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Asia
WHO validates Bhutan as South-East Asia’s first country to eliminate dog-transmitted human rabies
Bhutan has recorded no human deaths from dog-mediated rabies since June 2023 and passed a WHO evidence review, but vaccination…
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India
ISRO’s GSLV-F17 places EOS-05 into transfer orbit, opening a new geosynchronous imaging mission
India’s 19th GSLV flight successfully deployed EOS-05, the country’s first imaging satellite intended to operate from geosynchronous orbit.
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News
Tesla opens limited Cybercab rides in Austin as NHTSA audits federal safety compliance
Tesla’s steering-wheel-free Cybercab is carrying riders in a limited Austin area while US regulators examine the basis for its safety…
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Finance
US sanctions Türkiye-based Golden Global Bank over alleged Iran oil-revenue network
The US Treasury designated Golden Global Bank and two subsidiaries, alleging they enabled Iran-linked transactions; the action is an administrative…
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Current events
US judge extends block on new postal rules for 2026 midterm mail ballots
A preliminary injunction stops mandatory use of the new US Postal Service ballot system while litigation and an administration appeal…
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Asia
Nepal’s ‘DNA-coded burial’ system explained: how numbered records can identify victims later
Nepal is linking each temporarily interred unidentified victim to preserved DNA, photographs and a reference record so families can seek…
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Environmental and Agricultural Sustainability
Climate change has reduced suitable habitat for European bumblebees, attribution study finds
A peer-reviewed reconstruction attributes an average 5% reduction in habitat suitability to historical warming, with much larger local losses.
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Australia
Australia and US discuss expanded force posture as AUKUS submarine rotation nears
Defence talks confirmed preparations for US and UK submarine rotations in Western Australia, while additional cooperation remains under discussion.
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Health
WHO moves to expand hydroxyurea access for children with sickle-cell disease
New WHO standards and procurement work aim to make evidence-based paediatric sickle-cell treatment easier to obtain, especially in high-burden countries.
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Science
AI can design viable physics experiments, Nature study shows—but scientists still set the rules
Researchers show how optimisation systems can assemble experimental designs from available components while human experts define and validate the objective.
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