Business Brazil bans fixed-odds betting as operators face October shutdown Brazil has barred new deposits and betting promotions under a provisional order, with platforms due offline on October 6.
World Trump Rejects Iran Plan to Reopen Strait of Hormuz Within Seven Days Trump publicly rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week, leaving a major oil route and Middle East diplomacy in limbo.
Technology US and China agree to AI incident communication channel after summit Washington and Beijing agreed to establish a channel for AI incidents and hold another dialogue by November, according to the White House.
Sports India wins both Asian Games kabaddi finals against Iran India defended the men's and women's Asian Games kabaddi titles in Japan, beating Iran 40-34 and 37-34 on the same day.
Science NASA Restores Swift’s Gamma-Ray Alert System as Orbit Continues to Decay NASA has restored Swift's gamma-ray detector and automatic burst follow-up, but says orbital decay may end science observations in October.
Politics US Supreme Court Lets States Resume Expanded Voter Citizenship Checks A September 25 order pauses a lower-court ban on the expanded SAVE database as the United States approaches November elections.
Health World leaders press for stronger pandemic safeguards at UN meeting At a UN meeting in New York, leaders backed stronger pandemic preparedness while a proposed declaration awaits further General Assembly consideration.
Environment Nor'easter floods New Jersey roads as East Coast braces for weekend storm A powerful nor'easter brought early flooding and power outages to the U.S. East Coast as New Jersey declared an emergency and forecasters warned of more severe coastal conditions.
Entertainment Taylor Swift releases four new songs on The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore Taylor Swift has released a 16-track expanded edition of The Life of a Showgirl with four new songs, ahead of a September 27 video premiere.
Business Oil falls about 2% as US-Iran talks temper supply fears Brent and US crude fell on September 25 as traders weighed a possible route to reopening the Strait of Hormuz against attacks threatening Saudi oil flows.
World Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs meet over Houthi attacks Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani military chiefs met in Riyadh to discuss support for the kingdom after Houthi attacks.
Technology Akamai announces $11.6 billion cloud agreement with Anthropic Anthropic has committed $11.6 billion over seven years for Akamai cloud capacity, with a possible $9 billion expansion tied to additional services.