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The administration’s approach to drug cartels relies — at least in part — on a blueprint for military strikes that mirror those waged during the war on terrorism after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Ukrainian leader says the plant has been without power for seven days, the longest stretch since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.Published On 30 Sep 202530 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is “critical” as the facility has been without power for seven days.“It has been seven days now. There has never been anything like this before,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Tuesday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOne of the diesel generators providing emergency power to the plant is no longer working,…

Security personnel stand guard on a road after the end of a seven-hour relaxation in the curfew, in Leh, on Tuesday, September 30, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Nine migrant workers killed, one injured in construction site accident at Ennore SEZ thermal power projectNine migrant workers from Assam died and one person was injured when scaffolding came crashing down at a construction site in the Ennore Special Economic Zone thermal power project near Ponneri on Tuesday (September 30, 2025). The group of workers were building a concrete arch for the 1,320-MW Ennore SEZ thermal power stations when the accident took place,…

An offshore earthquake of magnitude 6.9 collapsed walls of houses and buildings late Tuesday in a central Philippine province, killing at least 20 people, injuring many others and sending residents scrambling out of homes into darkness as the intense shaking cut off power, officials said.The epicenter of the earthquake, which was set off by a local fault, was about 17 kilometers (10 miles) northeast of Bogo, a coastal city of about 90,000 people in Cebu province where at least 14 residents died, disaster-mitigation officer Rex Ygot told The Associated Press by telephone. Story continues below this ad The death toll…

Stephani Cherkaoui is one of more than 150,000 federal workers who took the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” buyout offer. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Stephani Cherkaoui has a pot of Moroccan tea on the kitchen stove in her townhome, half an hour outside Washington, D.C. Her kids’ artwork — her “favorite collection” — adorns the walls. Her cat, Dublin, settles himself on a kitchen chair. Over the past five months, Cherkaoui has had time to sit in this space and reflect on her decision to walk away from her government career.…

The year 2025 has turned out to be great if one is a medieval assassin in Japan, with the excellent Assassins Creed Shadows earlier in the year, and now Sucker Punch’s much awaited Ghost of Yotei, slashing in with their signature Ghost mechanics. Given how high the bar was set by the first game, Ghost of Tsushima, Yotei surprisingly brings not only more of what made the game stand out, but it also seems to have an identity of its own by breaking that mould of every sequel needs to be the same, but bigger and better. The focus is…

China is rolling out a new visa aimed at attracting foreign talent in the fields of science and technology.The K visa comes into effect from Wednesday, following a proclamation last month by the State Council, China’s cabinet.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe visa has attracted particular attention in light of United States President Donald Trump’s tightening of the eligibility rules for the H-1B, which Silicon Valley heavily relies on to recruit skilled labour from overseas.What is the goal of the K visa, and how does it work?The Chinese government has cast the visa as part of its efforts…

There is no tangible entry called the West Indies, yet there was a time when West Indies was the second favourite team for all cricket viewers, after their respective home nations. The brand of cricket they portrayed was entertaining, exhilarating, almost other-worldly. They possessed a pace attack that sent shivers up the spine of the best batting units in the world, they had batters who could destroy and decimate any bowling attack anywhere in the universe. They lorded the Test arena, of course, but their natural flair and innate athleticism also brought them the first two limited-overs World Cups in…

FILE PHOTO: Databricks has launched a platform called Data Intelligence for Cybersecurity so organisations can build and deploy AI apps and agents at scale with Agent Bricks securely.  | Photo Credit: Reuters Databricks has launched a platform called Data Intelligence for Cybersecurity so organisations can build and deploy AI apps and agents at scale with Agent Bricks securely. The platform is integrated with an organisation’s existing security stacks, unifying all data so they can prepare for AI threats and risks earlier, understand the context behind the attack and respond quickly. The company’s Lakehouse architecture will draw the enterprise data together from across the…

You can get Irish citizenship if you have a grandparent born in Ireland, even if you’ve never lived there.With Irish citizenship, you can live and work in both the EU and the U.K., making the passport especially powerful.Current processing times are around nine months. It doesn’t matter if they were born in Dublin, Donegal, or Dingle. As long as you have certain close relatives who were born in Ireland, you may qualify for an Irish passport. Ireland is one of many countries in the world that recognizes citizenship by descent going back to two generations, which means you may be…