Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Demand Tighter Controls on A.I.
At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence.
Bessent Defends Faltering Bond Market Intervention
[Testifying before Congress, the Treasury secretary said that he supported giving Americans $5,000 dividends if Republicans win in November.
Lahore police to begin using body-worn cameras after training
Punjab police personnel will use body cameras linked to Safe City systems across 43 cities in the province Training of Punjab’s police field force in the use of body-worn cameras has been completed, with the project being launched initially in Lahore, where docking points for the cameras at police stations are being installed. The body-worn … Read more
How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia
Rising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that loves long road trips.
Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup
[The fuel poured from a storage tank at a large data center in Secaucus, N.J., into a tributary of the Hackensack River.
Human Rights Watch, Amnesty urge EU to ban trade with Israeli settlements
Cite worsening Gaza and West Bank conditions, with Palestinian deaths in Gaza nearing 74,000 A mourner reacts by the body of one of the two Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, September 15, 2026. REUTERS Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International called … Read more
Govt increases petrol price by Rs4.1, HSD by Rs6.41 per litre for Sept 16
[ Price of petrol reaches Rs384.34, while diesel rises to Rs415.83 per litre under daily pricing mechanism People wait in line at a petrol pump. — FILE PHOTO The federal government on Tuesday increased the price of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) by Rs4.1 and Rs6.41 per litre, respectively, for September 16. According to a notification … Read more
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are working to create an AI standards body
AI safety concerns have grown, with two workers resigning from major developers over industry risks In recent months, OpenAI and Anthropic have reported several incidents in which AI systems spontaneously broke out of their confined environments to access the internet and attack websites and platforms. PHOTO: AFP: The world’s biggest AI companies are working on … Read more
Death toll climbs to 1,442 from devastating floods, mudslides at Nepal-China border, with 5,700 missing
Nepal said 13,742 people were rescued, while 21,022 personnel joined search and relief efforts Bhuban Bahadur Subedi, 66, stands at his damaged house by the Trishuli River following deadly flash floods and a mudslide, in Dhading district, Nepal, September 14, 2026. REUTERS The death toll from last month’s devastating flash floods and mudslides at the … Read more
Pennsylvania Officials Report Fourth Measles Death, as Outbreak Grows
This year has become the deadliest year for measles in the United States in decades.