Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 29, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer |
- An American scientist convicted of lying to US authorities about payments from China while he was at Harvard University has rebuilt his research lab in Shenzhen to pursue technology the Chinese government has identified as a national priority: embedding electronics into the human brain.
- Huge areas of Ukraine are littered with mines and other discarded ordnance after years of fighting. Now a combination of unmanned machines, remote-controlled diggers and manual efforts are speeding up and improving the safety of demining.
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has often been called the crown jewel of the US civil rights movement. But under a US Supreme Court led for two decades by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, experts said, that jewel has lost its luster.
- Pakistan's Navy will be getting a fleet of advanced Chinese submarines, a statement from the military and a government official said, a move to strengthen Islamabad's maritime security as part of a growing defense cooperation with Beijing.
- Some 287 candidates will be considered for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, with US President Donald Trump likely to be among the nominees.
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