Trump takes mail-in ballot fight to US Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule tightening the use of...
US urged to consider military strikes to stop China achieving AGI first
The United States should start preparing for scenarios where extreme measures must be taken to stop China from achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI), according...
Ecuador’s ex-president and Chinese ambassador seek to avoid jail over belt and road dam
Published: 5:36am, 4 Sep 2026Updated: 5:44am, 4 Sep 2026 Former Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador to Quito asked the country’s...
Holdout juror preventing verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s US child murder trial, lawyer says
A single juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is preventing the jury from reaching a unanimous verdict, her lawyer said in court on Thursday,...
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes
Published: 4:07am, 4 Sep 2026Updated: 4:21am, 4 Sep 2026 Ten research teams were honoured on Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was...
ICE officer charged with lying to investigators in shooting of Venezuelan man
Federal prosecutors have charged a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer with lying to investigators about the events leading up to the shooting of...
Mercury-bound spacecraft on home stretch of nearly decade-long voyage: ‘brilliant moment’
Two Mercury-bound spacecraft left their mother ship behind on Thursday and headed down the home stretch of their nearly decade-long voyage to the solar...
Just 4 of 28 lifts at Queen Mary Hospital block set for service once repairs done
Only four of the 28 lifts at Queen Mary Hospital’s new clinical block will operate normally following minor repairs, while work must be carried...
Hong Kong Nepalese man searches for cousin missing in flood: ‘I cannot sleep’
Published: 11:23pm, 3 Sep 2026Updated: 12:21am, 4 Sep 2026 A Hong Kong Nepalese man is searching for his cousin who is missing after the...