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Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:37:00 GMT
Ed Sheeran returns to stage after Palestinian controversy
Rapper Macklemore was booted from Sheeran's US Loop Tour on Monday after the owners of stadiums hosting upcoming shows objected to his shouting "Free Palestine" onstage in New Jersey earlier this month. Sheeran has denied being behind the decision ...

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:35:01 GMT
Asian Games to open in Japan after troubled build-up
The first gold medal will be won on Sunday morning, likely in the men's individual triathlon, and will be followed by 468 more in more than 40 sports before the curtain comes down on October 4. The event in Nagoya and Aichi prefecture has 2028 Olym...

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:35:00 GMT
Protesters form human chain at Kennedy Center after Trump threat
The complex's main building has been shuttered since Wednesday -- temporarily, according to its leadership -- while a judge is also reviewing plans for a long-term closure to accommodate Trump's desired renovations of the aging facility. Crowds wav...

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:27:00 GMT
Death toll from attack at police HQ in Pakistan rises to 31
Attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex at Kohat, a town of around 220,000 people in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, on Friday afternoon. The police compound serves as a district-level police headquarters, housing key offices of...

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:01:00 GMT
Drone owners rush to offload devices ahead of Beijing ban
New rules in the Chinese capital ban not just the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles but the possession or storage of them, meaning owners have until November 15 to get rid of their drones. At several authorised buyer sites across the city, AFP wit...

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Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:27:02 GMT
Death toll from attack at police HQ in Pakistan rises to 31
Attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex at Kohat, a town of around 220,000 people in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, on Friday afternoon. The police compound serves as a district-level police headquarters, housing key offices of...

Sat, 19 Sep 2026 04:01:02 GMT
Drone owners rush to offload devices ahead of Beijing ban
New rules in the Chinese capital ban not just the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles but the possession or storage of them, meaning owners have until November 15 to get rid of their drones. At several authorised buyer sites across the city, AFP wit...

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:37:02 GMT
Trump says Denmark to give US 'permanent control' over Greenland security
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump has repeatedly insisted that Washington needed to control Greenland for strategic reasons, alarming NATO ally Denmark and sparking fierce pushback from the alliance. Denmark and Greenland --...

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:35:03 GMT
Anthropic picks Accenture for in-house AI safety evaluation
The partnership will be led by Faculty, Accenture's specialist AI business. Its work will include evaluating and "red-teaming" Anthropic's models, the company said. Red-teaming is the practice of deliberately trying to make AI systems misbehave to ...

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:11:02 GMT
Helicopters battle wildfire threatening Ecuador's capital
Four helicopters were deployed to extinguish the fire on Casitagua hill, where enormous plumes of smoke were rising into the air. On the ground, around 100 firefighters were fighting to contain two hotspots, Captain Pablo Andino of the Quito Fire D...

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