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World Aug 31
For perspective on the latest developments in the war with Iran, Amna Nawaz spoke with retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery and Michelle Wiese Bockmann, an analyst at Windward, a London-based maritime intelligence company.
By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn
World Aug 31
In our news wrap Monday, the Supreme Court is allowing construction to continue on President Trump's White House ballroom project as legal challenges play out, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is canceling a planned Met Gala exhibit on British designer…
World Aug 31
President Trump announced an unprecedented agreement in which the Pentagon would become an investor in a private company granted exclusive oil development rights in Venezuela. Nick Schifrin discussed the deal with Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program…
By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi
Science Aug 31
Alarms are being sounded again about the risks of artificial intelligence after hundreds of OpenAI’s autonomous agents violated restrictions and hacked into another company without being told to do so. Anthropic and Meta have had similar events with their own…
By William Brangham, Courtney Norris
Aug 31
By Amna Nawaz, Miles O'Brien, Karina Cuevas, Bridget Craig
NASA launched its newest space telescope, undertaking its biggest mission yet to study the universe on a much larger scale. A roughly $4 billion project, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will allow scientists to get panoramic views of space…
Aug 31
By Associated Press
The president said the death of a man known as “Felipe” or “Arcadio” was a “crushing blow” to the dissident faction led by a man who goes by “Iván Mordisco.”…
Aug 31
By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press
Hundreds of mourners have gathered at a church near Haiti’s capital for the funeral of four victims of a brutal gang attack.
Aug 31
By Adithi Ramakrishnan, Associated Press
For those stranded by a flood, disaster experts say survival depends on access to oxygen, food and water.
Aug 31
By Shonal Ganguly, Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press
School principal Rajendra Dawadi's quick decision to evacuate his school saved at least 900 students from devastating flash floods in Nepal last week.
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