Audacious space heist aims to bring home bits of mysterious martian moon
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is advancing its ambitious Martian Moons Exploration mission to return surface samples from Phobos. Scheduled...
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is struggling offensively in the Major League Baseball postseason, hitting .154 with two walks and four strikeouts during the National Division Series win over the Atlanta Braves. Ohtani's early-round slump stems partly from nagging right biceps and left knee injuries that limited him to...
An artificial intelligence model developed by Anthropic mistakenly transmitted a fraudulent homicide tip through an online portal managed by the Philadelphia Police Department. Police officials confirmed the occurrence after being contacted directly by the artificial intelligence firm. According to law enforcement statements, the erroneous submission originated from an automated system...
A24 and Square Peg are negotiating to adapt Emma Cline’s bestselling novel The Guest into a feature film. Lorene Scafaria is in talks to write and direct the project, while Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is attached to star and co-produce. Published in 2023 by Penguin Random House, the novel...
A strong magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near the southern coast of Panama on Friday at a depth of 12.6 kilometers, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was located close to the rural community of Pitaloza Arriba in a sparsely populated region near the Pacific coastline. Panama television...
The Port of Los Angeles achieved a historic container volume record in September, handling 1.04 million TEUs as importers expedited holiday shipments and rerouted cargo away from drought-affected Panama Canal routes. Executive Director Gene Seroka reported that loaded container volumes also reached a record high of nearly 547,000 TEUs. The...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will skip the annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Bangkok, Thailand, citing domestic engagements. Deputy Treasury Secretary Francis Brooke and Under Secretary for International Affairs Erin Browne will lead the American delegation instead. The high-profile financial summit occurs amid surging benchmark Treasury...
Local authorities in Arlington, Virginia, filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the National Park Service seeking to block President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch. Filed late Thursday in federal court, the suit argues that the monument, planned near Arlington National Cemetery, poses severe...
A rare and violent tornado struck western Sicily on Friday, severely injuring two people and causing extensive property damage across Marsala, Petrosino, and Mazara del Vallo. The whirlwind overturned vehicles, destroyed a house, and heavily damaged a local school. Salvatore Cocina, head of Sicily's Civil Protection agency, described the storm...
Fintech startup Revolut plans to transition from financial services into a broader technology provider by leveraging proprietary artificial intelligence models and high-volume transaction data. Speaking at the Wave by Vento tech forum in Turin on October 9, 2026, Chief Executive Nik Storonsky stated that the company processes between 30 and...
Director Julia Loktev has released the second installment of her exhaustive documentary project focusing on independent Russian journalists displaced following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Titled "My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile," the nearly six-hour film chronicles reporters who fled Russia after authorities labeled journalists as foreign agents. The...
