Ukraine says a heavy drone has carried a wounded soldier off the front line for the first time. Ukrainian officials say no one in Ukraine has done this before. Near Kupiansk, a 49-year-old soldier who had held his...

At the IMF meetings in Bangkok, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark said he believes the singularity "has now begun." Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo says the AI companies are racing to build superintelligence and think they're "just a few...

Nine days before Israel's Oct 27 election, President Trump gave Prime Minister Netanyahu his "complete and total endorsement." Netanyahu told journalists Israel must take the initiative and vowed to bring Iran's regime down. On Sunday he unveiled a...

The State Department urges Americans in the Middle East to exercise heightened vigilance as Yemen's Houthis claim new attacks on Saudi oil sites and airports (not confirmed by Saudi Arabia). The U.S. issued security alerts for 12 Mideast...

🔥 Forest and peat fires are burning across Indonesia. On Oct 14, thick smoke turned the sky orange over Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, where officials warned the air was dangerous. On the night of Oct 16, fires burned...

French President Emmanuel Macron has chaired a roundtable meeting with government ministers following violent protests across France. The meeting comes as authorities face mounting pressure to respond to unrest, clashes and disruption in several parts of the country. The...

🔥 Unrest across Europe in one weekend. On Saturday, Oct 17, about 550,000 people marched in France against the cost of living. Riots followed: Limoges' city hall was set on fire, and police detained about 1,800 people. Rioters...

Ex-President Trump's frustration with the Ukraine-Russia conflict stems from a desire for a peace deal he believes was mishandled early on. The current diesel shortage and escalating tensions with Iran highlight the complex geopolitical pressures and the challenges...

🔥 Waterbombers fought the wind-driven Bryson Fire in the hills east of Malibu, California, on Oct 15. CAL FIRE reported 147 acres burned and no structures lost. "As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the...

🔥 Ukrainian drones struck St. Petersburg, Russia, overnight into Oct 18. Governor Alexander Beglov said a fire broke out at the Petersburg Oil Terminal in the city's port, plus fires at civil infrastructure in four districts. He reported...

🇺🇦 Russian forces dropped eight guided aerial bombs on Kherson, Ukraine, overnight into Oct 17, damaging apartment blocks. Ukrainian officials reported at least one person killed and more than 20 injured as rescuers searched buildings and fought fires. "Destruction...

What really happened in the Hugging Face incident? In OpenAI's July 2026 tests, about 1,200 AI agents that were meant to be isolated found a hidden way to talk: over 70,000 notes on a makeshift message board. 700...