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Asian economies move to limit Mideast war's impact at home

Faced with soaring prices and disruptions to their oil and gas supplies, Asian countries heavily dependent on fossil fuels from the war-struck Gulf are moving to protect their domestic markets.

Women rule the roost atop the Gdansk shipyard cranes

For the past 30 years, Halina Krauze has sat atop a 15-metre (49-foot) crane surveying the Gdansk shipyard, the birthplace of the Solidarnosc trade union.

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India chases 'DeepSeek moment' with homegrown AI models

Fledgling Indian artificial intelligence companies showcased homegrown technologies this week at a major summit in New Delhi, underpinning big dreams of becoming a global AI power.

NASA delivers harsh assessment of botched Boeing Starliner test flight

NASA on Thursday blamed what it called engineering vulnerabilities in Boeing's Starliner spacecraft along with internal agency mistakes in a sharply critical report assessing a botched mission that left two astronauts stranded in space.

Laser-written glass can store data for millennia, Microsoft says

Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era?

Summit photo op fails to unite AI startup rivals

Tech bro rivalry is real, or at least it is for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the CEOs of two leading US artificial intelligence startups.

OpenAI's Altman says world 'urgently' needs AI regulation

Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, told a global artificial intelligence conference on Thursday that the world "urgently" needs to regulate the fast-evolving technology.

PM Modi, top tech bosses to address India AI summit

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tech CEOs including OpenAI's Sam Altman will give their take on the opportunities and threats posed by artificial intelligence at a global summit in New Delhi on Thursday.

Laser-etched glass can store data for millennia, Microsoft says

Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era?

Russian era ends at abandoned launchpad in South American jungle

"Stop. Danger of death. Work in progress."

US tech giants announce India deals at AI summit

Google said it would build new subsea cables from India and chip titan Nvidia unveiled tie-ups with computing firms on Wednesday as tech giants rushed to announce deals and investments at a global AI conference in New Delhi.

US tech giant Nvidia announces India deals at AI summit

US artificial intelligence chip titan Nvidia unveiled tie-ups with Indian computing firms on Wednesday as tech companies rushed to announce deals and investments at a global AI conference in New Delhi.

Bangladesh's new PM, political heir Tarique Rahman

Long overshadowed by his parents and heir to one of Bangladesh's most powerful political dynasties, the country's new Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has finally stepped into the spotlight.

Why are more under-50s getting colorectal cancer? 'We don't know'

The death of US actor James Van Der Beek was just the latest reminder that colorectal cancer has been surging among people under 50 in recent years -- and no one knows why.

Kraft Heinz, Braskem, and Tenaris to headline OMP Conference São Paulo 2026

Global industry leaders showcase real-world results and AI-driven supply chain planning innovations

St Peter's Basilica gets terrace cafe, translated mass for 400th birthday

Visitors to St Peter's Basilica will be able to follow mass in 60 languages and enjoy a coffee on a newly opened terrace as part of plans unveiled Monday by the Vatican.

AI chatbots to face UK safety rules after outcry over Grok

The UK government said Monday that it would include AI chatbots in online safety laws, closing a loophole exposed after Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok was used to create sexualised deepfakes.

India hosts AI summit as safety concerns grow

A global artificial intelligence summit kicks off in New Delhi on Monday with big issues on the agenda, from job disruption to child safety, but some attendees warn the broad focus could diminish the chance of concrete commitments from world leaders.

Japan's 'godless' lake warns of creeping climate change

The Japanese priest and his parishioners gathered before dawn, hoping that climate change had not robbed them of the chance to experience an increasingly rare communion with the sacred.

International crew arrives at space station

Four astronauts docked at the International Space Station on Saturday for a months-long research mission, replacing a crew forced to return to Earth early over a medical issue.

International crew set to dock at space station

Four astronauts are set to dock at the International Space Station on Saturday for a months-long research mission, replacing a crew forced to return to Earth early over a medical issue.

China top court says drivers responsible despite autonomous technology

China's top court has issued a ruling confirming humans in cars with assisted driving technology are responsible for their vehicle, setting a nationwide benchmark as Beijing positions itself as a standards-setter in the auto market.

All-in on AI: what TikTok creator ByteDance did next

After soaring to global attention with its hugely popular TikTok app, Chinese tech giant ByteDance is now positioning itself as a major player in the fast-evolving AI arena.

Costa Rica digs up mastodon, giant sloth bones in major archaeological find

Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.

Sophie Adenot, the second French woman to fly to space

When she was growing up, Sophie Adenot plastered her childhood bedroom with posters of rockets launching from Cape Canaveral.

Strange 'inside-out' planetary system baffles astronomers

Surprised astronomers said Thursday they have discovered a star with planets in a bizarre order that defies scientific expectations -- and suggests these faraway worlds formed in a manner never seen before.

The secret to an elephant's grace? Whiskers

An elephant's trunk can surpass a human's height and lift trees -- a marvel of strength that's conversely so gentle it can grasp a tortilla chip without breaking it.

Chance glimpse of star collapse offers new insight into black hole formation

A watched pot never boils and love happens when you least expect it -- turns out, the same logic applies to capturing a star as it collapses into a black hole.

'Virgin' frescoes emerge from Pompeii suburb

Amid the remains of a sumptuous villa near Pompeii, the hard-hatted conservationist scraped away centuries-old ash to reveal a vibrant red fresco.

GA-ASI Achieves New Milestone With Semi-Autonomous CCA Flight

YFQ-42A Uncrewed Fighter Jet Executes Mission Autonomy Test

AI cracks Roman-era board game

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.

Actor behind Albania's AI 'minister' wants her face back

An actor whose face was used by Albania's government for an AI chatbot that it promoted to be a "minister" told AFP on Wednesday that she had launched a legal fight to stop the use of her image and accused the government of "exploitation".

French AI firm Mistral to build data centres in Sweden

French AI developer Mistral said Wednesday that it would build data centres in Sweden, its first outside France, as it races to compete with the sector's biggest names.

Siemens Energy trebles profit as AI boosts power demand

German turbine maker Siemens Energy said Wednesday that its quarterly profits had almost tripled as the firm gains from surging demand for electricity driven by the artificial intelligence boom.

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