Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed a joint defence agreement, saying an attack on one of them would be seen as an attack on all three. The pact was announced at a meeting between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif in the Saudi city…
This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Earlier this week, Clément Delangue, the CEO of startup Hugging Face — which was recently on the receiving end of a rogue cyber attack by OpenAI’s models — made the somewhat controversial claim that China was winning the…
Much of garlic’s scientific interest centres on allicin and related sulfur compounds.Published in the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the review “Potential Health Benefit of Garlic Based on Human Intervention Studies: A Brief Overview” by Ansary et al. summarised evidence from human intervention studies showing that garlic and its bioactive compounds may have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory,…
Trump defends Pete Hegseth amid concerns about the defense secretary’s leadership. A student kills multiple people at a school in Thailand. And why Americans are still spending on little luxuries despite economic uncertainty. Here’s what to know today. Trump says he stands by Pete Hegseth as defense secretary President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense…
Between 3,000 and 5,000 migrants remain in the Spanish territory of Ceuta following the arrival of many times that number of people last week, the north African exclave’s leader has said. Juan Jesús Vivas told the European Parliament of his “profound sorrow” over the “irreparable tragedy” of 100 deaths that had occurred after roughly 78,000…
Saina Nehwal (Photo by Claus Fisker / Scanpix Denmark via Reuters) Every parent wants to see their child succeed. But how much should parents push? Should children be given complete freedom to choose their path, or does excellence require discipline that begins at home? Former world No. 1 badminton player Saina Nehwal believes there is…
July’s heat may not have extended to the U.S. job market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is scheduled to release its nonfarm payroll report for last month at 8:30 a.m. ET. It’s projected to show a modest pickup in hiring, albeit with stagnant wages. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect the release to show 83,000…
Nasa astronauts Anil Menon and Jessica Meir ventured outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Thursday to install mounting hardware. The hardware will prepare the station’s 3B power channel for the future installation of new roll-out solar arrays. The spacewalk lasted 6.5 hours. Source link
An Italian woman mistakenly discarded a winning lottery ticket worth one million euros. Sanitation workers meticulously searched over six tons of rubbish to find it. The ticket was recovered intact after a day-long, coordinated search operation. The woman had misunderstood a message displayed on a lottery terminal. This remarkable recovery ensured she could claim her…
This is Thailand’s deadliest mass shooting in years – and the second at a school this year. In February, a head teacher and a female student were shot by an 18-year-old gunman during a school siege in southern Thailand. Four years ago, a 34-year-old resident in the eastern Nong Bua Lamphu province killed 37 people,…