Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively.

A new poll found that most Americans say they believe President Trump is mentally and physically unfit to serve as commander in chief.  The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 59 percent of U.S. respondents said that Trump does not have the mental sharpness it tak…

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Reuters wins two Pulitzer Prizes for national and beat reporting.

Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes ​on Monday, one for national reporting for stories on U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign of political retribution, and a second for beat reporting for investigations revealing how social-media behemoth Meta (META.O), opens new tab kno…

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Rectal cancer deaths rising rapidly among millennials: 'It's a medical crisis.'

Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials are so hard-hit. “The rate of rectal cancer seems to be increasing more than two to three times compared to colon cancer,”…

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Iran war revives European rooftop solar demand to cut energy bills.

Demand for rooftop solar systems across Europe has surged since the start of the Iran war, as households rush to shield themselves from soaring power prices triggered by the worst global energy disruption in history. The ​conflict has pushed oil, gas and electricity prices s…

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US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid.

A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits. According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke opened …

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US turns to Ukrainian counter-drone tech after Iran attacks.

The U.S. military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology in recent weeks at a key U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia, according to five people with ​knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to stem attacks that have destroyed aircraft and buildings, and killed at least on…

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Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data.

Meta (META.O) is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and ​keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomo…

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Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major shift of pacifist policy.

The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has lifted a ban on exporting lethal weapons, including fighter jets, in a major shift to Japan’s pacifist post-World War II constitution. In a post on X announcing the changes on Tuesday, Takaichi did not specify which w…

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Oil prices rise anew after a US-Iran standoff in the Strait of Hormuz strands tankers.

Oil prices rose in early trading Sunday as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf waterway that is crucial to global energy supplies. The price of U.S. crude oil increased 6.4% to $87.90 per barrel an hour aft…

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Meta to cut 8,000 jobs — 10% of workforce — in major bloodbath next month.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to lay off 10% of its workforce in a companywide bloodbath next month – with even more cuts to follow later in the year, according to a report Friday. The Instagram parent will ax nearly 8,000 employees in the initial round set for May 20, Reuter…

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Trump agrees to 2-week ceasefire if Iran opens Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that, based on conversations with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, he will delay the "bombing and attack of Iran" for two weeks. Trump said the decision came after the leaders requeste…

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Anthropologist traces split between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, other human forms.

The triumph of Homo sapiens over Neanderthals, a huge step in human evolution, was not the clearcut event that paleontologists have long believed. More likely, it was the result of continued interactions — and even some interbreeding — with modern humans resulting from just …

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Omani, French and Japanese vessels transit the Strait of Hormuz.

A French container ship, three Oman-linked tankers and a Japanese-owned gas carrier have crossed ⁠⁠the Strait of Hormuz, as some vessels make the passage through the contested waterway. The container belonging to French shipping giant CMA CGM is the first Western vessel know…

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NASA’s Artemis II Launch Mission Countdown Begins.

The countdown for NASA’s Artemis II test flight is underway at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with members of the launch team arriving at their consoles inside the Rocco Petrone Launch Control Center. The onsite countdown clock started ticking down at 4:44 p.…

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Our Sun has traveled from the center of the Milky Way.

Recent research advances the hypothesis that our star may have undertaken a long journey from the galactic core, in the company of numerous similar stars. This perspective challenges established knowledge about the history of our system and the galaxy itself. To retrace the …

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On this day in space: March 28, 1963: Last test flight of NASA's Saturn 1 rocket booster.

On March 28, 1963, NASA launched the first stage booster of its new Saturn 1 rocket on a fourth and final test flight. This uncrewed suborbital flight helped pave the way for astronauts to launch to the moon. After this initial test phase, NASA started launching test flights…

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Leading Chinese hypersonic aviation scientist Yan Hong dies at 56.

Yan Hong, one of China’s leading researchers in hypersonic and high-speed propulsion technologies, has died at the age of 56, according to Northwestern Polytechnical University. Yan, a professor and doctoral supervisor at NPU’s school of power and energy, died on Tuesday at …

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Olympic women's sport limited to biological females.

The women's category of Olympic sports will be limited to biological females from 2028. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says eligibility will be determined by a "once-in-a-lifetime" sex test, which would prevent transgender women and those with differ…

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Daniel Moody Wrestler Paul Bearer's Son Dead At 39.

Daniel Moody -- the son of the late WWE Hall of Famer Paul Bearer -- has died at the age of 39. According to a GoFundMe, Moody went to a hospital in November "for a procedure and suffered a major health crisis and is now in long-term care."  At the time, the page wa…

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U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says.

The Trump administration brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela for U.S. refiners, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said. Burgum traveled to Venezuela earlier this month with oil and mining executives. The U.S. sees a major opportunity to invest in the country’s minin…

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