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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania on Thursday began a controlled shutdown of the second reactor at its Cernavoda nuclear power plant as a severe drought continues to grip the continent. Scorching heat and low rainfall in recent weeks have left the Danube River at record lows and forced the state-owned Cernavoda plant to shut down its first reactor in late July. The plant accounts for about 20% of the country’s […]

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have “forcibly disappeared” six staff members of a local organization working on women’s and children’s rights, a U.S.-based advocacy group said, following a separate U.N. report that two Afghan employees of its mission in the country were detained. The reported detentions come as Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of their return to power on Saturday. The six men — […]

Abdul El-Sayed made history this month in Michigan by becoming the first Muslim nominated by the Democratic Party to run for the U.S. Senate. But elation among many of his fellow Muslim Americans was tempered by awareness of persisting and widespread anti-Muslim sentiment across much of the nation. Some Republicans, including President Donald Trump, swiftly began referring to the nominee by his full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, while depicting him […]

HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Hernan formed Thursday in the Pacific Ocean and wasn’t threatening land while a different storm system that could bring heavy rain and flooding this weekend moved toward Hawaii, forecasters said. Hernan was about 1,460 miles (2,350 kilometers) west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said. Maximum sustained winds were around 40 mph (64 kph) and it […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health experts have been quick to condemn an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at upending childhood vaccinations in the U.S., but the biggest obstacles may be the unprecedented financial and logistical challenges it would impose on parents, health providers and drugmakers. Monday’s announcement by the Republican president calls for separating combination shots — including the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — into […]

BEIJING, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek will raise API prices for its V4-Pro and V4-Flash models and introduce peak and off-peak pricing, a company statement on Thursday showed.​ The new rates – ranging from 50% to 1,100% above current prices, depending on the model, token type, and time of use – will take effect on August 17, according to the statement. (Reporting by Xiuhao Chen and […]

BEIRUT, Aug 13 (Reuters) – A Lebanese official denied on Thursday a Reuters report that Beirut had agreed with Israel to a shortlist of countries that could send troops to Lebanon to verify the disarmament of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, and said it was following up on the issue with Washington.  A June 26 deal brokered by the U.S. linked the progressive withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon to […]

By Emily Giles, Elwely Elwelly and Melory Ghazi DUBAI, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Iran’s state media has mocked U.S. President Donald Trump after new details emerged about his secret aircraft switch during a visit to Turkey, saying it showed just how nervous he is about the Islamic Republic’s power. “Again, Trump, with his new scandal, has become the top subject in the U.S. media these days. A scandal stemming from […]

By Andy Bruce MANCHESTER, England, Aug 13 (Reuters) – Britain’s economy is showing the clearest signs yet that it is benefitting from the global artificial intelligence boom, with data on Thursday showing rapid growth in related industries and a surge in computer hardware investment. While the Office for National Statistics said Britain’s economy grew by 0.4% in the second quarter, the information and communications sector contributed almost half of that […]