Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the resignation of his powerful chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, whose residence was searched earlier in the day by anti-corruption investigators.

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On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in Turkey, urging Christians ? and all faiths ? to reject the use of religion to justify violence.

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The death toll from flash floods and landslides on Indonesia's Sumatra island Friday rose to 164 on Friday with 79 people missing, authorities said.

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Syria's foreign ministry said in a statement Friday that the attack was "a horrific massacre" and said women and children were among those killed.

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National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom had died from her injuries after a shooting in the nation's capital. And, the death toll in the Hong Kong high-rise fire rises as dozens remain missing.

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India's olive ridley turtle numbers appear to have rebounded after years of patchwork efforts to stem their decline. Can it last?

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The Department of Transportation wants tougher rules for commercial driver's licenses after a deadly crash involving a trucker from India. Critics say it's an immigration crackdown by another name.

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Retail expert Katie Thomas scours her local shopping mall in Pittsburgh to divine what Americans' shopping habits reveal about the economy and the nation's future.

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox tells NPR's Steve Inskeep why he wants states to regulate artificial intelligence.

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In 2010, 13-year-old Aimee Gerold and her father, Bob, came to StoryCorps to talk about Aimee's adoption and how their family began. Fifteen years later, they returned to reflect on that conversation.

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Andriy Yermak, 54, has been the Ukrainian president's chief of staff throughout Russia's full-scale war.

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It recommends that only men with a confirmed genetic risk of prostate cancer should be screened for the disease.

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The change in policy comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wrote to President Emmanuel Macron.

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The Conservatives say she was overly gloomy about the public finances as a "smokescreen" to raise tax.

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Authorities say 89 bodies are unidentified and 79 people remain injured after Wednesday's blaze.

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Rights groups gave harrowing details about conditions in Israeli detention centres. Israel has not responded but has previously denied allegations of torture.

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The boys, aged 14 and 15, have been in custody since the alleged assault on 7 June which led to race riots across NI.

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The chancellor says those who only receive the state pension won't have to pay income tax before 2030.

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About 540 men were due to be sent to Crowborough army training camp and 300 men to Cameron Barracks in Inverness.

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People who left Afghanistan urge the US president not to toughen his stance after an attack allegedly carried out by an Afghan national.

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Roscosmos confirms 'damage' as images suggest repairs could stretch into 2027

The pad used by Russia to send Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) sustained damange during yesterday's crew launch, according to Roscosmos.?

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Automation flaw in CI/CD workflow let a bad pull request unleash worm into npm

PostHog says the Shai-Hulud 2.0 npm worm compromise was "the largest and most impactful security incident" it's ever experienced after attackers slipped malicious releases into its JavaScript SDKs and tried to auto-loot developer credentials.?

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Crims claim to know which customers are marked 'vulnerable'

British telco Brsk is investigating claims that it was attacked by cybercriminals who made off with more than 230,000 files.?

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Project cites fears of state access as cloud sovereignty row deepens

French cloud outfit OVHcloud took another hit this week after GrapheneOS, a mobile operating system, said it was ditching the company's servers over concerns about France's approach to digital privacy.?

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If that's a step too far, then there are new versions of CDE ? and tmux

The oldest of the open source Linux desktops is planning its final steps away from X11, while an even older Unix desktop is getting freshened up.?

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Pushes semiconductor familiarity via chip-shaped edible squares

SK hynix has launched HBM-themed square corn snacks at 7-Eleven, because nothing explains bandwidth like carbs and chocolate.?

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Training outfit scrambles to fix all-male lineup before December kickoff

Cybersecurity training provider TryHackMe is scrambling to recruit women infosec pros to help with its Christmas challenge following backlash concerning a lack of gender diversity.?

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Nvidia's accelerators look pricey, but bullion still wins on cost per ounce

For as long as I have been a reporter and analyst in the IT sector, November has always been supercomputing month. Way before there was a TOP500 ranking of supercomputers in June 1993 but just as I was leaving university, the first Supercomputing Conference was held in Orlando in 1988. And that November SC show set the cadence for high-performance computing for the decades that followed.?

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Another reason why the OS seems to swell with every update

Changing text in Microsoft Windows requires freezing string updates well before code changes stop, often leading to strange wording that persists for years.?

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Ex-NCSC chief Ciaran Martin asked to examine how forecast ended up online ahead of schedule

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has drafted in former National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) chief Ciaran Martin to sniff out how its Budget day forecast wandered onto the open internet before the Chancellor had even reached the dispatch box.?

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"We are going to learn just how important the ISS is to leadership."

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Buy some laptops, or a streaming stick, to honor the passing of our greatest hero.

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Yellowstone has long been a mecca for scientists studying how predators affect the environment.

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It's a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging.

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Beyond the blockbusters: This watch list has something for everyone over the long holiday weekend.

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The parasite, typically found in dogs, was visibly moving under her skin.

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The company is closer to increasing its Vulcan launch cadence, but it won't happen this year.

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Over the course of 2025, electricity demand has gradually declined.

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Ralph Abraham is "dangerous," but somehow not the worst among those considered.

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OpenAI?s response to teen suicide case is ?disturbing,? lawyer says.

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