FILE PHOTO: People walk past an installation depicting barrel of oil with the logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the COP29 United Nations climate change conference in Baku, Azerbaijan November 19, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Eight OPEC+ countries meeting on Saturday have agreed to a further accelerated oil output hike…
Sirens blaring, a truckful of armed men trailing in its wake, the black sport utility vehicle that sliced sharklike through the Syrian town of Ashrafieh Sahnaya on Friday morning was impossible to miss. Government forces had retaken control from the armed groups that turned the town into a sectarian battlefield for two days this week,…
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Sam Altman and Elon Musk aren’t just competing in the AI race; they both have ambitions to build Silicon Valley’s holy grail: an “everything” super app encompassing finance, social media, gaming, and more. Earlier this week, I got a peek at Altman’s plan from a cavernous event space on the northern edge of San Francisco….
The cardinals who have traveled to Rome to elect the next pope at a conclave next week sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the globe. At first glance, they appear to split along the kinds of left-right lines that characterize political contests elsewhere. Many conservative Roman Catholic Church leaders disagreed with…
Carry1st, Africa’s mobile game publisher, announced the return of its flagship Call of Duty: Mobile tournament as part of the Carry1st Africa Cup 2025. With 200+ teams and over 1,000 players, this year’s tournament is set to be the largest and most competitive yet. In a landmark move for African esports, the Carry1st Africa Cup…
Saudi Arabia’s extension of its soft power through sport reached into the heart of New York City on Friday night with a grandiose boxing card for a select audience backed by Turki al-Sheikh, the chairman of the Kingdom’s General Entertainment Authority
Congratulations are in order for Giannis Antetokounmpo and his wife, Mariah, as they welcome baby number four, a baby girl named Aria Capri. The Milwaukee Bucks star shared the exciting news in a joint Instagram post featuring a sweet photo of their newborn daughter swaddled in her bassinet, wearing an adorable bow beanie cap. The…
Major science groups said Friday that they would publish work for the country’s flagship report on climate change, a project that the Trump administration threw into limbo by dismissing hundreds of scientists who had been working on it. The American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society said they would publish work originally meant for…
In our daily lives, the sun seems constant and quiet, sedately shining at a steady pace. But looks can be deceiving: our star can also blast out powerful solar storms, huge explosions of energy and subatomic particles. If these are directed toward us, they can trigger auroras and disrupt our power grids, as well as…
