Month: September 2023
Up First briefing: Labor Day travel; 9/11 trial; best summer video games
This Labor Day weekend will be one of the busiest for travel. Settlement talks falter in the 9/11 terrorism case. These are the best video games of the summer. (Image credit: Malte Mueller/Getty Images/fStop)
Read MoreUkraine war: Drone attack on Pskov airbase from inside Russia – Kyiv – BBC
Ukraine war: Drone attack on Pskov airbase from inside Russia – Kyiv BBC Russian weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine war | Russia-Ukraine war LIVE | Russian troops LIVE WION Video shows airplane burning from drone strike during attack on Russia CNN The
Read MoreUkraine and grain likely to feature in Putin-Erdogan talks
Black Sea grain exports are likely to be discussed when Vladimir Putin meets Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Monday.
Read MoreRoads and airports will be crowded this weekend. Here’s how to prepare
The FAA says this could be the third-busiest travel weekend of the year so far, while AAA warns we could see more traffic on the roads than in years. Here’s what to know if you’re flying or driving. (Image credit:
Read More‘Bad days await’: Istanbul dams run low in summer heat
The bank of screens in Ismail Aydin’s Istanbul water management system control room flashes a worrying number: 29.7 percent. That is the capacity level to which Istanbul’s water reservoirs have dropped after another steamy summer put Turkey’s largest city on
Read MoreBetter than AI? The UK police who never forget a face
Artificial intelligence and facial recognition software are seen by some as the future of crime-fighting around the world. But British police say it has to go hand in hand with more traditional methods of detection, including the use of so-called
Read MoreWhatever happened to the runaway goats of San Francisco?
Hmm, it’s still a bit of a mystery. Here’s what is known about the small herd of goats who went running through the streets in March. (Image credit: screengrab by NPR via u/kevin1760/Reddit)
Read MoreChina Braces for Bigger Storm Than Idalia
In the Asian financial hub of Hong Kong, the government took no chances with supertyphoon Saola.
Read MoreHong Kong hunkers down as Super Typhoon Saola barrels toward southern China
Tens of millions of people in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and other southern Chinese megacities sheltered indoors Friday as Super Typhoon Saola threatened to become the strongest storm to hit the region in decades. Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the
Read MoreHow the AI Revolution Will Reshape the World
We are about to see the greatest redistribution of power in history. Over millennia, humanity has been shaped by successive waves of technology. The discovery of fire, the invention of the wheel, the harnessing of electricity—all were transformational moments for
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