Israel has been accused of launching a series of lethal attacks on Hezbollah using weaponized pagers that exploded killing 39 people and wounding over 3,400 in Lebanon.
Three U.S.-based economists, Simon Johnson, James Robinson, and Daron Acemoglu, were awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their groundbreaking research on the long-lasting impact of colonialism on global inequality.
In a ground breaking moment, the towering first-stage “Super Heavy” booster of the rocket successfully returned to its Texas launch pad and was caught by giant metal arms—marking a first for SpaceX’s cutting-edge rocket engineering.
This extra funding is aimed at preventing the H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b avian influenza, which has spread rapidly through bird and mammal populations worldwide, from reaching the country.
Hurricane Milton's maximum sustained winds have decreased slightly to 165 mph, down from 180 mph, but it still remains classified as a Category 5 hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center
The telecom companies affected include Verizon Communications, AT&T, and Lumen Technologies. The hackers may have had access for months to network infrastructure used for complying with U.S. requests for communications data.
A telescope in Hawaii captured a rare comet as it passed near Earth. The footage was captured on October 2 by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Subaru-Asahi Star Camera.