United States
Mitch McConnell Returns to US Senate After Three-Month Health Absence
US Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate on Monday after a three-month absence following a fall that left the 84-year-old Republican…
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Business
SpaceX’s Starfall Books a 2028 European ‘Space Factory’ Mission — But One Big Detail Makes the Timeline Far From Certain
WASHINGTON/LUXEMBOURG — SpaceX spent years making it dramatically easier to send things into orbit. Its next business could be about getting valuable…
Business
He Worked on AI Safety at Google DeepMind — Now He Says the Race Could ‘Kill Us All,’ but the Evidence Is More Complicated
LONDON — Another researcher who worked inside one of the world’s leading artificial-intelligence laboratories has issued an extraordinary warning: humanity may be…
Politics
Trump’s New 4-Year Limit for Foreign Students Was Hours From Taking Effect — Then a Federal Judge Stepped In
WASHINGTON — Thousands of international students, researchers and foreign journalists were preparing for one of the biggest changes to U.S. immigration rules…
Japan
Okinawa Just Ousted Its Anti-Henoko Governor After 12 Years — But U.S. Bases Weren’t the Main Reason Voters Switched
NAHA, Okinawa — For 12 years, one of Japan’s most strategically important prefectures was governed by leaders willing to fight Tokyo over…
United States
Venus May Have Once Had a Moon — But a New Study Says the Planet Could Have Destroyed It Itself
LOS ANGELES — Venus may be hiding the evidence of an ancient act of planetary cannibalism. The scorching world next door to…
Business
SoftBank’s SB Energy Is Offering Japan $500 Million of Its U.S. IPO — But Its Biggest AI Bet Hasn’t Started Operating Yet
TOKYO — SoftBank-backed SB Energy is opening a potentially $500 million door for Japanese investors into one of the year’s most ambitious…
Entertainment
DreamWorks’ ‘Forgotten Island’ Is Putting Filipino Culture on the World Stage—But Its Biggest Story Is What Filipinos Rarely See in Hollywood
That is the question surrounding DreamWorks Animation’s “Forgotten Island,” a new animated feature that places Philippine folklore, mythology, family traditions and Filipino…
Business
Trump Urges Ukraine to Stop Strikes on Russian Fuel as Global Diesel Shortage Sends Prices Soaring
US President Donald Trump has called on Ukraine to stop attacking Russian oil refineries and other diesel infrastructure, arguing that the strikes…
United States
US-Based Firm Sees Philippines as Manufacturing Hub, Citing Skilled Labor and Business-Friendly Regulations
MANILA — The Philippines is drawing renewed attention as a potential manufacturing destination, with a US-based company pointing to the country’s qualified…