Belgian physicist Prof Francis Halzen has won for his pioneering work on an observatory that detects particles from space. ...
Month: October 2026
‘A return to prison is always looming’: Iran nobel laureate recounts torture in jail and hopes for the future‘A return to prison is always looming’: Iran nobel laureate recounts torture in jail and hopes for the future
The human rights activist was severely beaten by security forces and denied medical care. In an interview with the Guardian, she discusses her shifting sense of identity and being a mother in jail The human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has described being beaten so severely by Iranian security agents that ...
‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb
On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock started ticking Everyone at Exmouth Marina knew there was an unexploded German bomb in the water. Old hands at ...
Brazilian stocks soar as Bolsonaro emerges as election favoriteBrazilian stocks soar as Bolsonaro emerges as election favorite
Brazilian stocks surged Monday after Flávio Bolsonaro emerged as the presidential frontrunner following first-round voting, with investors betting the right-wing candidate would win with a large enough majority to push fiscal reform. “The conditions have never been this favorable,” an asset manager told Bloomberg, after Bolsonaristas won up and down ...
AI-stock rally powers Nasdaq to record closeAI-stock rally powers Nasdaq to record close
An AI-stock rally powered the Nasdaq to a record close Monday, as investors looked to Big Tech’s third-quarter earnings this month. SpaceX, Nvidia, Meta, and Microsoft all gained, suggesting a kind of “inverse bond trade,” an investor told CNBC: “It’s buy tech, sell everything else.” Demand for compute is strong ...
US, EU monitoring reports of suspected pneumonic plague in RussiaUS, EU monitoring reports of suspected pneumonic plague in Russia
US and EU officials said on Monday they were closely monitoring a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia that killed a lab worker in a Siberian research institute, prompting authorities there to quarantine dozens of people. “We don’t have a lot of intel,” one US health official told The ...
Takaichi tells Japanese investors to ‘rest assured’ amid fiscal worriesTakaichi tells Japanese investors to ‘rest assured’ amid fiscal worries
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told investors to “rest assured” Monday after the country’s 30-year bond yield jumped to an all-time high on concerns over her government’s stimulus plans, though analysts cautioned that a change in rhetoric didn’t equal a change in policy. Despite being “peppered with remarks aimed at… ...
Trump to sign executive order in effort to contain diesel pricesTrump to sign executive order in effort to contain diesel prices
US President Donald Trump is preparing to issue an executive order expanding access to tax-exempt diesel, as he faces mounting pressure to ease near-record fuel prices with less than a month remaining before midterm elections. “Refiners and fuel sellers are likely to absorb almost all of the added benefit,” a ...
Saudi-backed forces recapture key areas around strait from Houthis in YemenSaudi-backed forces recapture key areas around strait from Houthis in Yemen
Government offensive launched under air cover by Saudi military coalition aims to retake all Houthi-held territory Forces of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen have recaptured several key areas around Bab al-Mandab strait from Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemeni officials said on Monday. The officials said forces allied with the internationally ...
Vance wants voters to ‘give us another chance’. But he is cornered | Sidney BlumenthalVance wants voters to ‘give us another chance’. But he is cornered | Sidney Blumenthal
The vice-president’s recent remarks seek to maintain a posture of strength while they inadvertently expose political realities JD Vance has parachuted into the midterm election campaign on a rescue mission in a new guise: a risk management consultant. Speaking in the flat language of the expert hired to identify threats, ...