Supertanker rates fall from record highs
The cost of shipping oil on the largest tankers fell this week from record highs as demand eased following a wave of attacks on vessels in the Middle East
October 16, 2026The cost of shipping oil on the largest tankers fell this week from record highs as demand eased following a wave of attacks on vessels in the Middle East
October 16, 2026Promises by nations to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to finance nature and increase protections for oceans around the globe are falling short ahead of a key U.N. biodiversity conference
October 16, 2026Secretaries of state are at the center of growing conflict over how election authority should be divided between states and the federal government. There are 26 elections for the job this November.
October 16, 2026An early clue came from storks found in Europe with African arrows in their bodies. Today, an atlas reveals hundreds of bird migration routes that are both complicated and remarkable.
October 16, 2026Sales reveal how many cars people actually bought, but not how many they actually wanted. Prices, on the other hand, show how demand is changing.
October 16, 2026Therapy during pregnancy for those who need it may have advantages for the next generation.
October 16, 2026Extreme hot and cold temperatures are associated with higher rates of deaths, infirmary admissions and transfers to external medical facilities, researchers found.
October 16, 2026Kids have found ways around most of the safeguards meant to keep them off social media platforms.
October 16, 2026Exactly how much of an environmental menace is AI? Here’s what we know
October 16, 2026China plans to restrict or ban exports of 40 technologies, including AI, chips, and solar power, as its tech race with countries like the U.S. intensifies
October 16, 2026Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank will focus on anchoring underlying inflation around its 2% target and won't tolerate any
October 16, 2026Blue Origin is targeting multiple flights per week of its New Glenn rocket by the end of the decade, a company executive said on Friday, as it spends
October 16, 2026Trump administration sued over accelerated immigration process for migrant kids
October 16, 2026Minnesota man dies after routine dental cleaning in Hopkins, police investigating
October 16, 2026A sharp decline in CoreWeave's bonds this week is emerging as a test of investors' willingness to
October 16, 2026There are now more Catholics in Africa than in Europe, the Vatican said on Friday, releasing the latest Catholic Church statistics compiled by its news agency Fides.
October 16, 2026Shares in computer chip packaging equipment maker BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) fell 3% on Friday after influential semiconductor research firm SemiAnalysis reported
October 16, 2026What happens if AI agents start speaking their own language?
October 16, 2026Roller coaster death and injuries leave fans asking whether the thrill is worth the risk
October 16, 2026The head of the International Monetary Fund has called for urgent guardrails to manage risks from the AI boom, comparing it to a Formula 1 car that could go off track
October 16, 2026The risks of artificial intelligence may exceed its opportunities if no adequate safeguards and ethical framework are put in place, IMF
October 16, 2026Schneider Electric raised its 2026 core profit and revenue targets for the second time this year on Friday, as the French industrial group
October 16, 2026The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a new province bordering Central African Republic, two health officials said on Thursday, posing a
October 15, 2026Meta Platforms on Thursday released an open-weight version of its Muse Spark artificial intelligence model for coding and AI agents, expanding developers' ability to download and
October 15, 2026U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh says he won't prejudge what the U.S. central bank will do about interest rates at its upcoming meetings
October 16, 2026The Trump administration has sued California election officials
October 15, 2026Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide
October 15, 2026Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster powered with rocket-style thrusters on Thursday and said it would start production in 2028, more
October 15, 2026Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday,
October 15, 2026Finance leaders of the G7 grouping agreed to hold tabletop exercises to guard against AI cyber attacks, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said, as
October 16, 2026Trump admin files ‘long shot’ lawsuit after California wouldn’t open a thumb drive of alleged non-citizens
October 16, 2026Several brush fires are burning in Southern California, stoked by hot, windy weather that caused utility companies to shut off electricity for tens of thousands of people around the state
October 15, 2026US conglomerate 3M plans to argue a landmark case brought by Australia over contamination from the company's use of PFAS "forever chemicals" in its
October 16, 2026FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate are suing to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.”
October 15, 2026Chipmaker sell-off sends investors to other stocks and bonds for safety
October 15, 2026CoreWeave's mounting debt is raising fresh concerns about the AI boom, as investors question whether demand can justify the billions being borrowed
October 15, 2026An index of global equity markets ended flat on Thursday as concerns about AI spending and higher interest rates fueled further selling in technology and
October 15, 2026The AI equity rout accelerated significantly in Asia on Thursday on growing fears about the murky, circular financing powering the intelligence
October 16, 2026Manhattan’s Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park
October 15, 2026US intel officials postpone classified threat briefing for election officials after technical difficulties
October 16, 2026Cancer stick
October 01, 2026A potential Trump administration plan to ease sanctions on vessels that have transported sanctioned oil and fuel would likely have limited impact on
October 16, 2026Volvo Cars is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to develop a new generation of driver-assistance and automated-driving technology, the companies said
October 15, 2026The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the U.S. winter will likely be wetter and warmer, but not necessarily snowier, due to El Niño
October 15, 2026The S&P 500 ended higher on Thursday, springing back from early losses as investors concerned about AI stocks shifted into Eli Lilly,
October 15, 2026New gene therapy helps Cincinnati Children's doctors restore hearing for children born deaf
October 16, 2026Federal health officials are moving ahead with plans to broaden access to a class of unproven injectable drugs called peptides
October 16, 2026Officials say bird flu caused the death of a bald eagle named Jackie who had become an internet sensation and a symbol of the species’ recovery in California
October 15, 2026New Hampshire engineer designs custom mountain biking device for one-armed rider
October 16, 2026Anthropic has given nonprofit METR employee-level access to its systems and is in talks with others including Hugging Face, as AI companies pitch external evaluators
October 15, 2026Houthi militants who control northwestern Yemen have in the past week attacked Riyadh international airport and hit the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the
October 15, 2026Skydance's CNN, the Financial Times, Axios and other publishers joined Google's AI news program to license their content for generative AI features and explore ways to drive
October 15, 2026The International Energy Agency agreed on Thursday to release over 20 million barrels of diesel to the
October 15, 2026In the jungles of Indonesian Borneo, a rehabilitation centre is taking in more orangutans as the country's worst
October 15, 2026Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to track targets and
October 15, 2026(Corrected AirTrunk's Johor valuation to $2 billion from $1 billion in paragraph 26, and separated Bain Capital from the AirTrunk backer attribution in paragraph 28 to clarify that Blackstone backs
October 15, 2026North Korea's missile chief said South Korea's newly tested hypersonic glide vehicle may not have achieved hypersonic flight as claimed, state media KCNA reported on Thursday
October 15, 2026Amazon unveiled two new devices on Thursday for listening to and recording people's information throughout the day to offer calendar reminders and
October 15, 2026CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed cloud company that provides high-performance computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence, has secured tens of billions of dollars in contracts
October 15, 2026A super El Niño winter is coming and the first official forecast is in
October 15, 2026A rotten smell hanging over a town in Mexico's southern Chiapas state drove residents into the streets on Thursday
October 15, 2026Tesla's top energy executive, Mike Snyder, has stepped down as vice president of energy and charging, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
October 15, 2026The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are about more than Yemen.
October 15, 2026Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said on Thursday the state had secured more than $4 billion in life sciences and private-sector investment commitments over the past week.
October 15, 2026Some current Anthropic investors and prospective investors in its upcoming initial public offering are weighing a lower valuation for the AI
October 15, 2026Neanderthal murder mystery reveals a tale of violence and compassion
October 15, 2026US semiconductor stocks were set to lose $2 trillion in market value on Thursday in the steep selloff since last week, driven by rising bets of an interest-rate hike and concerns
October 15, 2026The Nasdaq fell to near one-month lows on Thursday as fears of a hit to artificial-intelligence investments from higher interest rates deepened a rout in AI-linked stocks, while
October 15, 2026US President Donald Trump's new government task force on AI is scheduled to meet on Thursday, a Federal Trade Commission spokesperson said, as pressure
October 15, 2026Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution
October 15, 2026Microsoft President Brad Smith warned the Trump administration's move to restrict green-card access for skilled foreign workers could hurt US technological competitiveness and drive
October 15, 2026The United States wants its global partners to rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," convinced that the new moniker better reflects the
October 15, 2026Rescuers searched on Thursday for seven missing sailors after drones struck two chemical tankers near Romania's Black Sea coast, setting them ablaze and raising fresh
October 15, 2026Anthropic should delay its US IPO until it addresses concerns about safety, governance and the pace of development, urged New York City Comptroller Mark Levine in a letter to the AI
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