Month: August 2026

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow warns UK ‘playing with fire’ over plans to help Kyiv produce missiles

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow warns UK ‘playing with fire’ over plans to help Kyiv produce missiles

Ukraine receives small batch of US Patriot interceptors amid Russian attacks Ukraine has received a small batch of US-made Patriot missile interceptors, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as Russian forces continue to use ballistic missiles against Ukrainian cities. The systems are among the few air defense weapons capable of intercepting Russia’s ballistic missiles. The handover comes … Read more

PayPal Stock Dives; Advent-Stripe Group Said To Drop Pursuit Of Payments Giant

PayPal Stock Dives; Advent-Stripe Group Said To Drop Pursuit Of Payments Giant

PayPal shares fell sharply following a report that an Advent-Stripe consortium abandoned its efforts to buy the digital payments giant. Private payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent had abandoned their pursuit of PayPal (PYPL), Bloomberg reported late Thursday, citing sources. The group reportedly offered $60.50 per share, or $53 billion, for PayPal in… … Read more

GTA 6 Gets Series First Feature To Let You Avoid Killing People

GTA 6 Gets Series First Feature To Let You Avoid Killing People

In addition to the major reveals shown in today’s Grand Theft Auto 6 Netflix trailer, a new mechanic for the franchise was confirmed in an interview with the developers. Suppressive fire will make its debut in the series in the upcoming sequel, allowing players the option to try to avoid killing police officers and civilians … Read more

Klint Kubiak still doesn’t name a starting quarterback for Week 1

Klint Kubiak still doesn't name a starting quarterback for Week 1

The Raiders preseason is over. Both Kirk Cousins ​​and Fernando Mendoza played in the finals, against the 49ers. After the game, coach Klint Kubiak still did not name a starting quarterback. The audio was dead during the first few questions during Kubiak’s postgame press conference. Apparently one of them addressed the QB1 issue. Via Vincent … Read more

Ghost in The Machine: Physicists Measure The Eerie ‘Glow’ From Shut-Down Nuclear Reactors For The First Time : ScienceAlert

Ghost in The Machine: Physicists Measure The Eerie 'Glow' From Shut-Down Nuclear Reactors For The First Time : ScienceAlert

Unicorns, Bigfoot, and banshees have been scientifically debunked, but ghosts are real, sort of. Exceptionally elusive neutrinos and their antineutrino counterparts are known as ghost particles because they almost never interact with matter, due to their lack of electrical charge and almost nonexistent mass. However, these ghostly fundamental particles can help improve nuclear safeguards by … Read more

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French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in Colombia

French Foreign Legion soldier kidnapped in Colombia

A French Foreign Legion soldier was kidnapped earlier this month in a guerrilla-dominated area in southwestern Colombia, the country’s military said Thursday. José Olger Melo Charry, a Franco-Colombian, was taken hostage on August 6 while traveling on a highway in the department of Nariño, according to a Colombian army report seen by AFP. Those responsible … Read more

US military uses laser to down three Mexican cartel drones near border

US military uses laser to down three Mexican cartel drones near border

WashingtonReuters – The U.S. military used a laser in the Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas to shoot down three Mexican drug cartel drones this week near the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The North American Aerospace Defense Command and US Northern Command said in a statement that the operation took place late … Read more

Death toll in Nepal floods rises to 469

Death toll in Nepal floods rises to 469

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers were racing to find hundreds of people still missing two days after a catastrophic flash flood hit the Himalayan border between Nepal and China, as the death toll rose Friday and authorities warned that an overflowing lake formed after the disaster could trigger more flooding. Nepal police said on Friday … Read more

FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines for dominant XFG variant | US news

FDA approves updated Covid-19 vaccines for dominant XFG variant | US news

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the updated Covid-19 vaccines on Thursday, allowing manufacturers to begin shipping doses to pharmacies and doctors’ offices across the country. The FDA approved the updated Covid vaccines from Moderna, Novavax-Sanofi and Pfizer-BioNTech, the companies said Thursday, after an advisory panel recommended that the shots should target the dominant … Read more