Nepal’s Economy Has Few Ways to Absorb the Cost of Flood Damage
The country’s government estimates that the recent catastrophic floods caused $5 billion in damage. That’s one-tenth of Nepal’s entire economy.
China’s FAST telescope offers new clues for understanding cosmic evolution
FAST and DESI analysed 2.5 million galaxies, tracing cosmic neutral hydrogen with unprecedented precision A view of FAST radio telescope. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Scientists have long grappled with a perplexing question: in the early universe, new stars appeared with dazzling frequency, yet today, star formation has clearly slowed. Now, a new study led by Chinese … Read more
Swineryy joins ‘Pakkay Dost’ season 4 as Mobi
Content creator opens up about overcoming imposter syndrome and discovering challenges of puppeteering, singing Content creator Swineryy has officially joined the cast of Bilal Maqsood’s hit children’s puppet show Pakkay Dost for its fourth season. The popular artist is stepping out of her usual social media realm to voice and puppeteer a new character named … Read more
Tractors Clog Copenhagen as Farmers Protest Fertilizer Restrictions
To protect its waters from overexposure to nitrates, Denmark is proposing a crackdown on fertilizer use. Farmers aren’t happy.
Viral video does not show recent ‘Free Imran Khan’ billboard in US; it is old from October 2025
Investigations confirmed that the video was not recent and was at least as old as January 2026. PHOTO: VIDEO GRAB Multiple pro-PTI accounts and digital media outlets have been sharing a video across social media platforms since Sunday, claiming that a “Free Imran Khan” billboard had recently appeared in New York amid calls for the … Read more
Ousted UK Prime Minister Starmer quits parliament to focus on international affairs
Starmer failed to connect with voters and steadily lost public and party support amid damaging U-turns Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer reacts during a meeting with Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley (not pictured) at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, June 25, 2026.FILE PHOTO: BROOK MITCHELL/Pool via REUTERS Keir Starmer will stand down as a … Read more
Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter
Scientists saw a possible WIMP interaction underground; ordinary matter makes up just 15% of the universe’s matter The LUX-ZEPLIN dark matter experiment main detector in a surface lab before installation underground at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota, US, in this undated handout photo. The detector is managed by the US Department … Read more
How to Help Nepal Flash Flood Victims
More than 1,000 people have been killed in a Himalayan landslide and flooding, and thousands more are missing. Here’s how you can help.
Best Movies and Shows Streaming in September 2026: ‘Brothers,’ ‘MobLand’ and More
A Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh movie, a “Reacher” spinoff and a “LEGO Star Wars” are among this month’s highlights.
Cook hands Apple to Ternus: bigger and richer, but catching up in AI race
When Tim Cook took over as Apple's CEO, he did not try to fill the big shoes of its legendary founder and product visionary Steve Jobs. Instead, he took Jobs' advice: "Never ask what I would do, just do the right thing." Fifteen years on, having taken the iPhone maker from a $350 billion company to … Read more