Trolley thieves in Malaysia take a toll on grocers

Trolley thefts usually occurs at outlets near housing areas, a former employee said.

Bridging AI- and experimental-led materials discovery with better database architecture

Materials databases lie at the heart of future data-driven discovery in energy-related fields, say researchers from Tohoku University. In an article published in the journal Precision Chemistry, they have examined how different types of databases, both computational and

South Korea President Lee to hold summit with Polish PM Tusk on April 13, media reports say

SEOUL, April 10 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will hold a summit meeting with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on April 13, with defence industry cooperation and global security expected to top the agenda, media reports said on Friday.

Asia Pacific faces weaker growth and higher inflation from Middle East crisis, ADB warns

xAI sues Colorado over new AI law

Billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is suing Colorado over a new state law that seeks to regulate the rapidly evolving technology. The company, xAI, filed a lawsuit against Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) on Thursday, seeking to block enforcement

White House staff told not to place bets on prediction markets

The platforms have grown in popularity, with some users making bets on global events.

Japan plans to release extra 20 days' oil reserves from May, PM Takaichi says

Japan is dependent on the Middle East for some 95 per cent of its oil.

America’s Soviet moment: Why Trump is looking like Yeltsin

Is US President Donald Trump closer to Boris Yeltsin or Vladimir Putin? The question is less about personality than about historical function: what kind of leader emerges when a system begins to lose its internal balance. For much of the 20th century, the world was defined by

Work attitudes barely shifted after the 2008 crisis across 19 European countries

An analysis of survey data on 77,567 people in 19 European countries, including the U.K., by Raphaël Piters, of Sorbonne University, France, found little change in attitudes to work between 1999 and 2017. The researcher analyzed answers to a series of questions about work asked

Venezuelan parliament passes law opening mining sector to private capital amid rapprochement with US

Venezuela's National Assembly unanimously approved on Thursday a new 131-article Organic Mining Law that opens the door to private and foreign investment in the mining sector, on a day also marked by police repression of thousands of workers who marched to demand an increase in

Japan downgrades description of China in annual diplomatic report

The report said China has intensified “unilateral criticism and coercive measures” against Japan.

Stocks shaky as Israeli attacks on Lebanon tests Iran ceasefire

Lava bursts forth as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts

Hawaii Volcanoes national park closed due to eruption of one of world’s most active volcanoes, located on Big Island Amber lava exploded over 200 meters into the air as Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, located on Hawaii’s Big Island, erupted on Thursday. Lava

Tourism accounted for nearly half of Uruguay's GDP growth in 2025, generating $2.04 billion in exports

Tourism accounted for nearly half of Uruguay's gross domestic product growth in 2025 and represented 6.2% of the country's economic activity, according to the first monitor produced by the Uruguayan Chamber of Tourism together with the Center for the Study of Economic and

Alibaba leads $290 million investment for building a new kind of AI model as LLM limits emerge

Startup Shengshu plans to use the money for a "general world model," paving the way for more practical robot applications.

‘Death of a Salesman’ Broadway Review: Nathan Lane, Laurie Metcalf Lead a Brooding Revival That’s Stuck in Neutral

Poor Willy Loman is once again trying to convince his lousy sons that when it comes making a sale, reputation is everything. He’s right, of course: The fourth Broadway revival of “Death of a Salesman” in some 25 years is crowding the cavernous Winter Garden Theatre with outsize

Nexon confirms reorganizaton at The First Berserker: Khazan developer but says it's merely 'a strategic reallocation of talent' as development winds down

The shuffle is "not a workforce reduction or team dissolution," Nexon says, it just needs the people elsewhere.

flirty800 Announces New EP Strip: Hear “Smoke”

flirty800 is the project of New York-based producer and DJ Wade Harley Harris, who’s done sets at Basement, Paragon, and the Lot Radio. Last year, he released his debut EP My Mind, which was grungy and dark (he described the vibe as “slut grunge summer“). Now he’s announcing

Andra Day Scores Win Over Ex-Manager As ‘Civil Theft’ Claim Moves Forward

A judge ruled Day can proceed with allegations her longtime manager, Jeffrey Evans, "siphoned so much money" from her, she was left "in financial ruins"

Casey Means’s brother says ‘conversations happening’ in surgeon general confirmation process

Senior White House adviser Calley Means said on Thursday that “conversations are ongoing” amid doubts over whether his sister, surgeon general nominee Casey Means, has enough votes in the Senate for confirmation. Calley Means was asked during an appearance on NewsNation’s “The

US-Iran ceasefire deal shows strain ahead of talks with oil flows squeezed

By Parisa Hafezi, Maya Gebeily, Maayan Lubell and Ariba Shahid JERUSALEM/BEIRUT/ISLAMABAD, April 10 (Reuters) - A fragile two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran showed further strain on Friday, a day before they are to negotiate in Pakistan, as Washington accused Tehran

Darkstone, a classic 1999 action RPG about eating apples and trying not to die of old age, is being remastered by its original creator

Eat the apple, apple boy.

'High risk': US VP Vance tasked by Trump to lead Iran talks

It was a war JD Vance never wanted. Now the US vice president has been tasked with ending it. Vance heads to Pakistan this week with orders from President Donald Trump to turn the shaky Iran ceasefire into a lasting peace deal. For the 41-year-old Vance, who has kept a notably

Airlines hike fees: Here's what it costs to check a bag now

Major airlines are hiking bag fees as fuel prices rise. Here's what it costs to check a bag now.

Sexist attitudes account for up to 13% of Gen Z's gender voting gap

Generation Z men are less likely to vote for left-wing parties than women, and their political preferences can be linked to their sexist attitudes, a large-scale study has found. Research on 15,122 people in the UK and 23 other European countries found that politics is

Japan to release extra 20 days’ worth of oil reserve from May

The plan follows the nation’s ongoing release of some 50 days’ worth of oil to the market.

Indonesia sends letter of reprimand to YouTube over breach of social media curbs, minister says

Indonesia has also flagged TikTok, Roblox, X and Meta as high-risk platforms.

Chinese President Xi to meet Taiwan’s KMT chief for first time in decade

Beijing seeks to build influence despite a freeze in relations with the island's government.

Hip-hop pioneer, Afrika Bambaataa, dies aged 67

The Bronx born rapper's global hit Planet Rock is credited with shaping hip-hop in the 1980s.

Nine-year-old cult visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club has been abruptly pulled from Android for its 'depiction of sensitive themes'

Doki Doki Literature Club released on Google Play in December.

Plastic bags to gasoline: Molten salts crack polyethylene into real fuels

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a method to convert a commonly discarded hydrocarbon polymer into gasoline- and diesel-like fuels. The team has applied for a patent for the discovery, which treats polyethylene—the stuff of white

Nancy Guthrie case could be solved by new tech: DNA expert

DNA expert Cece Moore joined NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin on "Brian Entin Investigates."

Lady Gaga and Doechii Release New Single, ‘Runway’

They were born for the “Runway.” Lady Gaga and Doechii have released their new single, “Runway,” which is featured in the upcoming 20th Century Fox film “The Devil Wears Prada 2.” The upbeat dance track has Doechii singing “Serve a little sass, with a little side of ass, do a

Lady Gaga & Doechii – “Runway”

Last year, Doechii presented Gaga with the Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Now the rising rapper is joining forces with the pop icon for “Runway,” which was first previewed in the trailer for The Devil Wears Prada 2. The track was written by Gaga, Bruno Mars,

Trump says Iran doing 'poor job' of letting oil through Hormuz

US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Iran of doing a "very poor job" of allowing oil through the Strait of Hormuz and of breaching the terms of their two-week ceasefire agreement. In a barrage of social media posts that sparked fresh fears for the shaky truce, Trump

India proposes new rules to regulate news and political posts on social media

The changes will give government more power over news-related posts shared by podcasters and influencers.

Doechii and Lady Gaga Unveil New ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ Single

The duo first teased "Runway" in a trailer for the Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway-starring film

Politicians Say Glyphosate Weedkiller Causes Cancer But Evidence Not Clear-Cut

Following an executive order from the Trump administration that promotes production of glyphosate, some Democrats have claimed that the herbicide causes cancer. The science, however, is nuanced. While there is some evidence linking glyphosate to cancers in lab animals or to the

Bruce Springsteen Turns L.A.’s Forum Into the Promised Land With a Show That Mixes American Resistance and Rapture: Concert Review

When Bruce Springsteen brought his “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour” to the Los Angeles area this week, it followed the same template as the opening night of the tour in Minneapolis exactly seven days prior. There was one addition to the setlist Tuesday, in the first of two Kia

Judge orders Pentagon to restore press access

The Pentagon is obstructing reporters and defying an earlier court order that required it to restore access to credentialed journalists covering the Department of Defense (DOD), a U.S. judge in Washington ruled Thursday — a blow to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s attempts to

New research shows how forests can prevent floods of all sizes

As large floods occur more frequently worldwide, many wonder what led to such devastating events. Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, improper land management and forest removal increase flood frequencies and severity.

Rutte says NATO allies ‘were a bit slow' on Iran

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Rutte says NATO allies ‘were a bit slow' on Iran NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Thursday the alliance’s members were “a bit slow, to say

Spatiotemporal correlation-based AI developed for bias correction of atmospheric and oceanic variables

Daily travel plans and early warnings for extreme weather all rely on traditional numerical weather prediction. However, both traditional numerical weather prediction and AI forecasting large models have long suffered from systematic biases, which compromise forecast accuracy.

AI-designed proteins built from scratch can recognize specific compounds

Professor Gyu Rie Lee of the Department of Biological Sciences successfully designed artificial proteins that selectively recognize specific compounds using AI through joint research with Professor David Baker. The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, is

Disney Promotes April Carretta to EVP of Communications, Exec to Lead PR for Dana Walden

Disney elevated April Carretta to EVP of communications, reporting to chief communications officer Paul Roeder. As part of her expanded duties, Caretta will be the day-to-day communications lead for Dana Walden, who last month took on the newly created role of president and

Israeli military says Hezbollah launched missile at Israel, triggering sirens

April 10 (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Friday that Hezbollah launched a missile at Israel, triggering air raid sirens in parts of the country, including in Tel Aviv. The missile was intercepted, according to the Times of Israel. Hezbollah said it targeted Israeli

Candidate security costs up in era of political violence: Research

Federal campaigns and committees have spent more than $100 million on security measures over the past decade amid an uptick in threats of political violence, including bomb threats and doxing, according to a new report. The report, released Thursday by the Public Service