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From Abdul El-Sayed to Zohran Mamdani, left-leaning candidates are gaining momentum in the US as socialism finds growing support among Democratic voters.

Firmus raised $2 billion in equity at a valuation above $10.5 billion, with Nvidia among backers. It reflects a shift in AI funding from venture capital toward infrastructure project finance — increasingly underwritten by the company selling the hardware.

Executives at leading AI labs increasingly describe an early 'intelligence explosion' — systems accelerating their own development. Real results back parts of it, from an 80-year-old maths problem solved to a cryptographic flaw found in 60 hours. But the claimants are not disinterested.

Close to 50,000 job cuts in 2026 have been explicitly linked to AI, about 17% of the total. AI is cited in 13% of US layoffs, up from 4.5% last year. Salesforce cut support staff from 9,000 to 5,000 using AI agents. Gallup found 62% of those laid off rarely used AI.

From India’s anti-colonial struggle to feminist movements, Kashmir and student protests, trace how the slogan ‘Azadi’ evolved into a symbol of dissent.

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and his wife Dona Ganguly have received death threats, prompting a formal police complaint at Thakurpukur Police Station. Kolkata Police have launched a probe.

President Donald Trump has signaled to aides that he is willing to drop the push for a formal nuclear deal with Iran, focusing instead on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and letting severe economic pressure and inflation grind down Tehran. Whether Iran collapses internally remains uncertain, as historical and intelligence assessments show that external bombing campaigns often fail to instigate quick regime change and can instead temporarily unify populations.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemned the use of police force against student protesters in Jharkhand, calling the crackdown "wrong" and emphasizing that students have a fundamental right to peaceful protest. His statement on Monday, August 10, 2026, added a notable political layer to the ongoing crisis, as his own party is part of the ruling coalition in the state.

A powerful earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, causing injuries and significant damage across several cities, including Quibdo, Pereira and Cali, while disrupting operations at multiple airports. The tremor was felt in the capital Bogota and as far away as neighbouring Venezuela and Ecuador.

The answer also in Balochistan's strategic location, it shares a 900 km-long border with Iran, which is not easy to manage, since Balochistan has been on the boil. Even as Pakistan continues to jail human rights activists like Dr. Mahrang Baloch, the unrest cannot be understated.

Pakistan’s internal security crisis is deepening as armed attacks intensify across Balochistan, while unrest and instability also persist in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The escalation has made 2025 and 2026 among the deadliest periods in the decades-long Balochistan conflict.

Ukraine and Russia accused each other of lethal attacks on Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow was targeting global food ​security by striking Odesa's seaport. Three people were killed and 37 wounded in ‌the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where a multi-storey apartment block was hit, while authorities in Russia's Belgorod said five were killed and 25 wounded by a Ukrainian drone attack.

#Gravitas A new Israeli tax authority study shows a sharp surge in emigration among the country’s highest-paid professionals, including technology workers, doctors and engineers, raising fears in Israel of a deepening brain drain and billions of dollars in lost tax revenue.

The all-party meeting called by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay in Chennai on August 8 saw a major boycott, with 37 of the state’s 57 MPs staying away. The DMK, AIADMK, PMK, MNM and DMDK skipped the consultation, while around 20–21 MPs, mainly from Congress and smaller allies, attended.

Pakistan has refused to intervene militarily following recent Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, exposing immediate cracks in a newly formed trilateral alliance. Despite signing a landmark Mecca joint defence agreement alongside Saudi Arabia and Turkey just days ago—which includes a NATO-style collective defence clause—Islamabad has refrained from deploying its army into active combat against the Yemeni rebel group.

Ukraine has carried out another daring deep-drone strike inside Russia, hitting the city of nizhnekamsk in tatarstan, more than 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine’s border. Russian officials say at least 13 people were killed and dozens injured. The strike comes as Ukraine intensifies attacks on Russia’s oil and military infrastructure. But Kyiv now faces a major danger: Russian retaliation. Moscow continues its heavy missile campaign while Ukraine faces an acute shortage of air-defence interceptors, including patriot missiles capable of tackling ballistic threats.

Taiwan is rapidly transforming its military strategy for a possible Chinese invasion. Drawing lessons from Ukraine’s drone warfare, Taipei is expanding fleets of aerial drones and unmanned attack boats designed to locate, track and strike invading forces. During the 10-day Han kuang exercises, Taiwan is testing how these systems could operate alongside missiles and conventional weapons against a Chinese amphibious assault. Taiwan also aims to eventually produce up to 100,000 drones a month. But can cheap, mass-produced unmanned weapons really slow down China's vastly larger military?

President Trump called it an “interesting idea” and turned around the compensation demand back on Iran saying the US demand would cover people killed and seriously wounded in conflicts involving Iran, including the families of those killed in the USS Cole attack and others killed in combat.

Ahead of Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna's 20th anniversary, Karan Johar took to social media to express gratitude to fans and recall the criticism over the film when it released.