IDF launches second wave of strikes on regime targets in Tehran

China sets lowest economic growth target since 1991

It is also the first time the target has been lowered since it was cut to "around 5%" in 2023.

How a California desalination plant could help solve water shortages on the Colorado River

With desert cities like Phoenix and Tucson bracing for their allotments of Colorado River water to be slashed dramatically, San Diego County's water agency could for the first time sell some of its water to other states by drawing on its ample supplies from the nation's largest

Why New Zealanders are moving to Australia in droves

New Zealand still attracts more people than it loses, with a net migration gain of 14,200 in 2025.

BTS Release Comeback Live Trailer: ‘Seven Together, We Can Do Anything’

The Netflix livestream will broadcast from Seoul on March 21

How many of these MMORPGs can you name in just 6 minutes based on a handful of vague details?

A challenge for the eternally online.

Tomato and pepper production faces emerging threats

A research team composed of plant virologists from the Plant Virus Department at Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, the Italian National Research Council and BASF-Nunhems Italy, has recently published the findings of a scientific

China to build ‘birth-friendly society’, refine social security system

The policies will be targeted at those aged 60 and older, with elderly care services to be increased.

China to build 'birth-friendly society', refine social security system

BEIJING, March 5 - China said on Thursday that it would build a \"childbirth-friendly society\" in the next five years as it pledged to address concerns over employment, education, medical care, health and income, according to an official government report.

How moss helped solve a grave-robbing mystery

In 2009, a scandal was exposed at a cemetery just outside of Chicago. Workers at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, were accused of exhuming old graves, dumping the remains elsewhere on the cemetery grounds, and reselling the burial plots. When the case went to trial in

‘The Masked Singer’ Reveals the Identity of Eggplant: Here Is the Celebrity Under the Costume

SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 8 of “The Masked Singer,” “OzzFest Night,” which aired March 4 on Fox. All Jack Wagner needs is just a little more time. To be sure what he feels. Was it all in his mind? ‘Cause it seems to hard to believe… that “The Masked

India moves to protect economy as Iran tensions expose risks

The worsening conflict in the Middle East disrupted oil and gas supplies.

Steve Daines not running for reelection in Montana

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said Wednesday he is not making a reelection bid in this year’s midterm, ending a career in Congress that included serving in the House and Senate. “Serving the people of Montana in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate the past 13 years has been the

CDC staffers deployed to South Carolina to aid measles response

Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC staffers deployed to South Carolina to aid measles response With nearly 1,000 confirmed measles cases as of this week, staffers from the Centers for Disease

How to live a long and healthy life, according to the ancients

Just like in the modern world, people in ancient times wanted to know how to live a long and healthy life.

Gary Dontzig, Writer and Producer on ‘Murphy Brown,’ Dies at 79

Gary Dontzig, a writer and producer on the hit CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown,” died Feb. 23 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 79. His longtime writing partner, Steven Peterman, confirmed Dontzig died of a rare autoimmune disease on Facebook. Dontzig began his

Who is contesting Nepal’s polls and what is at stake?

Election authorities say 65 political parties are in the fray.

Discussions with Board of Peace 'on hold' due to Iran war, Indonesia says

Indonesia's participation on the board has drawn criticism from experts and Muslim groups at home, who say it compromises the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation’s long-standing support for the Palestinian cause.

Nepal goes to the polls; voters seek change after youth-led protests

Results could take more than a week as counting of proportional representation votes would take time.

In a Thrilling U.S. Headlining Debut at the Troubadour, Sienna Spiro Shows Why She’s About to Become the World’s Next Pop Vocal Superhero: Concert Review

For years now, there has been a lot of waiting, guessing and surely in-house prevaricating about who will be the next James Bond. But there is no need to dally, or shouldn’t be, on the question of who will record the next James Bond theme. It will be Sienna Spiro, the upstart

‘School Spirits’ Music Supervisor on the Sufjan Stevens Dance Number, Lizzy McAlpine’s Return and Building the Show’s ‘Hauntingly’ Perfect Soundtrack

There’s a reason Lizzy McAlpine’s “Doomsday” now lives in the minds of “School Spirits” fans the way ghosts haunt the hallways of Split River High. For Whitney Pilzer, the music supervisor behind Paramount+’s supernatural mystery series since its first season, moments like that

Watch: China Premier Li Qiang's speech at opening of National People's Congress

China has set its 2026 economic growth target at 4.5 to 5 per cent, marking the first cut since 2023.

Canada working to repatriate more than 2,000 citizens from Middle East

By Ryan Patrick Jones March 4 (Reuters) - The Canadian government is working to repatriate citizens who are stranded in the Middle East by organizing seats on commercial flights, contracting charter flights and offering ground transportation options to neighboring countries,

Utah Republican announces he won't seek reelection

Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection, joining a notable mass of House Republicans not running for Congress again this year. “After prayer, reflection, and many long conversations, I have decided that I will not seek reelection in 2026.

Highguard gets a new playable character, skill trees and more ahead of next week's closure

Wildlight's skeleton crew is pumping out material while it still can.

Metric – “Time Is A Bomb”

Last month, Metric and Broken Social Scene announced a tour together along with new albums. Metric shared “Victim Of Luck” from Romanticize The Dive, and today they’re back with another preview called “Time Is A Bomb.” “Say what you want about the wellness boom, I think it’s a

Tony Gonzales admits sexual relationship with former staff member who killed herself

The Texas lawmaker, who faces a primary runoff in May to hold his seat, said in a radio interview that he’s not to blame for her death.

$100K reward offered after truck full of Tucker Carlson’s nicotine pouches hijacked in SoCal

Ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson's company ALP has kicked off a nationwide manhunt, offering $100,000 for any tip that leads to the stolen stash or the capture of those behind the heist.

Less traffic, less noise: Green axes cut noise levels in cities

The implementation of green axes and the reduction of motorized traffic in cities is effectively consolidating itself as a strategy to significantly lower environmental noise levels. A study conducted in the city of Barcelona shows that, one year after pedestrianizing several

Republicans grill Walz, Ellison in heated hearing: 3 takeaways

Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday tore into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and state Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) over their handling of a fraud scandal within Minnesota’s social services programs. President Trump has made the

Nancy Hall Named U.S. CEO of WPP Media

Nancy Hall, a media-buying executive who has cultivated a specialty in data and ad tech, has been named CEO of the U.S. operations of WPP Media, putting her at the helm of one of the most influential agencies in the media and entertainment sectors. WPP Media controls billions

Natural dye produced by Amazonian fungus can be used in cosmetics

Initial tests with a natural dye produced by the Amazonian fungus Talaromyces amestolkiae show that eco-friendly cosmetics, such as face creams, gel sticks, and shampoos, can be developed with antioxidant and antibacterial properties. This finding is significant because

China's defence spending to rise 7% in 2026 vs 7.2% set for 2025

BEIJING, March 5 - China's 2026 defence spending will rise 7%, a copy of an official government report reviewed by Reuters showed on Thursday, slightly lower than the 2025 increase of 7.2% but roughly in line with rises over the last decade.

China to boost defense spending by 7%, slowest pace since 2021

Beijing's planned military budget comes amid escalating conflict in the Middle East and persistent tensions over Taiwan.

Watch St. Vincent Cover Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” At Intimate Sonoma County Show

Last night, St. Vincent played the 280-cap venue Little Saint in Healdsburg, California with her keyboardist Rachel Eckroth. Her setlist included a bunch of covers, including a solo take on Jeff Buckley's 1994 track "Grace." The post Watch St. Vincent Cover Jeff Buckley’s

Iran's ethnic fault lines offer path for US, Israel

Seeking to bring down Iran's Islamic republic, the United States and Israel could see a path by exploiting ethnic tensions, a strategy attractive to military planners but fraught with long-term risks. Just over half of Iran's population is Persian, but the country of 90 million

What Geminga's 100 TeV cutoff may mean for cosmic-ray acceleration in the Milky Way

For the first time, the Tibet ASγ Experiment has successfully measured magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence on scales below one parsec (approximately 3.3 light-years) within the gamma-ray halo surrounding the Geminga pulsar wind nebula (PWN). This observation extends to the

Gonzales admits to having an affair, calls it a 'mistake' and 'lapse of judgment'

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) admitted to having an affair with one of his congressional staffers, who died after setting herself on fire last year. Gonzales, who had been facing increasing scrutiny over allegations of the affair, told conservative talk show host Joe Pags in an

China to hike defence budget by 7% amid rising global security tensions

China’s defence outlays are closely watched as a barometer of Beijing’s strategic priorities as it presses ahead with military modernisation.

Tracing extracellular vesicles' journey from cancer cells to urine

Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can travel from distant tumors through the bloodstream and kidneys and be excreted into urine, as reported by researchers at Science Tokyo. Using sophisticated molecular tagging systems in mouse models of brain, lung and

NASA finds source of Artemis II problem that forced rollback from the launch pad

NASA announced it had found the source of a helium flow blockage that forced it to roll the Artemis II rocket back from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center and delay its lunar fly-by mission until at least April.

Why China is unlikely to rally behind Iran after US-Israeli strikes

Beijing has shown little support for Tehran’s defence besides criticising the attacks.

Elon Musk discusses past tweets, bots as he testifies at Twitter shareholder trial

Shareholders accused Musk of violating federal securities laws by making false, public statements that “were carefully calculated to drive down the price of Twitter stock.”

China to spend 7% more on defence amid a widening graft purge in the military

China aims to have a world-class fighting force by 2050.

Trade court orders tariff refunds in setback for Trump administration

A trade court has cleared the way for businesses to receive refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court struck down last month.

Trump faces tariff refund fight

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Judge issues key order in Trump tariff refund case The federal trade court judge overseeing the refund process for President Trump’s tariffs ordered the

From water splitting to H₂O₂: A new method narrows carbon nitride photocatalyst design

Photocatalysis promises an efficient conversion of abundant solar energy into usable chemical energy. Polyheptazine imides have some key structural and functional twists that make them especially interesting for photocatalysis. So far, there is only limited knowledge about how