The U.S. military said Tuesday it destroyed five Iranian crude tankers after what it described as two ballistic-missile attempts against a Navy warship. U.S. Central Command said the ship evaded both attempts, remained on patrol, and that no American personnel were harmed. It identified the tankers as the M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1…
Yemen’s Houthi forces launched ballistic missiles and drones at targets in southern Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, injuring 73 people, including women and children, and causing fires that temporarily halted operations at some energy facilities, according to Saudi officials. The attacks struck the cities of Abha, Khamis Mushait, Jazan and Najran, the Saudi-led coalition fighting in…
Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) finished first in Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt, according to preliminary official results, but did not win enough seats to govern alone. The state election authority reported that the AfD received 43.8 percent of the vote and 39 seats in the 83-seat Landtag. An absolute majority requires 42 seats. The…
A municipal bylaw in Canada becomes law when the local council follows the process required by provincial legislation and the municipality’s own procedure rules. In many provinces, that involves three readings, but Canada has no single municipal bylaw procedure. The required steps vary significantly by province and by the type of bylaw involved. Additional notice,…
The water cycle, also called the hydrologic cycle, is the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of Earth. The total amount of water on Earth changes very little on human timescales. What changes is its form and location. Water exists as liquid in oceans, rivers, lakes, and soil; as solid ice…
A star spends its life in a contest between two forces. Gravity pulls its gas inward. Pressure pushes back—first from heat, then from nuclear fusion in the core. For most of the star’s life those forces stay in balance. Astronomers call that balance hydrostatic equilibrium. When the fuel runs out, the balance breaks. What happens…
A mini-split that suddenly blows cooler air, goes quiet outside, or sends up a cloud of “smoke” in January is usually doing its job. In heating mode the outdoor coil is the cold part of the system. It pulls heat from outdoor air. When that coil is colder than freezing and the air is damp,…
The National Basketball Association announced on September 2 that the Los Angeles Clippers violated salary-cap circumvention rules in the league’s collective bargaining agreement and imposed penalties on the franchise, owner Steve Ballmer, two team executives, and forward Kawhi Leonard. According to the NBA, a summary report prepared by the law firm Wachtell Lipton found that…
Uber Technologies announced on September 2, 2026, that it will eliminate approximately 3,300 positions, representing about 10 percent of its global workforce. Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi outlined the changes in a memo to employees. The company said the cuts aim to remove organizational layers, simplify team structures, and reduce complexity that accumulated during earlier growth….
U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Iran at noon Eastern Time on September 1 and later said the wave of strikes had been completed. CENTCOM said the targets included air defense sites, radar systems, maritime assets and facilities, mine-laying capabilities, and communications sites. CENTCOM said the strikes…