Ayeyawady continues rescue, relief operations
RESCUE and relief operations are continuing in Laymyethna Township, Ayeyawady Region, after heavy rainfall and river erosion caused a section of the Ngawun River embankment to collapse on the night…
UNEP: World set to cross 1.5°C global warming, but can still limit, adapt to and return from higher temperatures
Nairobi, 2 September 2026 – Global temperature rise is set to cross 1.5°C, likely within the next few years, pushing climate risks and impacts to increasingly dangerous heights, but it…
Trump promises to campaign for Republicans and says they have a winning midterm message
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Republican lawmakers facing tough reelection campaigns to run on his record in the White House despite his sagging popularity, and he…
NYC, the nation’s largest school system, bans AI for students through 8th grade
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran…
Bond selloff deepens as oil prices and public debt fears jolt markets
SINGAPORE/LONDON/NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Bond prices continued to slide in Asia and Europe on Wednesday, pushing borrowing costs to multi-decade highs as the Middle East conflict drives up…
US military completes latest strikes against Iran, while Trump vows more for Tehran’s retaliation
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones at various sites across the region in response as hostilities flare once…
Iran targets US allies in Gulf after overnight attacks, and other Mideast news
Iran targeted Gulf allies of the United States for two consecutive nights, firing drones at Kuwait and Bahrain after a Wednesday U.S. aerial bombardment of Iran. Following a series of…
Iran war escalation raises concern over civilian death toll
CAIRO: The sudden recent escalation of the Iran war has cast renewed attention on its civilian toll after Iran reported 18 dead in the last US assault, including four killed…
Social media bans for teens: What Talking Point learnt from Australia, Malaysia
SINGAPORE/SYDNEY/KUALA LUMPUR: “I can guarantee,” a teenager told his peers, “no matter how many restrictions (the authorities) put in place, we’ll somehow find a way to bypass (them).” It is…
US, China arm for space warfare: hunter satellites and orbital weapons
By Cassell Bryan-Low, Joey Roulette and Eduardo Baptista In June, a secretive unmanned Chinese spaceplane closely monitored by U.S. military analysts released a small satellitehundreds of miles above Earth in…