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Pakistan blows up dam embankment as it braces for flood surge by AFP Staff Writers Narowal, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 27, 2025 Pakistan authorities blew up an embankment next to a monsoon-engorged dam on Wednesday as flooding submerged one of the world’s holiest Sikh sites. Three transboundary rivers in the east of the country have swollen

China to bolster non-Western alliances at summit, parade By Isabel KUA Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2025 China’s President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and India’s Narendra Modi from Sunday for a summit before a huge military parade as he seeks to showcase a non-Western style of regional collaboration. The Shanghai

Rain swamps India’s Jammu region with extensive floods by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 Fierce floods swamped the Jammu area of Indian-administrated Kashmir on Tuesday as intense monsoon rainstorms in the Himalayan region caused widespread chaos, sweeping away bridges and swamping homes, Indian media reported. The Press Trust of India (PTI)

India to develop fighter jet engines with French company by AFP Staff Writers New Delhi (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 India is working with a French company to develop and manufacture fighter jet engines in the country, New Delhi’s defence minister said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in May approved the prototype of a 5th generation Advanced

(Image credit: NASA) Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts work to study how the microgravity atmosphere affects human health, such as muscle development and bone structure. What is it? As part of a project to look at how microgravity affects cellular health, ISS Commander Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and NASA Expedition

Astronomers have seen what appears to be a forming planet carving out a complex pattern in a disk of gas and dust around a young star. The discovery of this spiral architect could help us better understand how planetary systems like the solar system came to be. The infant extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” is creating

Over the past few years, Apple’s iPhone releases have offered incremental improvements. A slight redesign here, some moderate camera improvements there, and so on and so forth. Still, Apple’s iPhone has remained incredibly popular and a money-making machine. During the last holiday quarter, for example, the iPhone alone generated nearly $70 billion in revenue for

When I switched to Mac, I never thought I’d be envious of Windows, but here we are. Fifteen years later, I’m still a relatively happy MacBook user who isn’t likely to dump macOS anytime soon. I’m also jealous of what Windows 11 can offer in terms of built-in AI capabilities. Even without AI, Windows 10

Space for Humanity “Fly With Me in Zero-G” mentees with Lane Bess (in front), CEO of Deep Instinct, who funded the Zero-G flight. Back row from left to right: Lauren Victoria Paulson, Khuloud Shibani, Alma Ocampos Irala, and Eduardo Azael Hoy Canul. Middle from left to right: Roxy Williams, Geraldinn Andrea Cortez Barahona, Guadalupe Montserrat

Louisville, CO – Tendeg, a leader in advanced deployable space antennas, has received a repeat order from Capella Space, an American space tech company with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and satellite solutions for government and commercial use, for twelve additional large aperture antennas to support the next phase of its Acadia-class SAR satellite constellation. The