investigated for allegedly using his role at the Department of Homeland for financial gain.

Kash Patel accuses former intelligence specialists of lying to Congress about bureau’s role in laptop investigation

Voting rights advocates say directive would disenfranchise young and low-income voters, but Republicans say it’s needed to combat voter fraudUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court has cleared the way for…

Helium is the 20th critical material identified by DOE

Democratic voters are more motivated to vote against the president in the Nov. 3 elections than Republicans are to turn out in support of him, the poll found

CNN star questions President Donald Trump’s decision to go to bat for advert in which Democrat Amy Acton is accused by her own mother, whom she has not spoken to in 48 years, of lying about her traumatic past

Mississippi released bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley.

Reclaim Rhode Island demonstrates the power of tenant organizing to effect change in local politics.

‘I never called the VP ridiculous,’ Ashley Hinson wrote. ‘What’s ridiculous is the media’s characterization of his comments and of mine’

If you want to know whether artificial intelligence is a gigantic economic bubble, don’t just take pundits’ word for it. Major investors are now moving their money to try to protect themselves from the AI bubble popping.

Trump could face sanctions, including dismissal of his lawsuit, if he fails to cooperate with questioning.

When we talk about aging well, we focus on our hearts, our brains, and our muscles, but we rarely talk about our mouths.

State authorities investigating killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti said federal officials paused transfer of evidenceThe federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigati…

At least 59 people have died in ICE custody since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the highest number in more than a decade. Many deaths have been linked to medical neglect, including four of five rece…

Trump to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds, who has distanced himself from president; Trump doubled down on support for RamaswamySign up for the Breaking News US emailTrump will begin his day in Washing…

CBP commissioner Rodney Scott says $46bn Texas project is justified amid court-ordered pause on wall’s constructionThe Trump administration’s top border official defended plans to build a wall and other infrastructure i…

Netanyahu Moves to Fully Lock Down West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections, As Trump Threatens New Strikes, U.S. Ambassador Says Iran War Could Last Another Year, Study: European Heat Waves Killed 50,000 in 2026 as Toll of…

Trump says he only likes the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, noting: ‘I’m not gonna put either ‘Trump’ or ‘America’ on any other ocean but these two’

Elon Musk has reportedly injected around $77 million into his America PAC in the first half of October alone

Thousands of “No Kings” events were held across the country last Saturday.

People under 35 are hunting for no-frills rides they can pay for in cash and fix themselves – defying expectations to take on steep loansJack Price joined the Marines in fall 2021 knowing he would need a car to get arou…

This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Behind a wire fence lies a vast gaping wound of earth. Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an e…

The president is set to strike Iran at a time of his political choosing, giving the lie to claims the war is an existential issue. At home, he’s hitting out at a Democrat who survived childhood abuse.

Byron Donalds removed mentions of the president from his website and has barely uttered his name – will his ploy prove successful in a tight governor’s race?It took Byron Donalds, addressing a wildly supportive crowd at…

30 markers were removed from Acadia under a Trump administration campaign to strip national parks of materials deemed disparaging to American history

Trump’s latest tactic to champion Republicans at midterm rallies? Assessing men’s bodies in meticulous detailSpeaking at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, earlier this month, to support the Republican senator Jon Husted, Don…

Republicans are facing a tough fight in Iowa. President Trump's campaign tour stopped in the state in hopes of rallying voters.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the only member of the court to publicly dissent

Voters in 39 states will face an array of referendum issues – including Alabama’s on the national anthem in schoolsAmericans heading to the polls for next month’s midterm elections are not just choosing whom to send to…

To reclaim control of the Senate, Democrats need to retain all the Senate seats they have and flip four more in the 2026 midterm elections. Shrai Popat, the Guardian's US politics reporter, explains which are the key ra…

The deal is built to prevent future presidents and Venezuelan leaders from changing or dismantling the enterprise

Megan Harper started pumping gas at a marina when she was 14 — she’s always known how to turn a dollar. Now a 41-year-old mother of three, she’s a marketing executive in a Charlotte, North Carolina, suburb and runs a si…

US President Donald Trump has again suggested he could run for a third term in 2028, arguing that the 2020 election was stolen despite the US Constitution's two-term limit.

Recent polls suggest the president is facing challenging headwinds in the state ahead of the midterms.

If you're planning to fly this holiday season, be prepared to pay more than you did last year. The price of jet fuel — one of airlines' biggest expenses — is close to an all-time high in the U.S.

Young candidates who rent or live with parents say their generation is "in the thick" of the country's housing affordability crisis. They argue this gives them new energy to solve it for everyone.

For StoryCorps, two single parents who have no interest in dating fall in love in Birmingham, Alabama.

A magistrate judge orders President Trump to sit for a deposition in a case he's brought against the BBC for defamation.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with New York City Councilwoman Joann Ariola about her vote against a bill banning horse-drawn carriages in the city.

The backlash over an Ohio campaign advertisement attacking Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor, spread beyond the state's borders Thursday, causing fresh headaches for Republicans with less than two weeks unt…

The stock market may be more efficient than Rubin thinks it is

Horse-drawn carriage rides could end in Central Park in June 2028, following years of debate over animal welfare and public safety.

These truly-through-the-looking-glass days, it seems the drunk uncle you really didn't wanna ask to dinner is getting worse. Scarily and no longer mirthfully, the befuddled "head" of a GOP blitzed on projection daily sp…

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit trying to stop the Trump administration from building a triumphal arch along the Potomac River are asking a federal judge to halt all construction plans, one day after the National Park Service s…

President Donald Trump says he has heard about the Department of Justice investigating Corey Lewandowski

State officials say in court filings that the federal government has stopped sharing evidence with Minnesota authorities who are investigating the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal officers

Donald Trump isn't on the ballot this November, but the midterms could change the final two years of his presidency.

Little-known San Francisco start-up Marathon Fusion says it has turned mercury into stable gold at ten times the rate of CERN's record, raising a question that has haunted the diamond trade: could lab-made gold one day…

Alexander Ward and Lara Seligman of the Wall Street Journal reported today that Trump called Elon Musk yesterday to ask him to stop throttling Starlink’s military-grade communications system, Starshield, in Ukraine.

First Arab-American mayor to endorse Trump becomes adviser to president The former mayor of Hamtramck, Michigan, who became the first Arab and Muslim-American elected official to endorse Donald Trump for the US presiden…

Democratic lawmakers have begun planning their post-midterm investigations into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whose tenure has been filled with controversy.According to The Telegraph, congressional Democrats “have…

Will Donald Trump accept a ‘blue wave’ if it happens? Have young people turned away from centrist politics for ever? Will the US ever recover its image on the world stage? Jonathan Freedland is joined by the Guardian US…

Tech-heavy Nasdaq falls 2.6 percent as debate rages over whether AI is a bubble.

In which I try to answer your questions about modern politics....

Trump advises the Republican gubernatorial candidate to keep running the controversial advertisement.

Zionist activists like Haviv Rettig Gur love to say ‘Zionism is a rescue project,’ but history shows otherwise. Many Jews were abandoned by the pre-war Zionist movement.

US federal agents raided the congresswoman’s home last week as part of an investigation into alleged immigration fraud.

Georgia’s deteriorating press freedom is part of a broader process of democratic backsliding, with the right to peaceful protest severely restricted, opposition politicians jailed, a decline in judicial independence, an…

California flu test rate at 9.65%, higher than normal 1% rate for early October, amid mutation of H1N1 influenza A strainFlu cases on the west coast are on the rise months earlier than normal, prompting US health expert…

Trump went after Abdul El-Sayed, James Talarico and Ilhan Omar at his rally in Sioux City, Iowa, as he stumps for Republicans ahead of November’s midterms

Calley Means, a top adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a chief advocate for the Make America Healthy Again movement, resigned from his position with the Trump administration Thursday.

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike's arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or "blown," before she was…

The Justice Department review follows an internal referral by the DHS inspector general into potential contracting fraud and financial conflicts during Noem’s tenure

A teacher wounded in last week's attack on a special education classroom at an Oregon elementary school never had a chance to try to shelter any of the children inside, she said Wednesday in a statement issued by a fami…

With the midterm elections less than two weeks away, a new legal battle is raising questions about the federal government's role in policing who is eligible to vote. A federal judge in California has blocked a Departmen…

The younger sister of Stephen Hubbard, the U.S. citizen freed after spending more than four years in a Russian prison, said her brother didn’t realize he was being released until he was taken onto a plane and saw an Ame…

One of the most closely watched Senate races in the country is unfolding in Maine, where five-term Republican Susan Collins faces a tough challenge from Democrat Troy Jackson, a former logger and state legislator. The r…

When actor Christina Applegate revealed that she had been misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, it triggered not only an outpouring of empathy for her, but raised important questions about how often people are told they…

Recent efforts to throttle Ukraine’s access to satellite systems have created a blame game of sorts among Trump administration officials and their allies

The 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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a new directive telling troops they cannot use “nonpublic information” to make bets on prediction markets

Agriculture 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

For decades, federal Pell Grants have helped millions of students from low- and middle-income families afford college. Now, for the first time, that financial aid will also be available for short-term vocational trainin…

Judge says Trump must sit for questioning from a BBC lawyer by December 11 or face possible dismissal of lawsuit.

The deal allows Zuckerberg to pay a potentially huge billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California without losing his ownership stake in the company he founded.

Investigators say Brian Sguros found a man dead during a 2022 welfare check and allegedly took over the man’s home and impersonated him for years.

Two medical researchers have been awarded with this year's $500,000 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research. Both leaders' work has led to the development of new cancer treatments that have exten…

Both candidates in the race for governor have continued to campaign hard on affordability.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) – Albany police have identified remains found at an Albany home as Ashley Carroll, who was reported missing from Rensselaer in 2010. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, around 9 a.m., Albany Police Department offic…

The mother of a student at Algonquin Middle School in Averill Park is pleading for change after she said her daughter has been dealing with racism within the school district for two years. The post Averill Park mom push…

The Albany Police Department has identified the human remains found a property on Marlborough Court earlier this week. The remains have been identified as those of 24-year-old Ashley Carroll, who was reported missing fr…

Nearly 40 cats are believed to be inside a mobile home at the Garden Homes Trailer Park in Glenville after the home’s owner was evicted and the locks were changed, leaving him unable to enter.

Early voting starts on Saturday.

MENANDS, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- After a devastating fire the Menands Fire Department is working to rebuild. This all comes after they were awarded $99,200 through the state’s V-Fire Grant Program. The department says they aren…

Early voting in New York begins Saturday and as candidates make their final appeals to their constituents, affordability continues to top the list of voter concerns. WAMC's Annie Bennett with our Southern Adirondack Bur…

A new chocolate shop in Pittsfield plans a Halloween opening with free gifts for the first 30 customers. com NewsChannel 13.

ALBANY, NY (NEWS10) —A 22-hour ride, no sleep, and miles and miles ahead. That's what two veterans did on Friday. They set out Friday afternoon on a journey from Albany County to Suffolk County, all to raise awareness a…

A boil water order has been issued for some addresses in the Town of Glenville. The Schenectady County Department of Environmental Health has issued the advisory due to a water main break.

NewsChannel 13 is saluting Robert Tucker Jr. of Hudson Falls for his military service. com NewsChannel 13.

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Nitrous oxide is found in cans of whipped cream and laughing gas at the dentist's office, but when it comes to recreational use, officials say it's no laughing matter. "It impairs the individual…

Community members rallied to save the Community Store in Saranac Lake but were not able to due to the increase in online shopping

Greenfield, Massachusetts, housing advocates and a tenants union notched a victory this week as the city council approved a rental registry ordinance.

Times Union education reporter Kathleen Moore recently reported on the story of a 14-year-old home-schooled student named Michael Sweeney from Bethlehem, New York. Michael has been taking advanced college courses, but b…

Albany is slated for an action-packed weekend with the return of Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live to MVP Arena.

No serious national park proposals have been made about the Adirondacks since 1967.

Troy is set to begin a major overhaul of the Frear Park playground after City Council approved the project. com NewsChannel…

The Troy City Council has voted to override a veto from Mayor Carmella Mantello on a law establishing restrictions on automated license plate readers.

Snow arrived in Inlet after five days of hard frost and Gary Lee joined other fire tower steward volunteers in Speculator

Adirondack Murray was a minister who wrote a guide book which spurred the development of tourism in the region

This First Responder Friday on CRL highlights Colonie EMS paramedic Stefanie Martinovich. She was nominated as a compassionate and dedicated first responder, and as a breast cancer survivor she continues to raise funds…

Connie Bramer brings new momentum to Get Your Rack Back with expanded reach and a holiday event that supports patients and families. She also walks through the small ideas, like gratitude journaling and prepared meals,…

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Dancing with the Capital Region Stars returns for a vibrant 4th year, and Dr. Greg Efros and international champion Karyna Poliakova are bringing a lively cha-cha with a hip-hop twist to a night that has already raised…

RICHMOND, M.A. (WNYT)— The Capital Region Lifestyle Apple Cider Donut Tour took a trip to the Berkshires, where Hilltop Orchards is serving up a sweet twist on the classic fall treat. Related: CRL Apple Cider Donut Tour…

The Folds of Honor New York chapter has a heavy focus of fundraising in the Capital Region. Through eight years of a concert held locally, more than $4 million has been raised for the scholarships provided to families o…

After more than a century delivering fresh produce across the Capital Region, a fourth generation family-owned business, A.J. Rinella, is closing its doors. The post A.J. Rinella & Co. closing up shop after serving the…

Higgnation, a card and collectibles shop in Cohoes, will be celebrating their grand opening on October 24.

Here's a look at a handful of events happening around the Hudson Vally and Capital Region.

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The grant will support Inlet, Indian Lake and Long Lake with opportunities for outdoor recreation and economic development

State officials are reminding New Yorkers of their voting options and rights ahead of the Nov. 3 election. com New…

Tips for riding the 3 trails that make up a 2.3-mile network off Hardy Road in Wilmington

Along Mohawk Avenue, several businesses have been without an easily accessible sidewalk since the summer due to this construction, as National Grid works to replace old gas lines.

An investigation is underway after a car crashed into a building in Malta. The incident occurred at about 5:39 p.m. at a building at Malta Commons, according to the Round Lake Fire Department.

The Saratoga County Republican chairman has announced he is stepping down. Joseph Suhrada made the decision to resign after a phone recording was shared with the Times Union appearing to portray Suhrada using racist and…

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Pumpkin Palooza Family Festival took place on Thursday at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy. About 25 engineering students put their knowledge to the test, designing and building catapul…

Students and families at Colonie Central High School are still questioning why some students were punished after walkouts over racism. The post Laywer weighs in on student suspensions, walkouts at Colonie HS appeared fi…

Albany County voters will be asked to decide two ballot initiatives during the 2026 midterm elections.

Downtown Glens Falls will host a free Halloween event this weekend with local businesses and family activities. com NewsChannel…

NewsChannel 13 is saluting Sgt. Zhairon Welch of Saratoga Springs for his service. com NewsChannel 13.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Multiple counties are now voting to ban Kratom, a controversial botanical linked to energy drinks and other products that have had adverse effects on some who use them. Warren County v…

Driven by camp conversions and structural upgrades, annual town referrals to the APA grew from nearly 80 in 2015 to more than 160.

RENSSELAER, N.Y. (NEWS10)-- Yesterday NEWS10 reported the leadership struggles that the Rensselaer Housing Authority is facing, and how city officials are moving forward. We now know that almost the entire board is vaca…

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) —Discussions are still underway in Schenectady over a proposed e-bike and e-scooter law. Meanwhile, Albany County has already put its own regulations in place. Discussions are still underway i…

The Saranac Lake Civic Center, Adirondack Roots, ESF, ANCA and Protect the Adirondacks see staffing changes

Democratic Rep. Paul Tonko is running for a 10th term in Congress. WAMC's Grant Ashley spoke with the incumbent to discuss why he's running again and what he would hope to achieve in another term.

Ballston Spa— Saratoga County History Center at Brookside Museum is thrilled to announce the local premiere of short film “Her Self-Inflicted Decapitation,” on October 30 at 6:00 p.m. Directed by local filmmaker Noah Ma…

The Saratoga Automobile Museum invites the community to get into the Halloween spirit at its upcoming Trunk or Treat event on Wednesday, October 28 from 2 to 6 p.m. This family-friendly celebration will feature costumes…

Schuylerville Elementary School music teacher Mr. Chris Tucker was surprised with the General John Patterson–Supervisor Thomas Wood IV Saratoga Teaching Excellence Award, presented by the Saratoga County 250th American…

The Saratoga Springs City School District is proud to announce that it has received the 2026 Pinnacle of Excellence Award, the highest honor presented by ASBO International (Association of School Business Officials Inte…

“This is something that no one’s ever thought of before,” said U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, at GlobalFoundries’ celebration of Japan’s 21-billion-dollar investment into two new semiconductor fabs on Wedne…

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s eighth annual Photo Finish juried photography exhibition will open at the von Stade Gallery on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Featuring selected amateur and professional photographs…

The shelter provides 45 beds, but staff say those beds are typically full every night, with demand sometimes exceeding the number of available spaces. The post Albany emergency shelter opens nearly a month early as need…

"Think of us as a generation that got the tail end of the party but had to clean up the mess."

This is what pure confidence looks like.

"Now this is something I’m proud to be a part of!!!!!"

"Taxes filed FOR YOU, and the return just appearing in your bank account."

Skin-to-skin contact, the practice of a newborn being placed directly onto the mother’s or father’s chest, is considered essential — sometimes lifesaving — care for preterm infants. The World Health Organization recomme…

The fundraiser set an ambitious goal for its seventh year.

“Reacher can sing too? Some guys got handed the whole toolbox.”

The trees that once held ornaments become barriers that trap sediment and help marsh grasses grow. The post New Orleans drops old Christmas trees into wetlands by helicopter. They’re helping rebuild the marsh. appeared…

Here’s why that question backfires, and what to ask instead.

The country is huge and diverse.

Found alone and oppressed by scavengers on a remote northern Alaska beach, an orphaned Pacific walrus calf now has a new home at SeaWorld Orlando. Weighing approximately 220 pounds, the 5-month-old male calf, named Anna…

She unexpectedly stole the show.

Called "helping hands," the method could one day be used as an emergency rescue for dying reefs. The post A random lab accident just revealed the unusual technique that can revive dying coral in weeks appeared first on…

It's paradoxical. Planning time off makes big achievements easier.

Episode Description: Germany just finished building the world’s tallest wind turbine: 1,197 feet tall, and built without a crane. They had to invent an entirely new construction method, because cranes don’t go that high…

A Kansas Elementary School teacher is earning the praise of his community for sending children home full of positive affirmations. “I am kind!” “I can do hard things.” The cherubic chorus of voices coming out of Tyler R…

A man’s misfortunate on vacation turned into a story fit for a fantasy novel, as complete strangers came to his rescue inspired by The Lord of the Rings. Losing his wedding ring in a mountain stream, 3 young men summone…

Solar panels grown above grapevines substantially increased the development and fruit production of the crop—all while generating clean energy. The technique, known as agrivoltaics, has been well-studied in other settin…

Suddenly Darth Vader climbs up onto a chair in front of the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. Clad in all black, he swings his sword like a conductor’s baton while 200 musicians and volunteers, most in their early twenties, get…

Happy 50th Birthday to Ryan Reynolds, the always-handsome and hilarious Canadian actor who first starred in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl in 1998, then rose to fame in a range of films like The Proposal and Green Lante…

Rewilding gave low-lying islands hope, a basic income trial showed promise, and a Bangladeshi factory won an award, plus more

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Researchers at Northwestern University and UC Santa Barbara identified a specific contact point on tau proteins where the misfolding that drives Alzheimer’s disease begins. The findi…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM It is harvest time in Kansas City, and at Kansas City Academy, students are stepping outside during lunch to pick jujubes straight off the trees. “I feel like a fairy tale princess e…

A statue of an ancient Persian king might seem like an unlikely addition to the city of Atlanta. To the people who spent years bringing him here, there’s no more fitting place in America. This week, crews installed a 29…

Imagine boarding a commercial flight and realizing you are the absolute only passenger on board. For one traveler, that rare dream became a reality. The post A woman boarded a United flight and realized she was the only…

Listen carefully, or you just might miss it.

“Peace on Earth” was created to make an unlikely musical partnership work.

Is it a hummingbird, a hawk, or a moth? The somewhat confusingly named hummingbird hawk-moth is (drumroll, please) a moth species that migrates to the U.K. and Ireland from southern Europe and North Africa each summer.…

Mixed results, mostly good.

Indonesian authorities have paused, and perhaps ended, the “world’s largest deforestation project.” Having achieved self-sufficiency in rice cultivation some 3 years ahead of a government schedule, around 4 million acre…

It's a blessing and a curse.

Her accidental discovery could change batteries forever.

If you've ever had a pet kitten, you get it.

Some say it's even better than the original.

"We were always very independent and borderline feral, so why would that change in retirement?"

600 years ago, Christine de Pizan imagined a city where women’s accomplishments could never be erased. The post In the 1400s, a woman fought sexism by imagining a literary ‘City of Ladies’ built on 3 principles appeared…

After watching parents return to work while their babies were still in intensive care, Pittsburgh nurses gained a historic win for paid parental leave.

See these apples here? They rank among the most consumed worldwide—and one of Europe’s largest supermarkets would like to see that changed. The Spar Group is embarking on a project to bring heritage and heirloom cultiva…

Tribal nations across the country are trying to restore culturally important species, like the Arctic grayling, while grappling with climate change.

Great for frying, perfect for your skin, and irreplicable in a ketogenic diet, coconut oil is a wonderful product. In the future it may even power our passenger aircraft. Chemists in Japan recently conducted extensive e…

Just one year after ecological restoration efforts on Samoa, forests, wildlife, and food resources are showing remarkable signs of recovery. Nu’utele Island is considered a Key Biodiversity Area for Samoa, and is home t…

Cocoa farmer Susana Afrifa Ankrah is helping show how protecting forests can sustain livelihoods and build resilience to a changing climate

One weekend, a canvasser — let’s call her Cindy — was out door-knocking and found a gentleman at home. After establishing that he’d heard of gender transition surgeries for minors, a topic that’s become a major focal po…

51 years ago today, Venera 9, the Soviet Union orbiter-lander spacecraft, became the first mission to enter orbit around Venus, and to return images from the surface of another planet. The key design feature of the land…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM The last time a team completed a comparable crossing of Antarctica’s interior, they burned through roughly 170,000 liters (about 45,000 gallons) of fuel to do it. The Wind Sled exped…

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM You’re doing everything right at bedtime: you stay away from screens after nine, take a soothing dark shower, sip on that herbal tea cooling on the nightstand, and maintain a reasona…

An 86-year-old man named Dale has spent nearly four decades welding a 62-foot steel boat in his front yard. Now, a wave of kindness is bringing his long-held dream within reach—just when it seemed to be beyond his reach…

In a galactic step forward for planetary science, Japan successfully launched a spacecraft on October 19th, headed for the mysterious moons of Mars. The mission aims to collect soil samples and bring them back to Earth…

Scottish author Ian Rankin talks about making sense of difficult experiences through fiction, and giving away a share of his success

In all of our coverage of the disastrous tenure RFK Jr. has had as Secretary of HHS, we have not yet discussed a bonkers study the CDC planned to fund in Guinea-Bissau. This hepatitis B “vaccine trial” was supposed to a…

The chancellor will unveil AI spending aimed at shoring up the UK's defences in Wednesday's Budget.

OpenAI will cut frontier models off from the internet weeks after one of its engineers said that solution wouldn't work.

BBC series deliberately uses ‘more organic’ shots to assure viewers animals are not AI-generated, producers sayThe David Attenborough-narrated series Blue Planet III deliberately includes cloudier, less polished footage…

OpenAI says it will no longer allow frontier models to access the internet during training in an effort to put in new safety measures after a series of incidents.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. On March 3, 2020, Sen. Lindsey Graham walked into a private dining room at Charlie Palmer Steak in Washington, D.C. Graham’…

The robots, stomping their little feet and making tiny R2-D2 noises, sat, fell down dead for a "nap," and summersaulted on voice command.

In their first interview since being fired, OpenAI safety researchers Mikita Balesni and Tomek Korbak say they were terminated for prioritizing safety over the short-term interests of the company.

Turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data for ad targeting.

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or yo…

Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro Kimi K3.1 Pro landed on the Kimi API today - it's not yet open weights, but Moonshot promise "Full model weights will be released by Nov 4, 2026". They're also offering a "Highspeed" version th…

Hosted by TechCrunch in partnership with Fidelity Private Shares, the full-day event goes beyond fundraising and AI to explore the realities of finding customers, building teams, sharpening a pitch, developing founder l…

Remember back when Elon Musk was handed the keys of our federal government with basically zero accountability or oversight? All sorts of bad stuff happened, but one of the lawsuits we’ve been covering was the American F…

The MOGICS Bagel has 5 international AC sockets, dual USB ports, 3ft integrated length-adjustable power cord, and an ergonomic AC plug. Unlike ordinary power strips, the bagel design makes it easier to charge multiple d…

Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.

How people are removing surveillance ads from their TVs; a big AI shakeup at Accenture; and the Character.ai bankruptcy.

One of America’s foremost thinkers hasn’t done enough thinking. Instead, he’s delivered a handful of thoughtful-sounding stuff that simply doesn’t hold up the minute readers start actually thinking about what he’s sayin…

The new restrictions are a test which is explicitly not supposed to impact these entities.

Time to dust off the click wheel.

This week, we discuss reverse engineering and some wild court docs.

Everything has become so frictionless and optimised, that concerted efforts must be made to turn back towards beauty and individuality – even if it has no explicit market valueBy the time it’s 5pm on a Friday, the heada…

Anthropic claims AI will shift how work gets done and labor demand – but some experts are skeptical of the visionLast year, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that artificial intelligence could eliminate half of entry-le…

Greece has passed a social media ban for kids under 15 after after announcing the measure earlier this year.

The Washington Post recently had some interesting additional insight into the various “pay to play” shenanigans related to Trump’s $330 million ballroom. They got a hold of a broader donor list, noting that Nvidia and A…

IT and cyber experts have told the BBC about their struggles in the last 48 hours to update their systems.

NVIDIA's RTX Spark platform is off to a good start, but the ProArt P16 is really only meant for AI fanatics.

A protective case and an accessory box make it easy to travel with the TT Pro.

People who reserved the Cybertruck in Australia and New Zealand will soon get a refund, because Tesla now won't release it there.

Oura has sued Ultrahuman again in a Texas federal court over its latest product, the Ring Pro.

Warhound is genetically engineering dogs for the military, law enforcement and first responder operations.

Tech stocks dropped sharply Wednesday, NPR's Leila Fadel asks David Wessel of the Brookings Institution what it means.

Indian workers are being paid to film themselves at work and the footage is used to train AI.

Take a selfie to see how healthy you are: the idea is enticing and this new research is promising. But so many factors have been ignoredThe idea that a single selfie could predict how long someone with cancer may live s…

inDrive plans to begin testing Pony.ai's robotaxis in Kazakhstan's capital in the first half of 2027.

It seems that burying reports because he doesn’t like the data within them is becoming a habit for Donald Trump and his administration. This practice didn’t begin during Trump 2.0, of course. He was burying reports he d…

MIT researchers marooned 13 AIs on a virtual island, and they responded by inventing games, mourning a lost ring and, eventually, getting better at their jobs.

Should OpenAI command an over $1 trillion valuation with this round, it would break records as the most highly valued private company ever.

The Metric Is Not the Mission is a ten-part examination of how Big Tech moved from building and expanding the open internet to increasingly shaping it around its own metrics, incentives and assumptions. Across the serie…

Publisher Pantaloon says the Playbill won't feature games that use generative AI in any way.

Commissioners in Texas said they’re making sure ‘all applications are reviewed by agency staff to determine if they are related to data centers.’

Spotify is trying to make some Premium Family members prove they live at the same address.

It's the first state to sue the social media company on these allegations.

Last year you might recall how Elon Musk’s far right wing extremism (and endlessly incoherent behavior) had many countries reconsidering their use of his low-Earth orbit satellite company, Starlink. It was driven by the…

'Mass Effect: Universe' looks like it would have focused on a new protagonist and series favorite Liara T'Soni.

DE STAAT - FREEDOM (Official Music Video) OK well this is a first for me... at 00:44 in this new music video by Dutch alternative rock band De Staat: The visual effects are credited to Matties Grooten of Fake it or Leav…

The new feature allows agents to log into a customer's personal accounts while still protecting the private credentials that secure those accounts.

Donating Agent Skills to the Agentic AI Foundation News today from Anthropic: We’re committed to keeping Agent Skills open, community-driven, and vendor-neutral. Today, we are donating the standard to the Agentic AI Fou…

On Wednesday, JD Vance did the one thing JD Vance knows how to do with full commitment: lie through his teeth about something he fully knows is bullshit. In this case, claiming that Donald Trump “hates the idea of peopl…

The current US administration is an obstacle, but public demand for protection will ultimately prevailOrganisations around the world scrambled on Thursday to fix critical flaws in PHP, the software that powers much of t…

Websites around the world have been taken offline as governments and businesses scramble to fix a flaw in the computer language PHP. There are fears that hackers could exploit the vulnerability to steal data, take contr…

A CashApp scam mess, Airbnb hosts crashing out, and much more.

Hackers were already probing the bug before defenders were told it existed.

'Black October:' The PHP vulnerabilities and a series of other hacks and bugs have cybersecurity experts freaking out and unsure what happens next.

The people who write the Laws of Armed Conflict want to put guardrails on AI weapons systems. Will the world listen?

I’ve been banging the drum about these vulnerabilities for years. It will take more than a handful of exhausted developers to keep us safeParts of the internet are going dark. In the Netherlands, government websites, in…

The Audacity is a fearless satire taking on Silicon Valley’s ‘egomaniac weirdos’. Its creator and stars talk ayahuasca ceremonies, mining kids for data – and punching CEOsShowrunner Jonathan Glatzer wanted the tagline o…

It has been a dramatic, public and global response, but the cyber event hasn't happened yet.

Sitting at a desk all day hurts. And it isn't good for us. Strategies to make it a little more comfortable, from eye muscle exercises to alleviate eye strain to a back pain-fighting body movement.

Oracle, the multinational tech giant has taken on a lot of loans to build up its AI capacity. But Oracle's investors are not happy with this piling debt load.

Governments and companies are scrambling to protect their websites, as Amazon says it experienced attacks before the warning was made public.

With immigration curbs and tech firms cutting foreign hiring, US residency is becoming a distant dream for many Indians.

AI-written mathematical proofs have saddled the community with a lot of extra homework.

An amber weather warning has been issued for much of Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and northern England, as Storm Boelo approaches.

In this edition of Spacing Out, the team from Short Wave shares the latest developments in space science, including the theory on why the universe is made of matter

As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing system providers Blue Origin and SpaceX have streamlined the de…

Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history. Launching in 2027, Artemis III will send NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik,…

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth’s surface. The greater atmospheric drag at this height prevents th…

Heavy rain and strong winds are expected during the second named storm to hit in two days, with gusts of up to 80mph forecast.

Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026. The hot fire test lasted for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS…

NASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is partnering with the Virginia Department of Energy to support informed decisions for effective ener…

On Saturday, Storm Boelo is forecast to bring more strong winds and heavy rain to Scotland and parts of northern England.

The UK government has warned households to have three days of essential supplies on hand.

October's full Moon, known as the Hunter's Moon, will rise on Sunday night. Will the weather be in your favour?

The Danish Environment Protection Agency says nurdles it has tested are similar to the Tyne pellets.

Deep beneath Japan’s Kikai caldera, a massive magma reservoir is refilling 7,300 years after one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in Earth's recent geological history. Scientists used underwater seismic surveys t…

Researchers have uncovered a surprising reason dental implant infections often resist antibiotics: the implants themselves can contribute to the problem. Bacteria corrode titanium implants, releasing microscopic particl…

A newly FDA-cleared PTSD treatment uses personalized brain mapping and magnetic stimulation to target abnormal brain activity, with a clinical trial reporting a 52% reduction in symptoms and 68% remission. Researchers b…

The Welsh government says it is consulting on an "undergrounding-first approach" to electricity lines.

Council leader Stephen Place says it will help businesses counter the rising cost of fuel.

A seven-year study found that people with Parkinson’s disease who were more physically active experienced slower declines in memory, thinking, and movement abilities. Those exercising more than eight hours per week show…

A tiny region deep within the brain has surprised scientists by revealing a remarkably sophisticated communication system. Previously thought to broadcast the same chemical signal throughout the brain, this region actua…

BBC lead weather presenter Simon King is in Newquay as the "full force" of the storm arrives.

Experts from the University of Bath are testing out a new invention at a lake in Wiltshire.

The first farmer in England hit by bird flu this season tells of the "emotional roller coaster" of losing 32,000 hens.

The sequence is part of the latest Blue Planet series from Sir David Attenborough.

An app and a camera phone are all that’s needed at more than 200 spots to help researchers monitor coastal areasThe shoreline changes with the weather. Tracking these changes over time is a labour-intensive task, and an…

Trial results represent ‘foundational shift’ in approach to cancer, allowing scientists to harness immune system in more personalised wayGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastA personalised mRNA-bas…

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 23 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photogra…

A 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year’s El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.

Forty years after the Chornobyl disaster, tiny radioactive particles still linger in the soil, carrying a dangerous legacy. Using powerful X-rays, scientists discovered that some of these particles have remained surpris…

A massive analysis of 2,884 exploding stars has uncovered new evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the universe’s expansion, may change over time. The findings challenge a cornerstone of modern c…

Cambridge researchers have created a groundbreaking $10 optical sensor that delivers the precision of laboratory equipment in a device small enough for wearable technology. It identified foods, plastics, and medicines w…

Disruption to travel is likely as the season's first named storm brings a swathe of powerful winds to south-west England on Friday.

The assurance from the National Energy System Operator comes amid concern from its engineers about their ability to ensure adequate supply.

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for rain across most of central and eastern Scotland on Friday.

Members of the media are invited to join NASA at the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from Monday, Oct. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This year’s symposium is focused o…

The Prince of Wales was marking his Earthshot Prize, to which all of Norton's guests were linked.

New research in the journal Science finds that crows turn visual information into decisions twice as fast as humans and primates. They also process information is quite similarly to humans.

A Japanese spacecraft could become the first ever to bring Martian samples back to Earth.

Crews and control centre staff say the fires were relentless with many firefighters still off work injured.

This observation is one of many gravitational lensing images taken by Hubble in preparation for science with the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Volunteers say they have been campaigning for 30 years to keep a wild space free from development.

With the climate crisis and diseases threatening one of the world’s most popular fruits, researchers are hoping a breakthrough in breeding techniques could give the Cavendish banana a certain futureLove them or loathe t…

A Met Office weather warning is in place from 18:00 BST on Saturday until 15:00 GMT on Sunday.

You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we remain by the convicted fraudst…

Scientists have uncovered a strange pattern in urban bird behavior: Across five European countries and 37 species, birds consistently fled sooner when approached by women than men. Researchers have no clear explanation…

Scientists have captured virus-like particles assembling themselves step by step, revealing how a surprisingly simple process of trial and error produces complex structures with remarkable precision. The discovery uncov…

Researchers have developed a revolutionary microscope that uses an incredibly powerful laser to make previously invisible cellular structures easier to see. The technology dramatically improves image clarity, allowing s…

Honeybees are aggressively pushing wild pollinators away from flowers, with scientists documenting how they chase off rivals and dominate valuable food sources. New research warns that rising temperatures and increasing…

NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed a spectacular new view of mysterious, wind-carved cliffs on Mars that may hold evidence of ancient volcanic activity. With the rover approaching these unusual formations, scientists h…

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 22 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or phot…

Emissions on both sides of the island are unusually high as human-set fires spread in a landscape parched by drought.

You Can See Everything, a documentary about the disgraced biotech company founder Elizabeth Holmes, has enjoyed a record-breaking opening in the US. It is a testament to how fascinated we remain by the convicted fraudst…

NASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions. On Monday, October 26, we will host a virtual NASA Science Town Hall.

NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (5…

Musk says ‘there’s a lot of merit’ to potential merger that would require approval of 50% of Tesla shareholdersInvestors will be paying close attention to Tesla’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, after chief ex…

Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, they had no idea tha…

Lab studies have shown that psychedelics like psilocybin can lower inflammation and may be protective for a range of illnesses. Now, researchers are publishing some of the first data in humans that signals this holds po…

The cost of having a baby is difficult to predict. The amount families pay varies widely. Here are five tips to help you prepare for the often unexpected costs of pregnancy and giving birth.

Just outside Albuquerque along historic Route 66, sits an unassuming, albeit colorful little building. Adorned with paintings of Native women and traditional pottery, the Indian Arts Center offers an array of local pott…

Winter brings out the best of Anchorage. Under a blanket of snow, the city comes alive with festivals exploring regional history, lively tributes to Indigenous culture, decades-old sled dog races, and comfort food best…

In Anchorage, exploring nature isn’t only for a rare free day or a well-planned vacation; it’s a part of daily life, as integral to the city as its infrastructure and cultural offerings. A day here may start with a morn…

DIYARBAKIR PROVINCE, TURKEY—According to a Türkiye Today report, green malachite and copper has been uncovered

Every night at 9:00 PM a reenactment of Colonial Spanish soldiers from the 18th century preform a ceremony to light a cannon. The sound can be heard from most places in Old Havana, but to be in the crowd at the castle a…

LONDON, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by Taylor & Francis, human remains found in a

Humans have played with dolls for thousands of years, but it was not until the 18th century, when improved manufacturing rendered them more lifelike, that they started to be seen as sinister. Doll makers pivoted to porc…

ÇANAKKALE, TURKEY—Excavations in western Anatolia at the site of Hisarlık, which is also known as

XI’AN, CHINA—Science Alert reports that an analysis of fingerprints preserved in the clay of a

From cavemen and Georgian poets to disgraced 1990s politicians, the comedy series Ghosts brings centuries of history together in one haunted house. As the characters from the hit sitcom make their big-screen debut, co-c…

The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) was a global conflict fought between the great powers of Europe in the mid-18th century. The culmination of several decades of conflict, it was caused both by colonial rivalries abroad a…

On September 1st, 1961, at 2:00 am, TWA Flight 529 took off from Chicago’s Midway Airport for the last leg of its cross-country journey. Originating in Boston, Flight 529 had already stopped in New York, Pittsburgh, and…

How were medieval armies organised? David Bachrach examines the Battle of Ane in 1227 to explore the roles of knights, professional soldiers and peasants.

Francis Drake sailed around the globe and was a leader of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada – the ultimate Elizabethan A-lister. He was a brutal pirate who trafficked enslaved Africans and ravaged Spanish ships…

Tucked into an ordinary street near Madrid’s Plaza Mayor is a façade that seems to have survived by sheer stubbornness. Wedged between apartment blocks on Calle Concepción Jerónima, its arches, columns, shells, and carv…

A classroom exercise in slow looking uses art to sharpen observation skills and encourage more attentive listening.

As Ghosts: The Possession of Button House arrives on the big screen, co-creator Laurence Rickard shares the team’s approach to historical accuracy and discusses why our understanding of the past is always changing

A new book details the Russian ruler's failed courtship of the Tudor queen, who famously remained unmarried during her nearly 45-year reign

Famed for having six wives, Henry VIII's love life is today the subject of much scholarship and speculation. But what do we know about the king's extra-marital liaisons – the mistresses who shared his bed? Here, Amy Lic…