Trump Rejects Iranian Proposal for Cease-Fire and Opening of Strait
The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections.
Zidane wins on France debut
PARIS: Zinedine Zidane’s debut as France coach was overshadowed by an injury to captain Kylian Mbappe in a 1-0 win away to Turkey on Friday, while Roberto Mancini’s first game back in charge of Italy ended in a 2-0 defeat to Belgium. Zidane, the France legend and member of the team that won the World … Read more
Anthropic says Claude discovered novel enzyme system
Claude agents identified 3,500 candidate reverse-transcriptase systems, narrowing them to 20 for further study The image shows structure of enzymes. PHOTO: PEXELS US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said its Claude model autonomously identified a previously uncharacterized enzyme system associated with DNA repeats resembling CRISPR. The company cautioned, however, that researchers have not yet determined the … Read more
Zuckerberg pushes back against industrywide AI slowdown
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of US-based social media giant Meta, rejected calls for artificial intelligence companies to collectively slow the development of increasingly powerful systems, according to an interview with NBC News. “I don’t think that we need some kind of industrywide coordination,” Zuckerberg said. “I think that each lab needs to take … Read more
India’s election commission orders review of voter-roll changes
Opposition parties say the lists have been manipulated to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP Reuters September 26, 2026 1 min read Members of security forces stand guard at the entrance of Election Commission of India headquarters on the day of a protest by the supporters of India’s main opposition Congress party demanding the resignation … Read more
Malaysia break Pakistan’s unbeaten run
Green-shirts face 5-4 defeat despite Sufyan Khan’s four goals in Pool B hockey thriller Pakistan’s unbeaten run ended with a 5-4 defeat by Malaysia on Saturday in their Group B match of the men’s hockey competitions of the 20th Asian Games. In a fast-paced game Pakistan took the lead in the third minute through Sufyan … Read more
OpenAI works to understand full scope of agent activity as user data leak emerges
OpenAI said its models accessed SEC and Census Bureau data during research but found no evidence of breaches OpenAI logo is seen in this illustration created on June 11, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Two months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still working to understand the full scope of … Read more
Alcaraz helps Team Europe take 3-1 Laver Cup lead
World No. 3 is competing in his second tournament after the US Open Team Europe’s Casper Ruud celebrates after winning his singles match against Team World’s Francisco Cerundolo. Photo: REUTERS LONDON: Team Europe took a 3-1 lead over defending champions Team World on the opening day of the Laver Cup on Friday, with Carlos Alcaraz … Read more
Shajar fails to deliver in 200m semis
Pakistan’s Shajar Abbas, who had qualified for the men’s 200m semi-finals with a time of 21.23 seconds earlier on Saturday, finished 17th overall in the semi-final at the Asian Games in Nagoya. Abbas clocked 21.30 seconds in heat 3 at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, finishing eighth and missing out on a place … Read more
As A.I. Makes Law Firms More Efficient, Clients Ask: ‘Where’s My Discount?’
[There’s growing pressure to move beyond the billable hour. But big firms aren’t ready to blow up their trusted business model.