From meteor showers to supermoons, here are some of the sights that wowed stargazers this year.

A video purporting to expose extensive fraud at child care centers in Minnesota shows the relationship between the Trump administration and self-described citizen journalists.

Don't miss the chance to see Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it races towards its closest approach of the Sun on 8 November.

Central bank will cut two zeros from Syrian pound and replace images of ousted dictator with olives, roses and mulberries

With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.

From university breaches to cyberattacks that shut down whole supply chains, these were the worst cybersecurity incidents of the year.

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How much more chaotic could a second Trump term be? 2025 did not disappoint.

Bloomberg's Nina Trentmann discusses the outlook for dealmaking in 2026, the impact of geopolitics, how less deals have been challenged by FTC and DOJ, and the prospect of lowering financing costs with Vonnie Quinn and Isabelle Lee on 'Bloomberg Markets.' (Source: Bloomberg)

From spectacular firework displays to chilly sea dips, nations celebrate the start of 2026.

ETFs tied to altcoins need to pull in deeper liquidity to match BTC's chill.

President Trump issued two vetoes this week, the first of his second term, rejecting two bipartisan bills, at least one of which is making waves within his own party. Trump vetoed legislation that aimed to complete a project that would deliver water to Southeastern Colorado and another that would gi…

Longest lightning, the first AI-generated genomes and biggest black hole smashup were among this year’s top science superlatives.

The functionality for CSI drivers to update information about attachable volume count on the nodes, first introduced as Alpha in Kubernetes v1.33, has graduated to Beta in the Kubernetes v1.34 release! This marks a significant milestone in enhancing the accuracy of stateful pod scheduling by reducin…

Patriots star Stefon Diggs is facing charges of strangulation, assault and battery following an incident in Massachusetts earlier this month. Diggs' attorney, David Meier, said in a statement that the wide receiver "categorically denies" the allegations and "looks forward to establishing the truth" …

From "House of the Dragon" and "Bridgerton" to "The Boys" and "The Bear," here's the TV to keep on your radar in 2026.

Can inflation be tamed without further interest rate hikes? And will the hot streak for gold and silver continue in 2026?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian share market delivered a 6.8% return in 2025, representing a third consecutive year of gains in a volatil…

A head-on collision between two trains on the line that services Peru's Machu Picchu killed one person and injured at least 40 others, authorities said, updating an earlier toll. The deceased was the conductor of one of the two trains, according to the prosecutor's office in Cusco, the city closest …

Bears are becoming a growing problem in some of Japan’s urban areas as they are forced to venture further in search of foodIt came as no surprise, least of all to the residents of Osaki, that “bear” was selected as Japan’s kanji character of the year earlier this month.The north-eastern town of 128,…

Scientists have uncovered an extensive underwater vent system near Milos, Greece, hidden along active fault lines beneath the seafloor. These geological fractures act as pathways for hot, gas-rich fluids to escape, forming clusters of vents with striking visual diversity. The discovery surprised res…

In a recent study published in Antiquity, Dr. Dirk Brandherm and his colleagues identified more than 600 suspected house platforms in the Brusselstown Ring hillfort, making it the largest nucleated settlement ever discovered in the entirety of prehistoric Britain and Ireland thus far. Subsequent tes…

The boom in artificial intelligence was the biggest driver of gains in the stock market. That could pose a risk in 2026.

A new technical paper titled “Probing the Nanoscale Onset of Plasticity in Electroplated Copper for Hybrid Bonding Structures via Multimodal Atomic Force Microscopy” was published by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Intel, and Colorado School of Mines. Excerpt  “The…

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Factor meal kits offer a free $200 Withings body-scanning scale after a three-week subscription. I was afraid, then maybe a little motivated?

A shorter commute strengthens pay equity efforts.

George and Amal Clooney, along with their twin daughters, Ella and Alexander, were awarded French citizenship Friday. The French government listed their names in the naturalization decree published Saturday. Amal Clooney, a prominent human rights lawyer, was listed under her maiden name, Alamuddin, …

A new technical paper titled “BARD: Reducing Write Latency of DDR5 Memory by Exploiting Bank-Parallelism” was published by Georgia Tech. Abstract “This paper studies the impact of DRAM writes on DDR5-based system. To efficiently perform DRAM writes, modern systems buffer write requests and try to co…