As the Danube River breaks new record lows across much of its nearly 1,800-mile stretch through eastern Europe, curiosities of the past — including woolly mammoth bones in Bulgaria, sunken Nazi warships in Serbia and unexploded WWII artillery in Hungary’s capital — are emerging. But there’s also an energy crisis unfolding for Hungary’s nearly 10…
SpaceX on Tuesday reported a second-quarter loss of $541 million on revenue of $7.8 billion in its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, offering a window into its performance after executing the biggest ever initial public offering in June. Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and AI provider was forecast to report revenue of $6.8 billion…
The Trump administration credits its fraud control efforts for the disappearance of millions of people from Obamacare rolls rather than a sharp rise in premiums — a claim disputed by policy experts that glosses over the reality that many more Americans now find themselves without health insurance. Enrollment in Affordable Care Act plans fell by…
South Korea registered on Sunday its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, according to the state weather agency. The southeastern city of Yangsan saw the temperature reach 42.5 degrees Celsius at 1:26pm (9:26am PKT), the Korea Meteorological Administration said on its website. Yangsan has been the epicentre of the ongoing heatwave,…
ISLAMABAD: Violence linked to terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations intensified sharply in July, making it the deadliest month of 2026, with 112 security personnel among 205 people killed, while 401 terrorists were eliminated. The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), an Islamabad-based think tank, said in its monthly security assessment that fatalities among…
The pressure is rising on FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ditch a World Cup privatization plan that could draw investments up to $20 billion, but which has drawn widespread condemnation from most of soccer’s worldwide governing bodies. The latest rebukes of the plan came on Friday when a senior adviser to Infantino stepped down in…
President Trump gave his 2026 State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, during which he addressed, among other topics, the economy — an urgent topic of concern for millions of Americans who say they’re worried about everything from the price of food to spiraling health care costs. The president touted his work during his…
Southfield, Michigan – Michigan Democratic Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens clashed on issues of spending by outside groups, the tone of the race and electability in the last televised debate before a pivotal primary election next Tuesday. The Democratic primary contest to fill the open seat of outgoing Democratic Sen. Gary Peters…
US President Donald Trump lashed out at “fake news media” and talked about serving a banned third term as he addressed a rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Friday, three months after an assassination attempt disrupted the event. “This place is really the largest group of Trump derangement syndrome people ever put together at one…
A Swiss man died after losing consciousness hiking up Mount Fuji, authorities said on Friday, marking the second fatality in one week on the scenic but potentially dangerous mountain. Rescuers separately managed to save a 99-year-old woman, however, after she was injured on the mountain and sheltered in a hut overnight. Japan’s highest mountain was…
