Five people have been found dead and 41 are missing after an Indonesian ferry carrying at least 250 people caught fire while at sea, officials say. The captain of the ship reported the fire – off Madura island – as the vessel sailed from the country’s second-largest city, Surabaya in East Java, to Makassar in…
The crypto space climbed 1.1 per cent to US$2.21 trillion in the last 24 hours. What caught my eye first was where the demand concentrated. Layer 1 tokens led the charge, with the category gaining 1.45 per cent and outperforming the broader landscape. Ethereum and Solana dominated social media conversations, and the timing was no…
Samy Magdi and Aamer Madhani August 2, 2026 — 10:12am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA The US State Department has issued new security alerts for Americans in 10 countries in the Middle East region to be “prepared to depart” due…
WASHINGTON — A man whose slain brother led one of Mexico’s most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty Friday in Washington to conspiring to traffic cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S. Antonio Oseguera Cervantes worked for cartels with his brother Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as “El Mencho” who was killed…
UEFA, who were the strongest opponents of FIFA’s plan, slam the Gianni Infantino-led governing body despite standdown. Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026 European football’s governing body UEFA says it has lost confidence in the sport’s global governing body FIFA under its current leadership. UEFA voted on Thursday to boycott FIFA if it did…
KYIV, Ukraine — At least three people were killed and over a dozen others injured after Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones targeting Kyiv overnight into Saturday, local authorities said. A five-story residential building in the Solomianskyi District was damaged by falling debris with people believed to be still trapped inside…
Leopold Aschenbrenner Photo: Josh Edelson Two years ago, Leopold Aschenbrenner argued he was one of few people in the world who saw the future clearly. In a sprawling, 165-page essay that became required reading in Silicon Valley, the former OpenAI researcher positioned himself as a kind of prophet for the coming age of artificial super…
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)’s first parliamentary elections, scheduled for September 14 after years of postponement, will complete one of the central political commitments under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB): the transition from an appointed government to an elected one. This milestone, however, will not mark the end of the…
North Korea’s economy grew more than three percent for a third straight year in 2025, South Korea’s central bank estimated Friday, as Pyongyang continues to deepen economic and military ties with Russia. The Bank of Korea (BoK) has published annual estimates of the North’s economy since 1991, based on its own intelligence and trade data…
OpenMatter Network has urged corporate leaders to overhaul the architecture protecting artificial intelligence systems, warning that conventional cybersecurity controls may not contain increasingly autonomous agents capable of acting beyond their intended boundaries. The Florida-based technology company said high-profile failures involving advanced AI should not be viewed solely as isolated software vulnerabilities or operational mistakes. Renee…
