Author: Justin M. Larson
A powerful solar storm could bring a dazzling Northern Lights display later – as well as potentially disrupting GPS, communications systems and power grids.The British Geological Survey (BGS) upgraded its forecast to the maximum and said the ongoing storm had already interfered with communications and satellite navigation. It said a second geomagnetic “cannibal storm”, feeding off the first, could reach the UK by early afternoon and be one of the biggest in 20 years.A solar storm is an explosion of particles, energy, magnetic fields, and material blasted into space by the sun – and can disturb the Earth’s magnetic field,…
At least 19 people have been killed in an air strike on a suspected rebel camp in Colombian province of Guaviare, according to the country’s military. The attack targeted a dissident faction of the Farc rebel group, which engages in drug trafficking.Colombia’s left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, had in the past been reluctant to use air strikes to hit rebel camps but following the breakdown of peace talks with several of Colombia’s armed groups, he gave the green light for the military offensive. The air strike comes after the Trump administration accused Petro of allowing the drugs trade to expand, which…
In Cuba, more than 54,000 people remain displaced, including 7,500 staying in official shelters, according to the UN relief coordination office, OCHA. The scale of damage is now significantly higher than initial estimates, with more than 600 health facilities and 90,000 homes affected.UN agencies are supporting the national response, having assisted about 140,000 people in shelters and community kitchens, and distributing agricultural tools and livestock feed to restore livelihoods.They are also supplying equipment to bolster disease control and prevention efforts and delivering medical supplies to reinforce reproductive health services, including maternal care.In Jamaica, access to isolated communities is improving but…
The cease-fire with Hamas has blunted the hunger faced by Gazans during the war. But aid agencies say Israeli restrictions are still hobbling their work. Source link
Sarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe correspondentAP Photo/Jerome DelayCivilians risked their lives to cross Sarajevo’s main boulevard during the Bosnian warThe public prosecutor’s office in Milan has opened an investigation into claims that Italian citizens travelled to Bosnia on “sniper safaris” during the war in the early 1990s.Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to shoot at civilians risking their lives to cross the city’s main boulevard.The Milan complaint was filed by journalist and novelist Ezio Gavazzeni, who describes a “manhunt” by “very wealthy people” with a passion for weapons who “paid to be able to kill defenceless…
A constitutional reform in the nuclear-armed country extends the chief’s power over all the military and brings Pakistan’s highest court under tighter political control. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google has made Chrome even more capable. The browser can now fill in your passport, driver’s license and vehicle registration automatically. This upgrade joins the list of time-saving autofill options that already include passwords, addresses and payment details.Desktop users with enhanced autofill enabled will start seeing the new options right away. Chrome can even interpret complex form layouts and varying formats across different websites, improving accuracy with every entry.Google says these new autofill features were designed with privacy in mind. This from a company which makes money off of capturing your most…
Footage shows the moment Russia’s first anthropomorphic robot, AIdol, fell just seconds after its debut at a technology event in Moscow.The robot was being led on stage to the soundtrack from the film ‘Rocky’, before it suddenly lost its balance and fell. Assistants could then be seen scrambling to cover it with a cloth – which ended up tangling in the process. Source link
The Dominican Republic has experienced a nationwide power cut which officials said was linked to a failure in the electricity transmission system. At 13:23 local time (17:23 GMT), an issue at a substation caused a nationwide interruption to power services, the state-owned Dominican Electricity Transmission Company said, citing the country’s energy minister Joel Santos Echeverría.Approximately 33% of the national power demand had been restored as of Tuesday evening, and authorities said they were working to restore full service as quickly as possible.Home to around 11 million people, the Caribbean nation had been experiencing smaller blackouts in recent weeks, the AFP…
A man pushes a trolley inside a supermarket in Mumbai, India, on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesIndia’s consumer inflation cooled to 0.25% in October, strengthening hopes of more policy easing by the Reserve Bank of India.The headline inflation number was below estimates of a 0.48% rise, according to a Reuters poll of economists, and easing more than the 1.54% recorded in September.In October, the central bank revised its inflation forecast to 2.6% from 3.1% for the fiscal year ending March 2026, but kept its key policy rate unchanged at 5.The…
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a Service of Remembrance to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VJ Day at The National Memorial Arboretum on August 15, 2025 in Alrewas, Staffordshire. Anthony Devlin | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesU.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is looking increasingly vulnerable this week amid mounting speculation that he could face a leadership challenge after the Autumn Budget later in November.Economists expect Starmer’s right-hand in the Treasury, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, will be forced to break Labour Party manifesto pledges not to raise taxes on workers when she unveils her fiscal plans in the budget on…
Georgina Rannard,Climate reporter, Belém, Brazil and Tabby WilsonWatch: Protesters clash with security at COP30 venue in BrazilProtesters carrying signs reading “our forests are not for sale” broke through security lines of the COP30 climate talks on Tuesday night in Belém, Brazil.BBC journalists saw United Nations security staff running behind a line of Brazilian soldiers shouting at delegates to immediately leave the venue.The UN told BBC News that the incident caused minor injuries to two security staff, in addition to limited damage to the venue.Social media videos showed protesters that appeared to be from indigenous groups and others waving flags with…
The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world. Source link
Government employees distributed Bibles and prepared materials “commonly used in Hinduism, Sikhism and Rastafarianism,” according to emails. Source link
Many business leaders are skipping the annual United Nations climate summit in Belém, Brazil, or are attending events in other cities. Source link
Sanae Takaichi drew criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” Source link
Large parts of Syria were once overrun by the terrorist group Islamic State. The country’s new government has just committed to a global effort to fight the group. Source link
US President Donald Trump (L), backdropped by Turbines at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, also known as the Aberdeen Bay Wind Farm, walks on the first fairway after playing off the first tee to officially open the Trump International Golf Links course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland on July 29, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesTwo European pioneers of the modern wind power industry are sounding the alarm on the Trump administration’s clean energy cutbacks, warning Washington’s anti-climate agenda is part of a broader energy transition challenge.Denmark’s Henrik Stiesdal and Britain’s Andrew Garrad, often referred to…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.The big storyCultural shifts are subtle yet fundamental for any company aiming to succeed beyond its home market.When I visited Chinese electric car company Xpeng’s new headquarters in Guangzhou last week, what stood out wasn’t just how shiny it was compared to the building I’d visited last year, but the fluency of its global mindset, down to the small details like accurate English translations in signs and presentations. It went beyond the cursory “innovation”…
Scuffles between protesters and UN security staff broke out at the COP30 climate talks in Belém, Brazil on Tuesday night.Some demonstrators appeared to be wearing traditional Brazilian indigenous dress and others waved flags reading “our land is not for sale”.Security forces tried to stop the demonstrators entering the compound, creating a bottleneck at the entrance.Delegates from nearly 200 countries are attending the UN climate talks this week in Belém, which is on the edge of the Amazon rainforest. Source link
Private equity firms are facing a new reality: a growing crop of companies that can neither thrive nor die, lingering in portfolios like the undead. These so-called “zombie companies” refer to businesses that aren’t growing, barely generate enough cash to service debt and are unable to attract buyers even at a discount. They are usually trapped on a fund’s balance sheet beyond its expected holding period. “Now, as interest rates were rising, people felt they were stuck with businesses that were slightly worthless, but they couldn’t really sell them … So you are in this awful situation where people throw around…
Mahjooba NowrouziBBC News AfghanBBCRoya Karimi (centre) was once a child bride – now she is a top bodybuilderThe woman standing on stage glistens in a crystal-studded bikini.Her glowing, tanned skin shows off each of her well-defined muscle lines, the result of hours of weight training in the gym.Roya Karimi’s perfectly-applied make-up and hair highlighted blonde wouldn’t look out of place in the finals of Miss Universe.It is hard to imagine that just 15 years ago, she was a teenage mother in Afghanistan, married off as a child bride, before she escaped to her new life.Now aged 30, she is one…
Guy DelauneyBalkans correspondentGuy Delauney/BBCRussian state-owned energy companies own more than half of Serbia’s national oil firm NISAn impasse over Russian oil and imminent US sanctions has put Serbia at loggerheads with its traditional ally in Moscow.Added differences over Russian gas supplies and Serbia’s arms trade have ramped up the tensions, with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic trading barbs with the Kremlin.The root of the problem, and the most pressing issue, is the fate of Serbia’s national oil company.Russia’s Gazprom and Gazprom Neft own more than half the shares of Petroleum Industry of Serbia (NIS). That has put the company in a…
The Turkish defense minister said that 20 Air Force servicemen died when their military cargo plane crashed after taking off from Azerbaijan on Tuesday. Source link
