Donald Trump was unharmed after reports of gunshots in his vicinity on Sunday afternoon in Florida, his campaign and the Secret Service confirmed. It remains unclear whether the reported gunshots were aimed at the Republican presidential nominee. The U.S. Secret Service announced that they are investigating the incident, which occurred shortly before 2 p.m. According […]
Two people died in a missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, local officials said, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged drone and missile attacks overnight. The Ukrainian air force said Sunday it shot down 10 of the 14 drones and one of the three missiles Russia launched overnight. Oleh Kiper, Odesa’s […]
Jared Isaacman returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, concluding a five-day journey that took them farther than anyone has traveled since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX’s capsule landed in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas in the early morning hours, carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, two SpaceX engineers, and a former Air Force […]
Lizette Trujillo traveled 2,000 miles from Tucson, Arizona to Washington, D.C. for the Gender Liberation March, motivated by her desire to fight for bodily autonomy. “It’s really important because, yes, I’m the mother of a transgender child, but I [also] had an abortion at 22, had a miscarriage at 40. Having bodily autonomy and access […]
(LONDON) — Prince Harry has always been a bit different. From the moment he first appeared in public, nestled in Princess Diana’s arms outside the London hospital where he was born in 1984, Harry was the ginger-haired scamp who stuck his tongue out at photographers. He grew into a boisterous adolescent who was widely criticized […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to deliver significant benefits to society. However, it could also pose risks. As a general-purpose technology, the same tools that advance scientific discovery could also be used to develop harmful weapons. Governing AI effectively requires balancing the widespread benefits with the need to prevent the most powerful AI from […]
Justin Timberlake pleaded guilty to impaired driving Friday, resolving the criminal case stemming from his June arrest in New York’s Hamptons. The boy band singer-turned-solo star and actor appeared in Sag Harbor Village Court to enter a new plea. The judge sentenced Timberlake to a $500 fine with a $260 surcharge, 25 hours of community […]
On Friday, the Springfield City School District in Ohio closed one middle school and evacuated two elementary schools due to bomb threats. This follows false and inflammatory statements made by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies about the city’s Haitian immigrant community. These incidents mark the second day of disruptions in Springfield. The […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts stranded in space said Friday it was difficult to watch their Boeing capsule return to Earth without them. This was their first public statement since the capsule that transported them to the International Space Station in June returned to Earth last week. The astronauts were left behind after NASA determined […]
(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter .) When President Biden took office in 2021, before any new regulations or landmark climate legislation were passed, it was clear that his presidency had already made strides in addressing climate change simply by sending a signal to the marketplace […]
China is set to raise the retirement age for the first time since 1978, a move expected to help stabilize the shrinking workforce and support the economy. The nation’s top lawmakers have approved a plan to gradually increase the retirement age, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. Over the next 15 years, China […]
Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis, the first non-governmental astronauts to perform an extravehicular activity (EVA), or spacewalk, conducted their historic walk outside their Crew Dragon spacecraft just before 7:00 a.m. E.D.T. today. Despite the inherent risks, they were prepared. In 1965, Alexei Leonov, the first human to perform a spacewalk, almost couldn’t get back into […]
(NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced former movie mogul, has been indicted on additional sex crimes charges in New York. These charges come ahead of a retrial in his landmark case, Manhattan prosecutors announced during a court hearing on Thursday. The indictment will remain sealed until Weinstein is arraigned on the new charges, which […]
A noticeable earthquake shook the Los Angeles area early Thursday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 for the quake, which originated 4 miles (7 kilometers) north of Malibu. The USGS reported the temblor occurred roughly 7 miles (11 kilometers) beneath the surface. The tremor was perceptible as far away as […]
TIME has released its second annual list of the World’s Best Companies, in collaboration with Statista, a leading provider of market and consumer data and rankings. The result of this comprehensive study: 1,000 companies leading the way into the future. Here’s how the winners were chosen. Methodology The research project “World’s Best Companies 2024” is […]
South Korea has given the go-ahead to build two nuclear reactors on its east coast, reviving a project that was shelved by the previous administration, which favored an anti-nuclear energy policy. The government authorized the construction of the Shin Hanul No. 3 and 4 reactors in Uljin, it announced on Thursday. Each reactor will have […]
After Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump squared off in the ABC News presidential debate on Sept. 10, attention has already shifted to when a rematch will happen—if at all. While the Harris campaign was on the fence before the ABC debate whether they would take part in another, immediately after the […]
SINGAPORE — Pope Francis on Thursday commended Singapore’s economic prowess as a testament to human resourcefulness, but urged the city-state to extend its care to the most vulnerable, especially foreign workers, as he began the final leg of his Asian tour, transitioning from some of the region’s poorest countries to one of the world’s wealthiest. […]
Popular K-pop group NewJeans took to YouTube to demand the reinstatement of their ousted long-time producer by Sept. 25, escalating an ongoing dispute and stunning an industry controlled by a handful of powerful management firms. Hybe’s shares dived as much as 6.2%—their biggest intraday fall in a month—after the five-member group announced their demands in […]
When astronaut , the commander of NASA’s mission, fired his spacecraft engine on Sept. 14, 1966 to climb to a record orbital altitude of 850 miles, he didn’t keep his enthusiasm contained. “Whoop-de-doo!” the former Naval aviator exclaimed. “That’s the biggest thrill of my life. I’ve got India at the left window and Borneo under […]