Who Is Captain Smit Machchhar, the Pilot Hailed as a Hero After FlyDubai Cockpit Stabbing?

Capt. Smit Machchhar from India suffered stab wounds while fending off an attack from his co-pilot, saving the lives of around 170 people on board, officials said.
Plummeting Israel flight like 'rollercoaster', says passenger

An aeroplane flying to Israel fell 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes before it was diverted.
Japan raises permanent residency fee by 20 times

The hikes are part of immigration policy changes introduced to manage Japan’s growing foreign population.
California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states

Gov Gavin Newsom called it a “long overdue measure to protect young Californians”.
Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies

Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
Google releases Gemini 4 Argon, called its most powerful model yet

Google has released its latest Gemini model, marketing it as a workhorse for coding and cybersecurity work.
Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest

Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon’s annual Small World In Motion contest.
The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just launched a 120-day study on the future of warfare, led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich, and while it makes sense given their ties to the administration, critics could po…
The AI telling farmers when to harvest

Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?
OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC

Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.