Foremost among them is a shortage of grid capacity. The renewables’ build out has significantly outpaced transmission infrastructure, a point of major concern for policymakers. “In the first quarter of 2026, transmission constraints accounted for nearly two-thirds of all renewable energy curtailment at 300 gigawatt-hours (GWh),” according to Ember, a global energy think-tank. Put simply,…
Nene Royal, a 16-year-old rocker, has been crowned the latest winner of America’s Got Talent – making her the first ever Thai winner of the long-running talent show. For the show’s finals on Tuesday in California, Nene, whose real name is Rattikarn Amloy, performed a rendition of Seven Nation Army by American rock duo The…
Indian fashion got a major international moment in Milan, and Claire Holt was right at the centre of it.The The Vampire Diaries actor walked at Vogue World 2026: Milano wearing a Manish Malhotra gown from his MAA collection, which he presented at Paris Couture Week earlier this year. The look was delicate, dramatic and covered…
A federal judge ordered early Thursday that the White House immediately restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico, saying that President Donald Trump’s directive barring the three news outlets was most likely unconstitutional. In granting a 14-day temporary restraining order reinstating the outlets’ access while their legal challenge proceeds, U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly…
US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has announced a Gaza recovery plan worth $2.45bn (£1.85bn) during a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. The funding will be spread across 66 programmes over six months, and directed at housing, diesel generation and waste removal, among other needs. But the board admitted substantial…
Pedestrians walk past the Eiffel Tower in Paris on September 8, 2026. Lou Benoist | Afp | Getty Images France is paying an ever-higher risk premium on its debt as investors brace for a third straight year of drama over its annual budget, which threatens to topple yet another leader. The yield on the country’s…
Sharma comes from Bahanvi village in Hamirpur. His father is a daily-wage labourer, while his mother is a homemaker. A fifth-semester computer engineering student from Himachal Pradesh has secured a Rs 3.5 crore grant from the Union Ministry of Defence to develop a specialised drone for Indian Army border surveillance. Sarvesh Sharma, a student of…
The government of Yemen is seeking U.S. military support in its fight against the Houthis, a senior Yemeni official said Wednesday, as the Iranian-backed rebels rapidly expand their control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and threaten another critical Middle East waterway for global energy supplies. Yemen’s president, Rashad al-Alimi, conveyed the request for U.S. assistance…
Donald Trump has welcomed Xi Jinping at the Joint Base Andrews with a red carpet and military flyover to kick off a historic three-day US visit. During the welcome, which included a red carpet, two B-1 bombers flew overhead to celebrate Xi’s arrival. The supersonic aircraft are a key part of the US’s combat arsenal,…
Trump will aim to achieve other deals around trade and tariffs – like lowering Chinese tariffs on American products, increasing imports of Chinese rare earth minerals, and increasing exports of US agricultural products, according to David Firestein of the Bush China Foundation. But China appears have reneged on promises to buy more American agricultural products…
