A mother and son from Haryana make history as they are both elected mayors in the UK.

Back in June 2025, Naval News (link) ran a story titled: “China Builds New Large Jet‑Powered Ekranoplan”Well, about that “jet‑powered” part, turns out the four engines perched above the wing are turboprops, not jets. The photos now circulating below make that pretty unambiguous that it is not a Chinese "Caspian Sea Monster" This “civilian” program is nominally tied to the China Coast Guard,

Silicon Valley takes its AI pitch to the pope  politico.euPope Leo Is About to Make an A.I. Mic Drop. Here’s Why It Matters.  The New York TimesPope Leo will take on AI alongside an Anthropic co-founder  NBC NewsPope: Chur…

First, examining lessons from the Wall Street crash of 1929. Then, a report on mouse DNA and the fight against Lyme disease. And, inside the “Payam Method” for learning piano.

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Plenary Americas LP, La Caisse’s infrastructure arm, agrees to acquire and take private Canadian database company ISC for $872M, expected to close in Q3  —  The infrastructure arm of Caisse de dép&ocir…

An RAF jet which the defence secretary was travelling in had its signals jammed as it flew near the Russian border, in what a defence source said was “reckless” interference.

U.S. blames others for U.N. nuclear treaty conference failure  upi.comReview of landmark nuclear treaty breaks up without consensus, raising arms race fears  UN NewsNuclear powers are expanding their arsenals instead of disarming. A…