Today: October 18, 2026
Today: October 18, 2026

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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

Economy|Environment|Finance|Science

Fundraising to protect oceans, forests and other key nature sites falling short ahead of UN summit

Promises 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

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Why the 26 secretary of state races this November matter more than they did before Trump’s drive to assert federal authority over elections

Secretaries 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.

Education|Environment|Science|Technology

For centuries, bird migration was a mystery – a tech revolution is changing that, and could help save these amazing creatures

An 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.

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Americans want electric cars – they just can’t find them

Sales reveal how many cars people actually bought, but not how many they actually wanted. Prices, on the other hand, show how demand is changing.

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Treating depression during pregnancy may benefit baby’s brain development – new research

Therapy during pregnancy for those who need it may have advantages for the next generation.

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Pennsylvania’s aging prisons weren’t built for today’s extreme weather – leaving women and seniors especially at risk of illness and death

Extreme hot and cold temperatures are associated with higher rates of deaths, infirmary admissions and transfers to external medical facilities, researchers found.

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Can social media bans protect young people’s mental health? Early research suggests that bans aren’t the answer

Kids have found ways around most of the safeguards meant to keep them off social media platforms.

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Exactly how much of an environmental menace is AI? Here’s what we know

Exactly how much of an environmental menace is AI? Here’s what we know

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China moves to curb tech exports, including AI, citing national security risks

China 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

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BOJ chief vows to keep raising rates, anchor inflation around target

Bank 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

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Blue Origin targets multiple New Glenn launches weekly by end of decade

Blue 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

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Trump administration sued over accelerated immigration process for migrant kids

Trump administration sued over accelerated immigration process for migrant kids

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Minnesota man dies after routine dental cleaning in Hopkins, police investigating

Minnesota man dies after routine dental cleaning in Hopkins, police investigating

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CoreWeave bond rout tests market's math on AI buildout

A sharp decline in CoreWeave's bonds this week is emerging as a test of investors' willingness to

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Catholics in Africa outnumber those in Europe, Vatican says

There 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.

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Besi shares fall on report ASML is working on rival hybrid bonding product

Shares in computer chip packaging equipment maker BE Semiconductor Industries (Besi) fell 3% on Friday after influential semiconductor research firm SemiAnalysis reported

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What happens if AI agents start speaking their own language?

What happens if AI agents start speaking their own language?

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Roller coaster death and injuries leave fans asking whether the thrill is worth the risk

Roller coaster death and injuries leave fans asking whether the thrill is worth the risk

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IMF-World Bank meetings focus on global risks and potential benefits of AI

The 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

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IMF chief says AI risks may exceed opportunities without safeguards and ethical framework

The risks of artificial intelligence may exceed its opportunities if no adequate safeguards and ethical framework are put in place, IMF

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Schneider Electric raises 2026 targets again on booming data centre demand

Schneider Electric raised its 2026 core profit and revenue targets for the second time this year on Friday, as the French industrial group

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Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to new province bordering Central African Republic

The 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

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Meta releases open-weight Muse Spark model for coding, agentic tasks

Meta 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

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Fed chair Warsh says price stability is key but shies away from signals about rates

U.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

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Trump administration sues California to block state from counting alleged noncitizen mail-in ballots

The Trump administration has sued California election officials

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Authorities investigate letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to congressional, election offices

Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide

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Tesla's new Roadster turns in air with SpaceX thrusters, won't land until 2028

Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster powered with rocket-style thrusters on Thursday and said it would start production in 2028, more

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Yemen's Houthis hit palace in Aden, coalition details attacks on Saudi infrastructure

Yemen's Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex in the southern city of Aden on Thursday,

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G7 to launch exercises to guard against AI cyber attacks

Finance leaders of the G7 grouping agreed to hold tabletop exercises to guard against AI cyber attacks, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said, as

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Trump admin files ‘long shot’ lawsuit after California wouldn’t open a thumb drive of alleged non-citizens

Trump admin files ‘long shot’ lawsuit after California wouldn’t open a thumb drive of alleged non-citizens

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Brush fires spark in Southern California as hot weather and winds raise wildfire risk

Several 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

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3M to argue Australia's $1.4 billion 'forever chemicals' lawsuit legally flawed, court hears

US conglomerate 3M plans to argue a landmark case brought by Australia over contamination from the company's use of PFAS "forever chemicals" in its

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FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs back

FBI 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.”

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Chipmaker sell-off sends investors to other stocks and bonds for safety

Chipmaker sell-off sends investors to other stocks and bonds for safety

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Why CoreWeave's troubles are rattling the AI boom

CoreWeave's mounting debt is raising fresh concerns about the AI boom, as investors question whether demand can justify the billions being borrowed

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Global stocks flat as AI and rate fears hit tech

An index of global equity markets ended flat on Thursday as concerns about AI spending and higher interest rates fueled further selling in technology and

Asia|Business|Economy|Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology

Global tech rout loses steam

The AI equity rout accelerated significantly in Asia on Thursday on growing fears about the murky, circular financing powering the intelligence

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A rare family of barn owls moved into Manhattan's Upper West Side. New Yorkers are captivated

Manhattan’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

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US intel officials postpone classified threat briefing for election officials after technical difficulties

US intel officials postpone classified threat briefing for election officials after technical difficulties

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The rise and fall of America's deadly love affair with the cigarette

Cancer stick

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US plan to ease shadow fleet sanctions unlikely to free up many tankers, analysts say

A potential Trump administration plan to ease sanctions on vessels that have transported sanctioned oil and fuel would likely have limited impact on

Science|Technology

Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia

Volvo Cars is expanding its partnership with Nvidia to develop a new generation of driver-assistance and automated-driving technology, the companies said

Environment|Science

US winter is likely to be wetter and warmer, forecasters say. If you want more snow, look south

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the U.S. winter will likely be wetter and warmer, but not necessarily snowier, due to El Niño

Economy|Science|Technology

S&P 500 ends higher as traders shift from AI to healthcare

The S&P 500 ended higher on Thursday, springing back from early losses as investors concerned about AI stocks shifted into Eli Lilly,

Health|Science

New gene therapy helps Cincinnati Children's doctors restore hearing for children born deaf

New gene therapy helps Cincinnati Children's doctors restore hearing for children born deaf

Business|Economy|Health|Science

Trump administration advances plan for peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr.

Federal health officials are moving ahead with plans to broaden access to a class of unproven injectable drugs called peptides

Environment|Health|Science

Bird flu caused the death of Jackie, a California bald eagle who captured hearts

Officials 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

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New Hampshire engineer designs custom mountain biking device for one-armed rider

New Hampshire engineer designs custom mountain biking device for one-armed rider

Science|Technology

Anthropic grants outside evaluator METR employee-level access in AI safety push

Anthropic 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

Science|Technology

How are Yemen’s Houthis attacking Saudi Arabia so effectively?

Houthi militants who control northwestern Yemen have in the past week attacked Riyadh international airport and hit the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the

Business|Science|Technology

CNN, Axios and other publishers join Google's AI news program

Skydance'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

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IEA to speed up oil stocks release including over 20 million barrels of diesel

The International Energy Agency agreed on Thursday to release over 20 million barrels of diesel to the

Environment|Science|World

Indonesian rescue centre takes in more orangutans as fires rage

In the jungles of Indonesian Borneo, a rehabilitation centre is taking in more orangutans as the country's worst

Science|Technology

Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say

Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech spied on internet users through a sprawling network of online ads that it used to track targets and

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Market selloff, rising rates test AI data centre deal boom

(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

Asia|Science|Technology

North Korea missile chief questions South Korea hypersonic glide vehicle test

North 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

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Amazon launches two new portable AI listening devices

Amazon unveiled two new devices on Thursday for listening to and recording people's information throughout the day to offer calendar reminders and

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CoreWeave's AI contracts and the lenders financing its build-out

CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed cloud company that provides high-performance computing infrastructure for artificial intelligence, has secured tens of billions of dollars in contracts

Environment|Science|Technology

A super El Niño winter is coming and the first official forecast is in

A super El Niño winter is coming and the first official forecast is in

Economy|Environment|Health|Science

Rotting meat smell sparks protest at Mexico's screwworm sterile-fly plant

A rotten smell hanging over a town in Mexico's southern Chiapas state drove residents into the streets on Thursday

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Tesla energy executive Snyder steps down, WSJ reports

Tesla's top energy executive, Mike Snyder, has stepped down as vice president of energy and charging, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

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How the Houthis are helping Iran turn Saudi Arabia into a pressure point

The Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia are about more than Yemen.

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Pennsylvania secures $4 billion in investments, governor says

Pennsylvania 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.

Science|Technology

Investors temper Anthropic IPO valuation expectations over revenue growth slowdown, sources say

Some current Anthropic investors and prospective investors in its upcoming initial public offering are weighing a lower valuation for the AI

Science

Neanderthal murder mystery reveals a tale of violence and compassion

Neanderthal murder mystery reveals a tale of violence and compassion

Finance|Science|Stock Markets|Technology

US chip stocks set to wipe out $2 trillion after latest selloff

US 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

Economy|Science|Technology

Nasdaq nears one-month low as AI stocks slide on debt concerns

The 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

Political|Science|Technology

Trump's AI task force to meet Thursday, FTC spokesperson says

US President Donald Trump's new government task force on AI is scheduled to meet on Thursday, a Federal Trade Commission spokesperson said, as pressure

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Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution

Trump calls off livestream of Fort Hood shooter’s firing squad execution

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Microsoft president warns green-card curbs could hurt US tech, Politico reports

Microsoft 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

Business|Economy|Science|Technology

US Treasury pushes global partners to rename AI as 'super intelligence'

The United States wants its global partners to rename artificial intelligence as "super intelligence," convinced that the new moniker better reflects the

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Seven sailors missing after drones hit two ships near Romania

Rescuers 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

Finance|Science|Technology

NYC Comptroller Levine urges Anthropic to pause US IPO

Anthropic 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