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NASA and Katalyst Space Technologies announced Wednesday they are giving up on a robotic mission to rescue the Swift gamma-ray telescope before it falls out of orbit. The rescue satellite, named Link, launched July 3 on a journey to fly up to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, capture it with three robotic arms, and boost its orbit high enough to escape a looming reentry. Link is about the size of a refrigerator, with two power-generating solar arrays and three xenon-fueled electric thrusters to send Swift into a safer, higher orbit. Katalyst, the startup leading the Swift rescue effort, said Wednesday…

Fears are growing in a remote Bolivian village as Brazilian drug gangs fight for control of trafficking routes across the Amazon River. Footage shows people being attacked in the river port of Guayaramerin where security forces have been sent to protect the local population.Published On 20 Aug 202620 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has approved the appointment of 23 new special advisers (SPAs) and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) to strengthen governance in the state. The Secretary to the Enugu State Government, Chidiebere Onyia, a professor, disclosed the governor’s approval of the appointments through a public announcement on Wednesday. Onyia who said the appointments take immediate effect, listed the new appointees as follows: 1. *Hon Chukwudi Ezinwa* — Special Adviser on Labour Union and Association Matters 2. *Hon Sunday Nnamani (Orlando)* — Special Adviser on Special Duties 3. *Mr Williams Chukwu* — Special Adviser on Agriculture 4. *Prince…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Thursday’s newspapers…PREMIER LEAGUEManchester City intend to bid for Enzo Fernandez despite not meeting Chelsea’s 5pm deadline last Friday – talkSPORT Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus is not looking to move to Napoli despite the Italian side’s interest in bringing him to Serie A – Mirror Manchester City have identified Roma’s Manu Kone as a potential signing for their revamped midfield after selling Rodri and Tijjani Reijnders – Daily MailArsenal have decided they would prefer to allow Ethan Nwaneri out on loan rather than a permanent sale – Daily Mail Watch Paper Talk on Sky Sports…

An ADHD charity has said it has complained to media regulator Ofcom about a Channel 4 documentary that suggested the condition is a myth.The programme, titled The Great ADHD Myth?, was broadcast on Tuesday and its host, NHS psychiatrist Dr Max Pemberton, concluded it was “a social construct, not a disorder of the brain”.ADHD UK filed a complaint, saying: “ADHD is not a myth. It is not a social construct.”The Royal College of Psychiatrists also warned against “invalidating the condition”.Channel 4 defended the show, saying there is “considerable public debate on various aspects of ADHD” and it “is legitimate for…

Dr. Ruth Oji A colleague once sent me a project brief that was, by any measure, impressively detailed. Three pages of specifications, timelines broken down by week, deliverables listed with precision. When I asked a clarifying question about the project’s underlying purpose, she seemed surprised. “It’s all in the document,” she said. And it was. Every word was clear, and every sentence was grammatically sound. Yet I had no idea what problem we were actually trying to solve or why it mattered. This happens more often than we acknowledge. A manager writes a carefully worded email about a policy change and…

Africa’s trade integration agenda takes centre stage in September as the Secretary-General of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), Mr. Wamkele Mene, headlines the PMI Global Summit Series in Cape Town, South Africa. Hosted by Project Management Institute (PMI) sub-Saharan Africa, the summit will bring together government, development finance, energy, tech and infrastructure leaders under one mandate: Africa Delivers M.O.R.E. Together. According to organisers of the summit, Africa’s integration will depend on how well Africa connects with markets, moves goods and people, powers economies and makes it easier to do business across borders. “Behind all of these is the…

Japan is looking to revitalize its semiconductor industry. The Japanese government has unlocked billions of dollars in subsidies for its domestic chip sector.Thicha Studio | Istock | Getty ImagesSemiconductor shipments continued to power Japan’s exports in July, helping clock the fastest growth since October 2022, beating expectations.Exports growth accelerated for a fifth straight month, coming in at 23.2%. Economists polled by Reuters had estimated growth at 19.9%. Shipments of semiconductor equipment posted a massive 49.1% jump in value, reflecting continued demand, boosted by the artificial intelligence boom. In terms of destinations, shipments to China — Japan’s largest trading partner —…

Stripe confirmed on Wednesday that it was buying OpenRouter. While the company didn’t disclose the deal price, sources told the New York Times that it paid $7.5 billion. That’s a huge step up from OpenRouter’s $1.3 billion valuation in May. To put that price in context, the founders alone will reportedly receive $1.5 billion from the sale — more than the startup’s entire valuation just three months ago. Investors will get the remaining $6 billion, according to the NYT. Stripe reportedly had to outbid others interested in the fast-growing startup, including Databricks. But the question is: what does a payments giant…

In early 2015, flower crowns started appearing on Ed Miliband’s head. Petals and hearts were photoshopped on to the then-Labour leader by the “Milifandom”, a movement of young, mostly female, voters sharing romanticised images on Twitter to protest against Miliband’s “distorted media portrayal”.It was the brainchild of Abby Tomlinson, a 17-year-old sixth-form student, who came to the defence of the man she called “Milibae”. The hashtag #Milifandom trended. Then Labour lost the 2015 election.This prompted David Cameron, whose Conservatives increased their number of seats, to boast: “Britain and Twitter are not the same thing.” Tomlinson later told me that having…