The backlash against AI data centers is becoming a key issue in midterm races. The U.S. and Saudi Arabia strike sites in Iraq. And the whey protein craze is creating a cheese surplus. Here’s what to know today. How the backlash to AI data centers is shaping midterm elections Demonstrators hold up “Stop Data Centers”…
Oscar-winning Irish musician Glen Hansard has died in a motorbike crash in Dublin. Hansard, 56, was the frontman for rock group The Frames and also featured in The Commitments. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for Falling Slowly in 2007 which he wrote for the low-budget film Once. Hansard was born in…
Japan’s south-western Kyushu region has had more than 100 aftershocks since it was struck on Tuesday by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake which left at least 13 people dead. Many others were said to be in “cardiopulmonary arrest” – a term often used in preliminary reports in Japan before a death is officially confirmed. Amid searing…
Morgan Stanley’s enthusiasm for humanoid robots has cooled lately — and its analysts think technical challenges might not be the only barrier to the androids’ widespread adoption. The bank had upgraded its forecast for China’s humanoid robot shipments twice in 2026, expecting 50,000 units to ship this year, nearly double its previous projection of 28,000….
Kenzo or Padamchal , the Himalayan Diamond Have you ever seen a flower that can grow taller than a human? If not, you need to see the incredible Himalayan Diamond that grows at more than 4,000 metres above sea level in the icy terrains of the Himalayas. Guided by icy winds and nourished by freezing…
Iran attacked American forces in the Middle East overnight, prompting Saudi Arabia and the United States to retaliate against a Tehran-backed militia in Iraq and shattering a period of relative calm raising the risk of a further escalation of the conflict. Iran had suspended its attacks amid a renewed push to reach a deal with…
Amid the energy crisis caused by the Trump administration’s oil blockade of Cuba, our correspondent Jack Nicas visits a children’s movie night in a Havana neighborhood made possible by one family’s modified generator. Source link
Russia has charged Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism over allegations the messenger app has been used for recruitment by Ukrainian secret services. The FSB – Russia’s domestic security service – said Telegram had been used “to prepare and co-ordinate acts of sabotage and terror” inside Russia and had failed to remove channels, chats…
Lavender plants tend to look straggly and woody by late summer if left untouched, and August is the ideal time to trim them back into shape. Once the flower spikes have faded, cutting the plant back by about a third, trimming into the soft green growth but avoiding old woody stems, encourages a compact, bushy…
The debate over the best course for interest rates continued to swirl heading into Wednesday’s rate-setting vote at the Federal Reserve in Washington. While parts of the U.S. economy are relatively stable, like the labor market, experts say this stability could be undermined by the potential inflationary impacts of a longer Iran war or the…