Adnan Rasheed 
QUANTICO, Virginia — US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday told senior military leaders that the US armed forces would uphold a warrior ethos by enforcing uniform, high physical standards, acknowledging that some women may not meet the requirements. Standards must be uniform, gender neutral, and high, Hegseth said during an address to hundreds of … Read more
NEW YORK — Stock futures fell Tuesday as investors braced for a potential US government shutdown, even as Wall Street’s major indexes remained on track to close out September with solid gains. The pullback comes amid heightened political uncertainty and cautious optimism about the broader economy. The S&P 500, which typically struggles in September, has … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — In a notable shift in Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence ecosystem, more than twenty AI researchers have left leading companies including OpenAI, Google DeepMind, and Meta to join a new startup called Periodic Labs. The move underscores growing interest in AI technologies aimed not just at automating work but accelerating real world scientific … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Oscar winning actress Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban have separated after 19 years of marriage, various news outlets reported Monday, citing unnamed sources. The couple, long celebrated for their high profile careers and private family life, reportedly began living apart earlier this summer, with Urban moving out of their … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan has plunged into a nationwide telecom blackout after the Taliban government shut down internet and mobile networks, cutting off millions from communication and information access. The disruption, confirmed by internet watchdog NetBlocks, follows weeks of intermittent fiber optic outages that the Taliban said were part of efforts to curb immorality online. … Read more
NEW YORK — Wall Street faces uncertainty as the US government shutdown 2025 looms, threatening to halt crucial economic data releases and clouding the outlook for markets already balancing interest rate expectations and slowing growth. The Labor Department confirmed Monday that if Congress fails to reach a funding deal, it will suspend economic data publications … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO — Before announcing their latest artificial intelligence chips, Amazon and Google tip off Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, according to a new report from The Information. The practice underscores Nvidia’s commanding position in the AI hardware ecosystem, where its GPUs power the majority of training and inference workloads for large scale AI models. Sources … Read more
Redmond Washington: Microsoft is introducing a new artificial intelligence powered feature called vibe working across its Office suite, bringing conversational, automated productivity to Excel and Word. The company unveiled Agent Mode, a tool embedded within Microsoft 365 Copilot, designed to generate complex spreadsheets, documents, and even PowerPoint presentations from simple text prompts. The initiative, built … Read more
LOS ANGELES — The New Simpsons Movie 2027 is officially in the works. Disney announced Monday that an untitled sequel to The Simpsons Movie is slated for theatrical release on July 23, 2027, marking the return of the iconic animated family to the big screen for the first time in two decades. The news, confirmed … Read more
ATLANTA — The Coca Cola Company announced Monday it will release its Q3 2025 earnings on Oct. 21, ahead of the New York Stock Exchange opening. The beverage giant will host an investor conference call at 8:30 a.m Eastern Time to discuss the results, with a live webcast available on its investor relations website. The … Read more
