Jannik Sinner: From mountain village to world No. 1
Jannik Sinner is now world No. 1 and a Grand Slam champion, but his rise began in the tiny mountain village of San Candido in Italy's South Tyrol. His father worked as…
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Unitree Robotics IPO tests China’s humanoid robot boom
Unitree Robotics, the Hangzhou-based maker of humanoid and quadruped robots, has priced its initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Exchange at about $22 per share, seeking to raise around $900 million…
Bessent moves to calm bond market as yields hit 19-year high
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has taken several steps in the past week to stem rising bond yields, including intervening in currency markets to support the Japanese yen for the first time…
236,000 cases of lettuce recalled in US over Cyclospora fears
The US Food and Drug Administration has reported that 236,192 cases of lettuce from Taylor Farms were recalled due to potential Cyclospora contamination. The recall, announced in July, covers iceberg and romaine…
Trump wants permanent daylight saving, Senate may miss Nov 1 deadline
President Donald Trump wants to make daylight saving time permanent, ending the twice-yearly clock change. But the Senate may not act before November 1, when clocks are set to fall back. The…
Devotees pierce flesh in festivals to goddesses in India and Britain
Hindu devotees marked the Aadi festival on Sunday, 9 August 2026, in Chennai and London, with rituals involving piercing the skin with hooks, rods and miniature water pots as offerings to goddesses.…
AOC freezes eggs, renews focus on fiance Riley Roberts
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 36-year-old New York congresswoman, said she is freezing her eggs and shared parts of the process on Instagram before discussing it on ABC News. She said she wanted to…
Two planes breach Trump golf club airspace, F-16s intercept
NORAD F-16 fighter jets intercepted two general aviation aircraft over Bedminster, New Jersey, on Sunday after they entered temporary restricted airspace near President Donald Trump's golf club. The 1st Air Force's Air…
AI model distillation becomes new flashpoint in US-China tech race
AI model distillation, a standard technique that lets smaller models learn from larger ones, has become a flashpoint in the US-China competition. Washington fears rivals can extract capabilities from leading US systems…
Russia shields submarines with anti-drone grills, partial submersion
New satellite imagery from the UK Ministry of Defence shows Russia protecting its Kalibr-capable submarines at Novorossiysk with anti-drone structures and partial submersion. Ukrainian outlet Defense Express analysed the images, dated June…
