Singer and actor Selena Gomez was sued on Thursday by investors who say the “Only Murders in the Building” star committed fraud by failing to fulfill duties to build and promote her mental health start-up. The plaintiffs invested nearly $1.2 million in Wondermind Global, which was launched in 2021 to help users strengthen their “mental…
The UAE has strongly condemned Iran over attacks on two ADNOC-affiliated vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, describing the strikes as a serious violation of international maritime rules and a threat to regional and global energy security. The vessels were attacked on the evening of Thursday, August 13, while transiting the strategically important waterway….
Superstar Selena Gomez and her mother are accused of defrauding investors of their mental health startup, Wondermind, in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday. Wondermind was co-founded by Gomez, her mother, Mandy Teefey, and Daniella Pierson in November 2021 and touts mental fitness practices and tools. The suit accuses Wondermind and its founders of falsely representing…
Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia will form political and military mechanisms under a defence pact signed between the regional powers last week, Turkiye’s defence ministry said on Thursday, adding the alliance would also deepen defence industry cooperation. The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement was signed last week as the Middle East grapples with fallout from the…
A “massive” Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia’s port of Novorossiysk has damaged two major grain export terminals and hit the last big Russian naval base on the Black Sea, reports say. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and another 24 injured in the overnight attack, local officials said. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr…
SnappyFly founder Vincent Chow For most photographers watching generative AI learn to render skin, fabric and light with unsettling accuracy, the instinct has been to defend the craft. Vincent Chow, however, did the opposite. The founder of Singapore-based product photography firm SnappyFly decided that if AI was coming for his industry, he would rather be…
Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper August 12, 2026 — 3:30pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Washington: During five intense days last month, Iran launched waves of drones and missiles at US troops on three bases in Jordan, hoping to break…
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The head of President Trump’s ambitious Golden Dome for America project said Tuesday that the military has already carried out two secretive tests of the multibillion-dollar missile defense shield, with new technologies and artificial intelligence being incorporated into the developing system. U.S. Space Force Gen. Michael A. Guetlein told an audience at the…
Gaza City, Gaza Strip – Under the scorching heat inside a displacement tent in northern Gaza, Mona al-Masri tries to plan for each day as it comes. Mona is a widow, and the mother of four children, ranging in age from nine to two. Her husband, Mohammed, was killed in an Israeli strike in September 2024….
BANGKOK — BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar ’s military has increasingly used low-cost aircraft such as motorized paragliders and gyrocopters in escalating aerial attacks that kill civilians in its conflict with armed, anti-government groups, a U.N. investigation said in a report Tuesday. Separately, a major ethnic armed group fighting the government in Rakhine state said 20…
