The construction of the pool reflected a national ambition to build something unifying and enduring. The rushed renovation and political fallout of 2026 reveal how much that civic vision has changed.
August 07, 2026Violence in the occupied West Bank flared on Monday as Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during a village raid by settlers from a nearby
September 07, 2026Brazil's opposition took to the streets on Independence Day on Monday as right-wing presidential candidate Senator Flavio Bolsonaro sought to capitalize
September 07, 2026Argentina's rugged Patagonia is drawing increasing interest from investors searching for sites for mega data centers who are enticed by the region's
September 07, 2026A planned U.S.-Saudi atomic deal does not include Riyadh signing the Additional Protocol that gives the U.N. nuclear watchdog sweeping inspection powers,
September 07, 2026Volkswagen strikes deal with Israel investment firm to turn car plant into defense facility
September 07, 2026U.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has sent the European Commission a report regarding a hijack of a German website by rogue agents, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday.
September 07, 2026NC State Board of Elections approves changes to how counties should handle absentee ballots
September 07, 2026Premium German car brand Audi on Monday introduced a new compact electric vehicle to boost its presence at the smaller end of the European market, where
September 07, 2026Iran threatened on Monday to retaliate against any new U.S. attacks on its assets, warning that energy infrastructure across the Gulf,
September 07, 2026Huawei and Xiaomi launched new flagship foldable smartphones on Monday, stepping up competition in China's
September 07, 2026A billion flies are now in the screwworm fight. Will there be enough?
September 07, 2026A 22-year-old man from Singapore is expected to plead guilty this week in Washington to orchestrating one of the largest cryptocurrency thefts in U.S. history, duping a stranger out of bitcoin worth over $240 million
September 07, 2026U.N. rights chief Volker Turk warned on Monday that artificial intelligence could pose a threat to humanity, and pledged to press AI firms to reduce risks that
September 07, 2026Police in Berlin said on Monday they are investigating a fire at a transformer substation, further raising security concerns over a series of sabotage attacks on
September 07, 2026North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has put his second naval destroyer into service and called for building a more reliable nuclear deterrent
September 07, 2026Prosecutors in Belgium said they have held a man with dual Chinese and Belgian nationality in pre-trial detention since May on suspicion of espionage in a case involving
September 07, 2026South Korea and the United States have agreed on the size of Seoul's planned investment in a gas project in Texas at around $22.3 billion, Korean media outlet Edaily reported
September 07, 2026At least five people died when an Amazon Prime Air cargo flight overran a runway and crashed while landing at Miami International Airport
September 07, 2026Global shares are mixed, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul leading gains thanks to buying of computer chipmakers
September 07, 2026At the World Humanoid Robot Games in China last month, robots jumped, boxed and danced.
September 07, 2026Nepal is holding a day of mourning to remember people who died in the Aug. 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals
September 07, 2026Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320 million was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a hack.
September 07, 2026Nuclear-capable warship that capsized when launched finally joins North Korea’s fleet
September 07, 2026Alex Gibney's new documentary “Musk” premieres this week at the Venice Film Festival
September 07, 2026Taiwan flexed its chip diplomacy muscles at a major trade show last week, portraying itself as a democratic and reliable supplier for the AI
September 07, 2026Australia's hard-right One Nation party, which has surged in recent polls, on Monday proposed redirecting a portion of people's future pension contributions to
September 07, 2026North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a newly commissioned destroyer would be part of a nuclear response system capable of delivering "annihilating retaliatory
September 07, 2026Chinese officials said on Sunday that workers had recovered 12 more bodies as the search continued for hundreds still missing after a
September 06, 2026Georgia Tech graduate, cancer survivor gets chance to test robotic surgery system that saved his life
September 06, 2026A building has collapsed in New Delhi, killing at least one person and trapping dozens of others
September 06, 2026The death toll from a mudslide in eastern China has risen to three after days of torrential rain brought by Typhoon Saudel
September 06, 2026The world is about to meet Apple’s new CEO. Here are his biggest challenges
September 06, 2026US military strikes three Iranian tankers in retaliation for missile attacks
September 05, 2026Germany is planning a broad package of measures to strengthen its defences against drone attacks, cyber intrusions and other forms of Russian sabotage after a failed airport
September 06, 2026Hurricane Lowell remains powerful Category 4 as Hawaii braces for possible impacts
September 04, 2026A mudslide in eastern China has killed two people and left 10 missing
September 05, 2026Rescuers in Nepal have pulled out a Chinese man and a woman in separate operations, 10 days after devastating floods hit the country
September 05, 2026Federal law enforcement warned the parents of Caleb Vazquez, one of two teenagers involved in a San Diego mosque shooting, about his concerning online comments days before the attack
September 06, 2026The U.S. military says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles
September 05, 2026Berlin's state government said on Saturday it was reviewing with the highest intensity a trove of stolen data published by a ransomware group, as investigators attempt to
September 05, 2026The U.S. military has hit three Iranian oil tankers after accusing Iran of targeting its warships
September 05, 2026Two people have been rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, a dramatic breakthrough more than a week after catastrophic floods hit the country’s border with China.
September 04, 2026Cubans are coming up with creative ways to generate power when their island has almost none left
September 05, 2026Missouri asked the U.S.
September 05, 2026A Chinese national was pulled alive from a tunnel in Nepal on Saturday, authorities said, 10 days after a wall
September 05, 2026New Hampshire’s Republican primary for an open U.S. Senate seat is a back-to-the-future moment, featuring two older former senators who last held office many years ago
September 05, 2026Foxconn's third-quarter performance is expected to outperform market expectations given strong AI-related demand, the Taiwanese contract electronics maker said on Saturday,
September 05, 2026Commuters stranded; children rushed underground in the middle of the school day; festivals cancelled; walks punctuated by booming air
September 05, 2026The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday, alleging in federal court that the tech companies copied
September 05, 2026The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three
September 05, 2026By Echo Wang Sept 4 - Anthropic is expected to begin marketing its initial public offering in mid-October at the earliest and complete the listing days before the U.S. midterm elections in November,
September 05, 2026Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections is kicking off amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice
September 04, 2026Tesla is facing a probe into the safety of its steering-wheel-free Cybercabs a day after the company run by Elon Musk launched the taxi service with fanfare
September 04, 2026The United States, Britain, France and Germany have drafted a resolution for possible consideration by the Board of Governors of the U.N. nuclear watchdog that seeks to refer Iran to the U.N. Security Council for failure to comply with its nuclear nonproliferation obligations, diplomats say
September 05, 2026A private spacecraft that was supposed to save NASA's sinking Swift Observatory has managed to come within nine miles of the doomed spacecraft and even snap pictures
September 04, 2026Cloud infrastructure provider Nscale is in talks with potential investors to raise about $3.5 billion in pre-IPO funding, a source familiar
September 05, 2026The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters
September 04, 2026Wall Street dipped on Friday as a robust jobs report raised the probability that the U.S.
September 04, 2026Trump’s proposed Space Academy aims to educate a new generation of astronauts and engineers
September 05, 2026A pulp mill in Longview, Washington, where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and discharges of toxic chemicals
September 05, 2026Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images will remain in effect as a constitutional challenge by Elon Musk's xAI proceeds,
September 04, 2026The United Nations on Friday voted for a shift away from the 16th-century Mercator global map towards one more accurately reflecting countries'
September 04, 2026Tesla's race to deploy Cybercab robotaxis will put regulatory limits to the test as the EV maker begins paid rides in the sporty, two-seaters that run
September 04, 2026Between a strong jobs report Friday that adds to the case for U.S. interest-rate hikes and a novel threat from President Donald Trump to stop
September 04, 2026The White House has released a new "arcade" website where users play 1980s-style video games that block "the coming horde" at the U.S.-Mexico border, fill Trump Accounts
September 04, 2026Israel's military has cleared Hezbollah fighters holed up in tunnels under the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon,
September 04, 2026A Tennessee factory that Washington had hoped to protect as part of a push to safeguard the U.S. semiconductor supply chain is at
September 04, 2026UN votes to adopt new map that makes our world look very different
September 04, 2026Officer fired amid investigations after K-9 use-of-force, custody death
September 04, 2026Opposition from the United States and Russia has raised doubts that countries meeting in Geneva will on Friday agree on a document that could pave the
September 04, 2026Treasury yields and the dollar rose, while stocks fell on Friday after stronger-than-expected U.S. job growth data boosted bets on a September
September 04, 2026A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.
September 04, 2026Search engines, social media and AI models can be made as safe and reliable as bridges and water supplies.
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