Month: October 2026

Live Updates: Trump vows Iran war will end “right after the election” or sooner, as 9,000 troops head to Mideast

Live Updates: Trump vows Iran war will end "right after the election" or sooner, as 9,000 troops head to Mideast

Iran’s parliament has completed committee-level consideration of a bill that would establish what lawmakers frame as Iran’s future management of the Strait of Hormuz, including imposing tariffs on commercial vessels that use the vital waterway. Hassan Ghashghavi, spokesman for parliament’s National Security Commission, told the semi-official Tasnim news agency that the “proposed Strategic Action Plan … Read more

Who is Ynon Kreiz, David Ellison’s co-CEO at Skydance?

Who is Ynon Kreiz, David Ellison's co-CEO at Skydance?

Entertainment Person of the Year, Mattel Chairman and CEO Ynon Kreiz speaks during the “Entertainment Person of the Year: Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz” seminar at the Debussy Theater during the 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity – Day Five on June 21, 2024, in Cannes, France.Richard Bord | Wire image | Getty ImagesDavid Ellison has … Read more

Scientists connect cosmic fingerprints of the universe’s first stars with MEGATRON simulation

Scientists connect cosmic fingerprints of the universe's first stars with MEGATRON simulation

MEGATRON is a good guy?! Well, at least for cosmologists who are using this simulation to transform (sorry, couldn’t resist) our understanding of the universe’s first stars. Of course, in this case Megatron is not the diabolical leader of the Decepticons who killed Optimus Prime in the Transformers franchise, but rather the most detailed simulation … Read more

The way you speak could reveal early signs of brain ageing 

The way you speak could reveal early signs of brain ageing 

The way someone speaks can reveal more about their health and ageing than previously thought, a new study using an automated computer tool called a “speech clock” found. A person’s speech age isn’t just about vocal style; researchers say it reflects what is happening inside the body, and they hope this could be a low-cost, … Read more

Prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say | Tennessee

Prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say | Tennessee

Tennessee’s prison chief is under fire over the botched execution of Christa Pike, which lawyers say was the fifth “botched” execution under his leadership in two states since 2022. Frank Strada, the commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Corrections, has faced growing questions about the state’s top-secret death penalty protocols since Wednesday night, when Pike … Read more

UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford investigation bailed

UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford investigation bailed

Without providing evidence or giving further details, he told Fox News’ “Hannity”: “What happened, what almost happened, what could have happened in the United Kingdom over the weekend is a very serious situation. It is a situation that clearly involves the hands of a foreign actor.”