The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making her the health agency’s first permanent director in roughly a year. Schwartz served as deputy surgeon general during President Donald Trump’s first term; before that, she was a Navy physician and chief medical officer in the Coast…
The recent youth-led protests have weakened Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi “terribly”, says leading activist Sonam Wangchuk whose hunger strike galvanised the movement. Wangchuk told the BBC that the atmosphere in the country had changed following mass demonstrations which triggered the resignation of the education minister on 25 July. Young people now have more confidence…
Twenty-one people were killed and dozens have been injured after Russia fired 115 drones and 24 ballistic missiles in Ukraine. Many of the drones were intercepted, but Kyiv’s depleted air defences meant many of the missiles were not. Anastasiia Dudley’s home was significantly damaged in the attack, which she said was the “scariest night” of…
Former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country in December, despite facing the death penalty there for crimes against humanity. Hasina, who denies the charges, was tried in absentia after fleeing to India during an anti-government uprising in 2024. On the second anniversary of being ousted, Hasina said in an…
Napoleon Bonaparte (Image: Wikipedia) Success often gets pictured as quick decisions and instant reaction, striking the moment an opportunity appears. Napoleon Bonaparte understood something quieter than that. “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake,” the line widely credited to him goes. Rather than rushing to intervene the moment things start going wrong…
Jay Parikh, executive vice president of CoreAI at Microsoft, speaks at a Siemens news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 6, 2026. Caroline Brehman | AFP | Getty Images Microsoft is telling developers working on AI coding projects to rely on OpenAI’s top-tier model over rival products as part of…
Flutter shares faltered Wednesday after the company slashed its full-year U.S. profit guidance by 22% and announced the departure of CEO Peter Jackson at the end of the quarter. The current CEO of Flutter’s international business, Dan Taylor, will take the reins, effective Oct. 1. The company reported earnings per share of 49 cents for…
A social media reel has turned into a bigger conversation about railway safety. A video allegedly showing two people inside the loco pilot’s cabin of a Vande Bharat train has been widely shared online, with many users asking how anyone outside the railway system could enter a part of the train that is generally considered…
Multiple people were killed Wednesday in a mass shooting at a home in North Carolina, authorities said. Caswell County deputies responded to a call for service just before 8 a.m. at a home on Brooks Road in Prospect Hill, the State Bureau of Investigation said in a news release. Deputies found multiple gunshot victims. One…
Yet without them, Ukraine’s skies are wide open. “Ballistic missile interceptors could have saved the lives of those killed today,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Last week, following another deadly attack in which only one out of 27 missiles was shot down, he warned that a shortage of interceptors “encourages Russia to launch such attacks that…
