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Ferry bound for Turkey takes on water shortly after leaving Kyrenia port, authorities say A helicopter brings survivors ashore after they were rescued from the sea following a boat capsize off Kyrenia, northern Cyprus, August 30, 2026. REUTERS| At least seven people died and 23 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and … Read more
NASA’s Roman telescope launches to probe dark energy, dark matter, gravity and exoplanets A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 30, 2026. REUTERS NASA’s new flagship astronomical observatory was launched into space from Florida on Sunday on … Read more
Police say clash between two Chandio groups stemmed from old personal enmity, CM orders action against those involved Eight people were killed and two others injured in an armed clash between two groups of the Chandio community over a longstanding feud in the katcha area of Dadu, police said on Sunday. The firing took place … Read more
China tests two-way laser link over 400,000 km, extending space communications from near-Earth to deep space To tackle the speed bottleneck, the team developed high-bandwidth signal processing technology and adopted special coding schemes to counter noise. PHOTO PEXELS: PEXELS Researchers have completed a laser communications test between Earth and the Moon, successfully verifying two-way high-speed … Read more
Veteran recovers from one game down to beat Abdullah at Sindh Challenger Squash Championship Pakistan’s Nasir Iqbal fought back from a game down to beat Abdullah Nawaz and win the PSA Sindh Challenger Squash Championship at Karachi on Sunday. Abdullah made the better start in the 48-minute final at the Jahangir Khan Sports Club, taking … Read more
A hunt was underway for the person or people who attacked the victims, who were all Swiss citizens.
Plaintiffs accuse Anthropic of using copyrighted material without permission to train and run AI models An image depicting the company Anthropic. — ANADOLU Some of the world’s biggest music publishers have filed a major lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Anthropic, accusing the firm of “one of the largest and most blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual … Read more
The country’s longest war came to an end exactly five years ago. Today it offers lessons for policymakers seeking to avoid an endless war in Iran.
Elversberg’s Cole Campbell celebrates after scoring during a Bundesliga soccer match. Photo: AFP BERLIN: Bundesliga newcomers Elversberg kick-started their first top-flight campaign in style, stunning 2023-24 champions Bayer Leverkusen in a dominant 3-2 home victory, while Borussia Dortmund beat Hamburg in Saturday’s late game. Lukas Petkov and American striker Cole Campbell scored within 60 seconds … Read more
Reducing non-strategic nuclear arsenal could increase risk of nuclear-use scenario involving Washington, Moscow says Russian Ambassador-at-large Andrey Belousov on Sunday accused the United States of viewing Europe as a potential nuclear battlefield. Speaking in an interview with the Russian RT TV channel, Belousov said the persistence with which Washington is trying to initiate discussions on … Read more