The United States struck two military facilities on Iran's Larak Island on August 30, the first known American attack on Iranian soil in over a month. A U.S. official said the strike targeted launchers preparing to lay sea mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps retaliated...
The death toll from the catastrophic flash flood in Nepal has surpassed 750, with more than 3,000 people still missing as of August 30, 2026. The disaster was triggered on August 26 by a massive ice-rock avalanche on Langtang Lirung mountain, which registered as a 5.2-magnitude seismic event, initially leading...
OpenAI's chief economist, Ronnie Chatterji, predicts that the rise of artificial intelligence will drive significant job growth in the U.S. "care economy," which includes roles like nurses, teachers, and elder care providers [citation:1][citation:5]. Speaking to NBC News, Chatterji argued these jobs, centered on human connection and physical presence, are the...
Filip Hrgovic became Croatia's first heavyweight world champion by stopping previously unbeaten British prodigy Moses Itauma in the ninth round at London's O2 Arena on Saturday [citation:1][citation:3]. The 34-year-old weathered an early storm, surviving a second-round knockdown and absorbing sustained punishment from the 21-year-old Itauma, who had never been beyond...
WASHINGTON — U.S. forces struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island near the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, marking the first American military action against Iran in over a month, a U.S. official said [citation:1][citation:2]. The attack targeted launchers operated by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that were...
The U.S. Treasury Department has denied credentials to reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News for the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Asheville, North Carolina. The denied journalists include Times Treasury correspondent Alan Rappeport and Wall Street Journal Treasury correspondent...
NASA and SpaceX have delayed the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station after detecting an oxidizer leak in the Dragon spacecraft’s propulsion system during standard prelaunch processing, NASA said Aug. 29. Joint NASA and SpaceX teams are conducting additional tests and reviewing data, with necessary rework to be completed...
Hong Kong actress and former entertainer Anna Ueyama marked her 62nd birthday on Aug. 25 with a gathering attended by figures from the city’s entertainment industry. Photos shared by actress Carina Lau showed Ueyama with Lau, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang, Wu Wan-fang and others. The appearance of...
Salesforce surged twenty-two percent on August twenty-seventh after reporting second-quarter fiscal results that surpassed market expectations. The enterprise software company announced eleven billion three hundred fifty million dollars in revenue, representing an eleven percent year-over-year increase, alongside three billion five hundred thirty million dollars in net income. Core artificial intelligence...
Nvidia shares surged nearly nine percent on August 27, adding $442 billion in market value after forecasting fiscal 2028 revenue growth of approximately seventy percent. The projection surpassed Wall Street consensus estimates of forty-five percent. CEO Jensen Huang announced the one-year-ahead guidance to emphasize long-term visibility into artificial intelligence infrastructure...
