Breaking events and key developments from across the U.S. and around the world.
Inside a concrete pit near Cadarache, engineers have positioned ITER’s fifth vacuum vessel module—an ultra-precise step that brings the world’s largest tokamak closer to reality and moves the project into a faster installation rhythm.
A superconducting maglev test rig in China accelerated from 0 to 700 km/h in just two seconds on a 400-metre track run by the National University of Defense Technology, a dramatic stress test that underlines how fast tube-transport and hyperloop-style systems could evolve.
Protests are erupting across dozens of cities in Iran as the country experiences the worst unrest it has seen since 2022 due…
A US start-up is pushing an unusual idea for small nuclear power: drop a conventional pressurised-water reactor into a narrow borehole about 1,600 metres deep and let geology provide both pressure and containment.
A submerged desalination project off Mongstad, Norway, plans to use deep-ocean pressure to push seawater through reverse-osmosis membranes—aiming to cut energy use, reduce coastal land needs and simplify pre-treatment as water demand surges worldwide.
A 500-tonne reactor pressure vessel forged in eastern France is heading to Somerset, where it will become a central part of Hinkley Point C’s second EPR reactor—one of the UK’s biggest bets on low‑carbon, round‑the‑clock electricity.
In the thin air of Huoshaoyun—where cold, altitude and logistics make conventional mining punishing—China is leaning on autonomous haul trucks and 5G links to keep ore moving around the clock and tap a vast lead-zinc deposit.
One of the biggest diplomatic and military crises of recent decades has just occurred between the United States and Venezuela. The United…
Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela's acting leader on January 4, 2026, marking a major change in Venezuela's political landscape following…
Pyongyang launched multiple ballistic missiles into the East Sea on January 4 at 7:50 a.m., just hours before South Korean President Lee…
The political landscape of the United States is facing some changes, especially the country's immigration policy, which is entering a new, more…
Beginning January 1, 2026, Bulgaria will start using the euro as its main currency, making it the 21st country to adopt the…