By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Sept 10 (Reuters) – A week after his robot outran humanity’s fastest man, Jack Guo is already chasing a harder goal. TianGong Ultra stunned spectators at the World Humanoid Robot Games when it covered 100 metres in 8.64 seconds, almost a full second faster than Usain Bol
The creators of the long-running and enthusiastically insolent TV show “South Park” aren’t known to be huge fans of President Donald Trump. However, they’ve decided to adopt one of his ideas — in a way. They’re changing — at least for the moment — the name of the popular series, which just won the E
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky has received a $100,000 lifetime achievement award and poet-children’s author Nikki Grimes has been named the next Young People’s Poet Laureate, the Poetry Foundation announced Wednesday. Pinsky, an acclaimed poet and translator who served as U
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A news anchor was unexpectedly named the next monarch of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom on Wednesday following last month’s death at age 34 of a monarch once known as the “boy king” because of his ascension to the throne as an infant. A selection committee for Tooro announced the choi
Hamas, Hezbollah Flags Reported at Rome Protest Over Antisemitism Bill By Dario Sanchez / The Media Line Flags associated with Hamas and Hezbollah, as well as an Iranian flag, were displayed Tuesday at a demonstration outside the Italian Parliament opposing proposed legislation that would adopt the
Man’s best friend is getting some love from the Girl Scouts. Girl Scouts of the USA said Tuesday its first cookies for dogs will go on sale in January. The blueberry muffin-flavored cookies were developed with Bark, a New York-based seller of dog treats and toys. The cookies, dubbed Patch Pals, will
TYSONS, Va. (AP) — The College Sports Commission cleared more than $227 million worth of name, image and likeness deals in the two-month period ending Aug. 31, nearly doubling the value of all the deals cleared over its first year of existence. Much of the increase in the numbers revealed Wednesday
A group of former Amazon warehouse employees is suing the company for systemically discriminating against pregnant workers, accusing the company of denying them basic accommodations and penalizing some who took breaks to pump milk or time off for hospital visits. The four plaintiffs filed a proposed
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, a federal judge in Miami ruled Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis denied a defense motion for release, meaning the
PARIS (AP) — Key figures from Europe’s space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to advance the continent’s ambitions in a global market dominated by the United States. The two-day International Space Summit that started Wednesday gathers officials, astron
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The longest road trip in NFL history has brought the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams to Australia’s sports capital for a season opener in front of more than 100,000 football-hungry fans packed into the Southern Hemisphere’s largest stadium. The NFC West rival
CAIRO (AP) — Rescuers in Yemen pulled more bodies from the rubble Wednesday of a prison run by Iran-backed Houthi rebels that was hit in a deadly airstrike earlier this week, as an escalation between the rebels and a Saudi-led coalition threatened Yemen’s fragile ceasefire. The renewed fighting is a
(SRN NEWS) – “Global Landscape,” a standout feature from SRN News, is a concise two-minute audio segment that delivers a snapshot of the day’s top religion-related news stories from around the world. This engaging feature provides listeners with timely insights into significant developments, cultura
(SRN NEWS)- ( ) The U.K. government says it is banning trade with Israel’s West Bank, where it claims that Jewish settlers are carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Israel denies that charge and points out that the West Bank is part of Israeli territory. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband says t
(SRN NEWS)- According to the latest poll from the Pew Research Center, 37% of Americans do NOT believe a female candidate has much of a chance to win the White House in their lifetime. That’s up from 26% who felt that way just three years ago. 17% think a woman WILL become president DOWN from 25%. A
(SRN NEWS)- The popular evangelist is scheduled to preach the gospel in Manchester on October 3rd. Graham has a long history with the U.K. as did his father Billy. Of course there was a problem back in 2020 when several of the venues Graham had planned to visit cancelled their contracts under pressu
(SRN NEWS)- One Million Moms, a Christian conservative family organization, says the ratings that the streaming platform uses do not clearly reflect the content of the shows. OMM says “Children should not be exposed to this inappropriate content, and Netflix seems to be hoping parents are not paying
(SRN NEWS)-According to an Axios review of numbers from the Public Religion Research Institute, the percentage of Hispanic Americans identifying as religiously unaffiliated has risen steadily from 18% in 2013 to 23% in 2025. Among Catholic Latinos, the declines have been historic. The share of Latin
Sept 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Bancorp said on Wednesday it completed a live pilot transaction using its proprietary U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, USBDC as lenders race to develop blockchain-based payment networks with stablecoins gaining wider adoption. Here are some more details: • The pilot involved a
By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Amid the debris six metres beneath Tbilisi’s main thoroughfare, roadworks that have frustrated residents have yielded an archaeological prize: a cache of 10th-century pottery among the oldest medieval works ever found in the Georgian capital. Work on
Sept 9 (Reuters) – The European Union’s General Court on Wednesday dismissed Hungary’s action against the EU’s decision to use windfall profits from frozen Russian central bank assets for Ukraine’s defence. The bloc’s second-highest court said it had no jurisdiction over the matter. (Reporting by Ba
Sept 9 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Civil Defense lifted an alert it had announced in the southern city of Khamis Mushait on Wednesday, a day after Houthi attacks there and in three other nearby cities wounded 73 people and set oil installations ablaze. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis struck an airbase i
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s ruling coalition on Wednesday said people convicted in high-profile graft cases should serve their sentences in full, amid media reports that jailed former premier Najib Razak has made another bid for a royal pardon. The local Chinese-language newspaper Si
By Vincent Daheron PARIS Sept 9 (Reuters) – Edgar Grospiron, president of the organising committee for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in the French Alps, is set to leave his post just 18 months after his appointment, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesda
By Tony Munroe and Anushree Mukherjee SINGAPORE, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Benchmark Brent crude oil futures rose past $100 a barrel on Wednesday, hitting a more than six-week high and breaching the symbolic threshold for the first time since July 24 as intensifying conflict in the Middle East heightened c
By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Ben Shelton beat defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(5) 6-1 6-3 1-6 7-6(10-7) in the early hours of Wednesday to reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open in the latest-finishing match in tournament history. Shelton’s win sets up a match in the last
NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Athletes who’ve arrived early for the Asian Games were unharmed by extensive flooding that hit the central Japanese city of Nagoya, Mayor Ichiro Hirosawa said Wednesday. “We are not worried about the conditions of the venues and we believe there is no problem holding the Asian G
(Refiles to add dropped word to headline) HELSINKI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google will invest at least €13 billion ($15.1 billion) in artificial intelligence infrastructure in Finland over the next two years, it said on Wednesday, calling it the company’s single largest investment in Europe.
By Janina Nuno Rios NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Jessica Pegula reached the U.S. Open semifinals for a third successive year, coming from a set down to beat Emma Navarro 3-6 6-4 6-3 in an all-American clash on Tuesday. The 32-year-old will face two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka in a rematc
By Field Level Media Sep 09 (Field Level Media) – Josh Berry will be behind the wheel of the No. 42 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club beginning in 2027. Legacy announced the signing Tuesday just six days after saying it would part ways with current No. 42 driver John Hunter Nemechek. “Josh is a proven co
