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Could the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 in Greenland, Iceland and Spain — one of the skywatching highlights of summer, and of 2026 — cause an earthquake? That the precise alignment of sun, moon and Earth can cause earthquakes is a persistent myth, but research during the “Great American Eclipse” on April 8, 2024, did find that the celestial event had a notable seismic effect — but it’s not what you think.

Hacking group Kimsuky using AI-generated documents in spear-phishing attacks, South Korean cybersecurity firm says.

North Korean state-backed hackers are using artificial intelligence to bolster cyberattacks against targets in the military, diplomacy and academia, a report has found.

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Fond Farewell

The Pearl Jam frontman performed in Hansard’s usual spot on Grafton Street alongside Murdo Mitchell and several other musicians

August 10, 2026

Gaza Health Ministry says hospitals receive bodies of two Palestinians as Netanyahu rejects Trump plan to end war.

Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least one person as Palestinian health authorities have confirmed another death after a body was recovered from beneath the rubble in the war-shattered enclave.

Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” has become the highest-grossing Hollywood film in India, dethroning “Avatar: The Way of Water.”

A $10.6 million weekend boosted the “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” India total to $52.8 million, according to Sony. “Avatar: The Way of Water” had a lifetime gross of $50.8 million.

This would include several models from DJI, including the consumer-level Air 3S and Mini Pro 5.

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Dina Thorslund is a world champion again after ending Cherneka Johnson's undisputed run to cap an emotional return to the sport.

Just over a year after vacating her WBC and WBO bantamweight titles because she was pregnant, the undefeated Thorslund fought aggressively from the start to snatch the WBC, WBO, WBA and IBF titles from Johnson, winning every round in a unanimous decision in the main event of MVPW-5 in Orlando, Florida.

Substitute Yoane Wissa scored twice to give Matthias Jaissle a winning start as Newcastle boss with a 2-1 comeback pre-season win at 10-man Valencia.

But the friendly at the Mestalla threatened to be overshadowed by Jose Gaya's red-card horror tackle on Anthony Elanga, which saw the Newcastle winger stretchered off in the first half and led to both sets of players clashing.

In a Washington DC conference room last month, some of the most senior Democrats in the US Senate gathered to plan for a prospect that only recently would have felt more attune to science fiction: they started to wargame democracy.