A massive 650-drone attack targeted Moscow overnight, killing a 20-year-old man, injuring six others, damaging homes and energy facilities, and temporarily grounding flights at major capital airports.
A drone strike targeted two facilities at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant, killing a worker, damaging a laboratory and waste building, though radiation levels remain normal.
Seven people were injured on the N3 near Hidcote, KwaZulu-Natal, following a collision between a bus and a truck. Emergency services responded, and authorities are investigating the crash cause.
Severe wind gusts in Bangkok knocked down a power pole, bringing down live utility cables and blocking major traffic. Emergency crews quickly secured the site to clear debris and safely restore power.
Explosions and anti-aircraft fire rocked occupied Crimea overnight as air defense systems engaged incoming targets near key Russian military airfields, disrupting base operations.
On Monday, Russian bombs struck a Kharkiv residential area, killing six people and wounding nearly 60 others while causing severe damage to several apartment buildings.
For most of human history, ageing was treated as an unavoidable fact of life. Today, scientists are increasingly asking a different question: what if ageing itself could be modified? Researchers are investigating cellular senescence, DNA and epigenetic changes, mitochondrial dysfunction, declining stem-cell function, chronic inflammation and other biological processes that contribute to ageing. From senolytic drugs and mTOR inhibitors to cellular reprogramming, regenerative medicine and AI-driven drug discovery, a new field known as geroscience is attempting to extend not merely human lifespan, but the years people spend healthy and independent. The ultimate goal may not be living forever. It may be making 80 feel more like 60—and 100 more like 70.
Memory is one of the defining features of being human. It allows us to remember people, places, experiences and the story of our own lives. But what if memory could eventually become something technology could read, preserve, enhance or even replay? Neuroscience is beginning to reveal that memories are represented through complex patterns of activity distributed across neural networks. At the same time, artificial intelligence and brain-computer interfaces are becoming increasingly capable of interpreting brain activity. Researchers have already demonstrated experimental systems that can decode aspects of memory, reconstruct features of mental imagery and influence memory performance through targeted neural stimulation. The ultimate possibility is extraordinary: a future in which memories could become partially accessible outside the brain. But if that future arrives, humanity will face an entirely new question—who owns a memory?
For decades, organ transplantation has been one of medicine's greatest achievements—and one of its most frustrating limitations. Thousands of patients can be treated only if another human being becomes a donor. But a new field of biotechnology is attempting to change that equation. 3D bioprinting combines living cells, biomaterials, stem-cell technology, engineering and increasingly artificial intelligence to construct biological tissues layer by layer. Researchers are already producing increasingly sophisticated tissue models, organoids and vascular structures. The ultimate ambition is far more radical: manufacture functional human organs designed specifically for individual patients. If that becomes possible, the consequences would extend far beyond transplantation. Medicine could enter an era where damaged organs are repaired, replacement tissues are manufactured and biological spare parts are produced when needed. The question is no longer whether scientists can print living tissue. The question is whether they can eventually print something that behaves like a real human organ.
Heavy AI investment is supporting expectations for another strong U.S. earnings season, though market gains remain concentrated in technology companies.
Indonesia plans a moratorium on new plants producing partly processed nickel as authorities seek to manage ore reserves and processing capacity.
Indonesia’s wildfire hotspots have fallen, but environmental groups warn peatland fires can reignite amid continued heat and dry conditions.
A West Kalimantan forest-fire class action hearing was postponed after the central government failed to appear in court.
Recent Anak Krakatau eruptions expanded the island by 32.8 hectares and produced two new nearby land formations.
Indonesia’s digital payments continued strong growth in 2026, with QRIS transactions rising sharply as users and merchants increased.
Belgian students rally against rising tuition, transport fares and classroom shortages, as demonstrations coincide with France’s wider school protest movement.
Bank Indonesia is expanding QRIS connectivity, with new agreements involving Timor-Leste and Hong Kong as cross-border payments continue growing.
Experts warn Indonesia's nickel reserves could decline rapidly as smelter capacity expands, raising concerns about the long-term sustainability of the industry.
Reform UK acknowledged shortcomings in handling prospective donations but denied breaking electoral law as police continue investigating foreign-funding allegations.
Danantara will retain dividends from state-owned enterprises for investment rather than transferring them directly into Indonesia's state budget.
Russian missiles and drones kill at least 20 people, including children, and damage homes, industrial sites and energy infrastructure across Ukraine.
Francis Halzen wins the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering IceCube, the South Pole observatory that detects high-energy cosmic neutrinos.
A Liberia-flagged tanker reportedly caught fire near Sochi; Russian authorities have not confirmed the vessel’s identity or cause of the blaze.
Republican Congressman Joe Wilson urged support for Serbia’s student movement, accusing President Aleksandar Vučić’s party of preparing to manipulate October’s election.