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

Trump asks Supreme Court to quickly take up tariffs case and reverse ruling finding them illegal

Trump asks Supreme Court to quickly take up tariffs case and reverse ruling finding them illegal

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: AP The Trump administration took the fight over tariffs to the Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 3, 2025), asking the justices to rule quickly that the president has the power to impose sweeping import taxes under federal law. Also Read | U.S. appeals court finds Trump’s global … Read more

Israeli drones drop grenades near UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Israeli drones drop grenades near UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

One grenade impacted within 20 metres and three within approximately 100 metres of UN personnel and vehicles. File | Photo Credit: AP The UN Interim Force in Lebanon said on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) that Israeli drones dropped four grenades near peacekeepers in “one of the most serious attacks” on its personnel since a November … Read more

Sudan landslide: 100 bodies recovered after Darfur tragedy, says rebel group

Sudan landslide: 100 bodies recovered after Darfur tragedy, says rebel group

In this September 1, 2025, photo provided by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army, people gather at the site of a landslide from Aug. 31, that wiped out the village of Tarasin in the Marrah Mountains of Central Darfur, Sudan. Photo: Sudan Liberation Movement/Army via AP Sudan has recovered 270 bodies from under the mud after a landslide … Read more

Trump says China should have mentioned U.S. aid in WW2 during ‘beautiful ceremony’

Trump says China should have mentioned U.S. aid in WW2 during 'beautiful ceremony'

U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China’s “beautiful ceremony” marking the end of World War Two should have highlighted the role that the U.S. played in Japan’s defeat. “I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it … Read more