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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
SaturnDaily Apr 26, 2026 (SPX)

Dragonfly Structure Takes Shape as Parachute and Chemistry Lab Tests Advance

The fuselage panels that form Dragonfly's body were recently delivered to APL, where engineers began assembling the structure in early April. Designed at APL and manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, the panel...

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SaturnDaily Apr 11, 2026 (AFP)
After Artemis II, NASA looks to SpaceX, Blue Origin for Moon landings

The Apollo program -- which sent the first and only humans to the Moon's surface between 1969 and 1972 -- was designed so that onl...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Top gold producer Burkina Faso opens first refinery

Burkina Faso opened its first gold refinery on Monday, pushing ahead with plans to better organise the commercialisation of the pr...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
India turns to corals and seagrass to shield against rising seas

Under a blazing sun, workers crouch on a shrinking island off India's southern coast, threading bright green seagrass shoots onto ...

DarwinDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
'Gift from God': Rain brings relief from Indonesia toxic haze

Welcome rain has brought relief to residents of Indonesia's Pontianak city after weeks of exposure to a cloying, toxic haze given ...

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DarwinDaily ENVIRONMENT Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
CORRECTED: Tokyo suffers longest streak of rainy days on record

Tokyo has logged 34 straight days of rain, marking the longest streak on record, Japan's weather agency said on Tuesday.

RussoDaily MILITARY Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Ukraine defence minister scraps Germany trip amid Russian attacks

Ukraine's defence minister cancelled a planned trip to Germany on Tuesday due to escalating Russian attacks on Kyiv, his office said.

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Anthropic warns of 'existential' AI risks in IPO filing: report

US artificial intelligence developer Anthropic has warned investors of potential "existential risks to humanity" in the prospectus for its highly anticipated initial public offerin...

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Slovenia sees surge in '.si' sites after Trump hypes 'super intelligence'

US President Donald Trump's push to rebrand artificial intelligence (AI) as "super intelligence" (SI) has sparked a flurry of requests for internet domains ending in ".si", to Slov...

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
OpenAI cancels release of newest model due to safety concerns

OpenAI will not release its newest artificial intelligence model, known as Astra 6.1, after internal testing by the ChatGPT-maker revealed it did not meet safety standards, the com...

RoboDaily HIGHTECH Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
OpenAI unveils low-cost AI model, a day after shelving Astra upgrade

OpenAI launched a new mid-range artificial intelligence model Tuesday at one-fifth the cost of its flagship offering, one day after scrapping an upgraded version deemed unreliable.

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Iran FM says expects US answer Tuesday on plan to open Hormuz

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he expected a formal answer on Tuesday from the United States to ...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Russian military plane crashes in far east, killing 6

A Russian military plane crashed in the far eastern region of Amur on Tuesday, killing six crew members and le...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
Israel PM says 'indications' enemies will try to attack ahead of elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said there were "indications" that Israel's enemies could try to ...

PolicyDaily Sep 29, 2026 (AFP)
US to allow Iran pilgrims to fly to holy city in Iraq: Iraqi officials

The United States has granted Iraqi airlines a sanctions waiver allowing them to fly Iranian pilgrims in and o...