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thehindu.com | 19 min. ago NEW

Maoists are defeated, but arms cache and crores of money unaccounted for: LWE researcher

Book titled India’s Maoists: Glimpses into Red Insurgency was launched in Hyderabad

defence-blog.com | 36 min. ago NEW

Tennessee bids to host the new U.S. Space Academy near Arnold AFB

Tennessee has launched a bid to host the planned United States Space Academy, proposing a campus at the Coffee County Joint Industrial Park near Tullahoma, minutes from Arnold Air Force Base and about 60 miles (97 km) from Huntsville, Alabama. Gov. Bill Lee announced the bid on Oct.

28 alongside U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn and […]

iol.co.za | 1 hrs. 1 min. ago

iPhone Duo or iCrack Duo? Apple’s foldable stumbles into first-gen pitfalls

Apple’s new iPhone Duo faces growing controversy as early adopters report screen cracking within days of launch, drawing comparisons to past tech launches. Picture: x.com/AnxiousHolly

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 1 hrs. 5 min. ago

Gerard Butler visited Liberia in 2013; Mary’s Meals has delivered 260 million meals since 2006

Gerard Butler is a passionate advocate for Mary's Meals, an organization dedicated to providing vital school meals for children in Liberia. Since its launch in 2006, the charity has served over 260 million meals, making a meaningful difference in children's nutrition and education. Reaching more than 95,000 children daily through local volunteers, the program exemplifies community engagement.

nypost.com | 1 hrs. 7 min. ago

North Korea launches an unidentified projectile off its east coast, South Korea says

The launch comes amid rising animosity between the two Koreas over last month’s land mine blasts that injured three South Korean soldiers.

ft.com | 1 hrs. 41 min. ago

[$] Israel vote leaves door open to Iran attack

Netanyahu could launch fresh bombing campaign with US while he serves as caretaker prime minister during coalition talks, security experts say

iol.co.za | 2 hrs. 10 min. ago

Apple launches first touchscreen MacBook Pro with prices expected to exceed R60k in SA

Apple has officially launched its long-awaited touchscreen MacBook Pro lineup featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, an Ultra Retina XDR display, and up to 24 hours of battery life. Picture: Apple

iol.co.za | 2 hrs. 40 min. ago

Cape Town property auction halted? Human Rights Commission drags City to court over land sales

In February, Cape Town's iconic Good Hope Centre fetched R135 million at auction. The SA Human Rights Commission has now launched court proceedings to stop its transfer.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 2 hrs. 44 min. ago

Suspected ballistic missile launched from North Korea: Japan

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 2 min. ago

Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon AI model with cybersecurity focus

The model is designed to handle complex, long-running engineering and coding tasks

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 1 min. ago

DVAC launches search at ex-Minister K.N. Nehru’s residence in Tiruchi

The operation, carried out by a team headed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police, began at around 7 a.m.

dailymail.com | 4 hrs. 12 min. ago

Healey has launched yet another spiteful attack on the prudent - why I fear this is just the calm before the storm, says JEFF PRESTRIDGE

Compared to the two previous (damaging) tax raising Budgets, today's Budget was somewhat gentler on our household finances and our long-term wealth.

dailymail.com | 4 hrs. 47 min. ago

Jennifer Lawrence's changing face as actress, 36, confirms cosmetic surgery and reveals plans for more

She was just 19 when she filmed her breakout role in Winter's Bone, propelling her into the spotlight and launching a glittering career.

nypost.com | 4 hrs. 54 min. ago

Feds launch immediate appeal after judge rejects bid to stop California from counting 20K disputed ballots

"Every day, more ballots are processed by election officials. This ongoing emergency disenfranchises American citizens through dilution," Essayli said.

scmp.com | 5 hrs. 39 min. ago

What Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs says about the US midterms

When I first watched Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs in 1992, I was struck by its inventive opening. Tarantino launched a gritty crime thriller not with a gunfight or a heist but with eight mobsters in a diner, finishing breakfast while bickering over Madonna and tipping etiquette.

By depicting hardened criminals as ordinary men carping about daily trivialities, Tarantino dispensed with the genre’s macho clichés, rendering the characters disarmingly authentic. Decades later, the subject of...

nbcnews.com | 7 hrs. 11 min. ago

Cruise ship on global voyage leaves passengers stranded after cutting trip short

A cruise ship which promised a multi-year round-the-world journey has left passengers stranded in Cambodia after it ceased operations, blaming the Iran war and rising fuel costs. Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said in a news release that it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship that launched from Belfast, Northern Ireland, three years ago

arstechnica.com | 7 hrs. 13 min. ago

ULA's Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th

This Vulcan launch will be the first to utilize a full complement of six solid rocket boosters.

koreatimes.co.kr | 9 hrs. 2 min. ago

Apple shows first touchscreen laptops amid product blitz

LOS ANGELES — Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company's first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps a burst of product launches ahead of the holiday shopping season. Ternus, a former Apple hardware veteran and the company's new CEO, took the stage at an Apple event in Los Angeles, part of a media blitz filled with new product launches.

He launched a folding iPhone, Duo, at Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters in September and a smart home hub in New York earlier this month. While those products will test new markets for Apple, the Los Angeles event could rekindle an old question: should Apple put the touchscreens that it made mainstream in iPhones and iPads in its oldest product line? Apple executives long resisted the idea, with Steve Jobs saying in 2010 that touchscreens on laptops were "ergonomically terrible" and then-CEO Tim Cook saying in 2012 that such devices would be as pleasing to users as converging a toaster and a refrigerator.

Before becoming Apple's latest CEO, Ternus argued that Apple already made a touchscreen c

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. ago

BMC to launch pre-Diwali dust mitigation drive across Mumbai, allocates ₹15 lakh per ward

BMC will deploy mechanical sweepers, misting machines, water sprinklers, JCBs, dumpers and litter pickers, using both departmental and contractual resources

abcnews.com | 11 hrs. 27 min. ago

Former DOJ attorneys launch AI company to help lawyers help more people

“We’re not trying to be a better lawyer; we’re trying to help lawyers be better,” according to a FluxCap co-founder.

dailymail.com | 12 hrs. 26 min. ago

Autumn Budget 2026 live updates: Kemi Badenoch says country is 'overspent' as Chancellor launches tax raid on savers to fund cost of living

LIVE UPDATES: Kemi Badenoch has accused Labour of leaving Britain 'overspent, overborrowed, overtaxed' as Chancellor John Healey unveiled a tax raid on savers, landlords and banks.

newyorker.com | 14 hrs. 32 min. ago

The Founder of Arab Americans for Trump Has Some Regrets

As the President and his party launch a wave of bigoted attacks on Abdul El-Sayed, Bishara Bahbah reflects on what, exactly, Trump has delivered in his second term.

euronews.com | 14 hrs. 35 min. ago

Satellites the size of drinks cans: Young engineers take on a space challenge in Uzbekistan

From classroom calculations to rocket launches, teams from 15 countries tested their creations under real flight conditions. Equipped with sensors and communication systems, the devices collected data before descending by parachute.

nypost.com | 14 hrs. 42 min. ago

Apple slated to unveil first touchscreen laptops amid product blitz

Apple is holding an ‌event in Los Angeles after launching a folding iPhone, Duo, at its Silicon Valley headquarters in September and a smart home hub in New York earlier this month.

ft.com | 15 hrs. 10 min. ago

[$] Mubadala Capital dealmaker to launch his own venture fund

Ibrahim Ajami, a senior executive at the private capital arm Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, is set to leave next year

dailymail.com | 15 hrs. 56 min. ago

US launches nuclear readiness drills with 'doomsday planes' and bombers airborne nationwide

The US military has launched nuclear readiness drills across the nation, sending bombers and 'doomsday planes' into the air to keep America's nuclear forces ready.

globalnews.ca | 16 hrs. 6 min. ago

Privacy commissioner investigating provider behind Crime Stoppers data breach

Canada’s privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a cybersecurity breach involving anonymous tips shared with Crime Stoppers programs across the country.

kyivindependent.com | 16 hrs. 50 min. ago

Russia building new drone launch site near Millerovo airfield in Rostov Oblast, HUR says

HUR estimated that once construction is complete, the site could accommodate up to 100 drone launches per day.

globalnews.ca | 16 hrs. 51 min. ago

24 Sussex restoration campaign secures $5.7M as public appeal launches

The Rideau Hall Foundation said Wednesday that more than 4,000 contributions have been made toward its $50-million fundraising goal.

defence-blog.com | 16 hrs. 57 min. ago

Finland buys German RGW110 anti-tank weapon

Finland will buy the RGW110 heavy disposable anti-tank weapon from Germany’s Dynamit Nobel Defence to replace the APILAS launcher its soldiers have carried since the 1980s, the Finnish Army said on Oct. 28. The purchase is worth about €84.5 million (about $94 million) excluding value-added tax, and deliveries of the weapons, training equipment and instruction […]

thehindu.com | 17 hrs. 8 min. ago

DSIIDC's online liquor booking app permitted by previous Delhi government: Officials

The 'Delhi Liquor Booking' app was launched by the DSIIDC after required trials, enabling customers to book liquor and pick it up from the vends of the corporation

iol.co.za | 17 hrs. 26 min. ago

IEC to launch election results hub in Midrand

The Electoral Commission of South Africa is set to launch the National Results Operations Centre (ROC) in Midrand on Wednesday.

dailymail.com | 18 hrs. 12 min. ago

Police launch investigation into death of Ex on the Beach star Pala Negara's newborn son after home birth 20 days past due date as grieving mother tells the Mail: 'We did everything right'

Police have launched an investigation into the death of her son. Now, Pala Negara tells the Mail what happened, why she feels let down and why she insists 'we did everything right'.

defence-blog.com | 18 hrs. 26 min. ago

BAE Systems test-fires new deck launcher for U.S. Navy

BAE Systems has completed the first live-fire test of its Adaptable Deck Launcher, a deck-mounted missile launcher that lets U.S. Navy and allied ships carry more Evolved SeaSparrow air defense missiles and reload them at sea with standard shipboard equipment. The company announced the test on Oct.

27 from China Lake, California, home of the […]

euromaidanpress.com | 19 hrs. 9 min. ago

Two weeks before Starlink’s speed cap hit Ukraine’s drones, a Ukrainian test satellite went up on a SpaceX rocket

The companies say it will serve Ukraine's strategic security. Public launch records list one Ukrainian satellite from that launch, and it has a different name, though dozens of the launch's payloads are still unidentified.

scmp.com | 19 hrs. 27 min. ago

JPMAM plans more active ETFs in China after debut fund hits US$300 million cap on day one

JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM) expects to launch more actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in mainland China after its first such fund there hit the 2 billion yuan (US$300 million) fundraising cap on the first day of sales, its China chief said. “The first launch is just an opening move in a much bigger game,” Desiree Wang, the firm’s CEO for China, said in an interview with the South China Morning Post on Tuesday.

Any active strategy that suits the ETF vehicle and meets investor...

defence-blog.com | 19 hrs. 52 min. ago

Lockheed breaks ground on Alabama factory for ARRW hypersonic missile

Lockheed Martin has broken ground on a factory expansion in Troy, Alabama, that will triple the space it uses to build the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, the U.S. Air Force’s first hypersonic missile to enter production. The company held the groundbreaking for the expansion of its Building P-20 on Oct.

27, the day after […]

defence-blog.com | 19 hrs. 52 min. ago

UK hires Astroscale for $20 million LEDA military space mission

The UK Ministry of Defence has hired Astroscale UK as prime contractor for LEDA, a new £15 million (about $20 million) military space program under which the company will build, launch and operate a spacecraft to study how satellites maneuvering close to other spacecraft could be used in orbital warfare, and how to counter them.

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scmp.com | 20 hrs. 12 min. ago

Authorities search for elderly Hong Kong man missing in Tai Po for 3 days

Hong Kong authorities are searching for an elderly man who went missing in a remote rural area of Tai Po three days ago. Tung Chung-yin, 80, was last seen at Wu Kau Tang in Plover Cove Country Park on Sunday. His family reported him missing to police on Tuesday.

A search was launched on Tuesday night and continued on Wednesday. Police have appealed to the public for information on his whereabouts. Tung, who has short grey hair, is about 1.7 metres tall, weighs about 75kg and is of medium...

livemint.com | 20 hrs. 59 min. ago

PhonePe launches ‘Tatkal NPS’: Key features, ₹250 micro contribution and more — How users can book directly on app

PhonePe launches ‘Tatkal NPS’ partnering with leading banks for ₹250 contribution, enabling micro-investments towards retirement planning — Check key features, how users can book directly on app.