Construction intensifies at site linked to Israel’s suspected nuclear program, satellite photos show

Construction intensifies at site linked to Israel’s suspected nuclear program, satellite photos show

Construction work has intensified on a major new structure at a facility key to Israel’s long-suspected atomic weapons program, according to satellite images analysed by experts. They say it could be a new reactor or a facility to assemble nuclear arms — but secrecy shrouding the program makes it difficult to know for sure. The … Read more

Not for Russia to ‘decide’ if West can deploy troops to Ukraine: NATO chief Mark Rutte

Not for Russia to ‘decide’ if West can deploy troops to Ukraine: NATO chief Mark Rutte

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. File | Photo Credit: Reuters NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday (September 4, 2025) that Russia did not have a veto on whether Western powers can deploy troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees if a truce is reached. “Why are we interested in what Russia thinks about … Read more

Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, passes away

Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, passes away

Designer Giorgio Armani was synonymous with modern Italian style and elegance. He combined the flair of the designer with the acumen of a businessman, running a company that turned over some 2.3 billion euros ($2.7 billion) a year. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died, the company said on Thursday … Read more

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality

Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, from left Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto , Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un look out from Tiananmen Gate as they attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II at Tiananmen Square … Read more

Jellyfish swarm shutters another French nuclear reactor

Jellyfish swarm shutters another French nuclear reactor

A jellyfish lies on the shore near in France. | Photo Credit: AFP A jellyfish swarm reduced output by 2.4 gigawatts at French utility EDF’s Paluel nuclear plant after entering the filters of the pumping station, EDF said on Thursday (September 4, 2025), the second time jellyfish have impacted production in a month. Electricity production … Read more

Google partly down in Turkey, parts of Europe, government and watchdog say

Google partly down in Turkey, parts of Europe, government and watchdog say

Some Google services including YouTube were not accessible in Turkey and some parts of Europe on Thursday [File] | Photo Credit: AP Some Google services including YouTube were not accessible in Turkey and some parts of Europe on Thursday, the Turkish deputy minister for telecommunications and a local internet monitor said. The Freedom of Expression … Read more

In London, T.N. CM Stalin meets U.K.’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State; discusses deeper collaboration

In London, T.N. CM Stalin meets U.K.’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State; discusses deeper collaboration

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin with MP Catherine West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific) | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who is on a visit to the United Kingdom, met MP Catherine West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Indo-Pacific), at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, where they discussed opportunities … Read more

India-Singapore relations go far beyond diplomacy: PM Modi after talks with Singapore Prime Minister Wong

India-Singapore relations go far beyond diplomacy: PM Modi after talks with Singapore Prime Minister Wong

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong at Hyderabad House, in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: DPR PMO via ANI India and Singapore on Thursday (September 4, 2025) unveiled a roadmap to expand their comprehensive strategic partnership with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong underlining the need to … Read more

Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden

Trump to host tech CEOs for first event in newly renovated Rose Garden

The gathering highlights U.S. President Donald Trumpp’s complicated but evolving relationship with Silicon Valley and the broader tech industry. File | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (September 4, 2025) will host more than two dozen technology and business leaders for a dinner in the newly renovated White House Rose Garden, according … Read more

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness elected to a third term as main Opposition candidate concedes

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness elected to a third term as main Opposition candidate concedes

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness secured a third term early Thursday (September 4, 2025) following a tight race on an island shaken by corruption, inequity and economic concerns. Preliminary results showed that Mr. Holness’ Jamaica Labour Party won at least 34 seats, while Mark Golding’s Opposition People’s National Party secured at least 29 seats. Mr. … Read more