UK
Bank of England Puts a Hedgehog on the Fiver: Wildlife to Replace Churchill and Historic Figures on New Banknotes
The Bank of England has announced a European hedgehog will replace Winston Churchill on the £5 note, with…
USA
Texas Executes Jamaal Howard in Nation’s First Lethal Injection Since Tennessee’s Botched Attempt on Christa Pike
Texas executed Jamaal Howard on Wednesday evening — the first lethal injection in America since Tennessee's botched attempt…
Pakistan
Sohail Afridi Launches Counter-Offensive Against KP Governor, Calls Kundi’s Security Meeting Unconstitutional
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's chief minister has rejected the governor's security meeting as unconstitutional and, according to Dawn, wants legislation…
Business
Borrowed Silicon: Who Will Pay When the AI Dream Starts Billing?
This week SpaceX moved to raise $40 billion in debt to buy Nvidia's chips — while Nvidia itself…
Science & Technology
South Korea’s Nuri Rocket Places Five NEONSAT Satellites in Orbit on Landmark Fifth Flight, One CubeSat Fails to Separate
South Korea's home-grown Nuri rocket completed its most complex mission yet on October 7, placing five NEONSAT Earth-observation…
Artificial Intelligence
Meta, Google DeepMind and the US Government Join Biohub’s $1.8 Billion Push for an AI “Virtual Cell”
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub has expanded its Virtual Biology Initiative into a $1.8 billion coalition with Meta, Google…
Geo-politics
Vance Says Iran Must Make ‘Meaningful’ Enrichment Cut to End Seven-Month War With the US
Vice President JD Vance has set out Washington's core condition for ending the seven-month US-Iran war: a concrete…
Geo-politics
WHO Presses Russia for Answers on Siberian Lab Worker’s Death as US Sends Formal Information Request
The World Health Organization says it still does not know what killed a 28-year-old laboratory worker in Siberia,…
Health
Kenya Confirms Its First-Ever Ebola Case as Man Dies in Nairobi After Travelling From Congo
Kenya has confirmed its first-ever Ebola case — a Kenyan citizen who had been living in Congo for…
Middle East
Houthi Strikes Kill Three and Wound Dozens at Saudi Airports as Yemen War Spreads to Riyadh
Houthi attacks on airports in Riyadh and Abha have killed three people and wounded 36, the deadliest confirmed…