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NEW YORK, United States, September 20 ------ OpenAI has rattled the quiet world of mathematics by using artificial intelligence to solve a major, century-old problem, raising the question of what role mathematicians will play in scientific research going forward. Earlier this month, thousands of its AI agents worked together to solve the Navier-Stokes equations -- which generations of mathematicians have tried to tackle -- in a matter of four days. UCLA professor Terence Tao,

BRUSSELS, September 20 ------ The Antarctic ozone hole expanded rapidly in early September, reaching an estimated 25 million square kilometers (9.6 million square miles), about 5 million square kilometers (1.8 million square miles) above the average for the period, according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. The service said that the ozone hole had developed at a typical rate since the second half of August, consistent with patterns observed over the past 46 ye

SYDNEY, Australia, September 19 ------ Fiji has declared a national HIV crisis as sexual transmission and illicit drug use help to spread the virus, now infecting an estimated one in 60 adults in the Pacific nation. New HIV diagnoses surged to 2,016 cases in 2025 -- 16 times the level recorded in 2019, authorities said, vowing a "whole of government" response. "I am formally declaring a national HIV emergency in Fiji," Health Minister Atonio Lalabalavu told reporters on Wed

STRASBOURG, France, September 19 ------ European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set out a sweeping plan to keep children safe from online dangers, proposing to ban under-13s from social media and require online services to design safe children’s accounts. The move follows similar initiatives in Australia, Britain, China, India, Turkey and several EU countries underscoring rising concerns about the impact Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, TikTok, Google’s YouTube, an

September 18 ------ Climate change was a core factor in last month's deadly glacial mountain collapse on the China-Nepal border that killed more than 1,400 people and left at least 6,600 missing, scientists said. However, scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group said the disaster was not caused by a single extreme weather event, rather than a "compound crisis" shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and geological instability. "Relentl

WASHINGTON, September 18 ------ The United States has approved a $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 stealth warplanes to Saudi Arabia, the State Department said, the kingdom's latest major arms purchase since the start of the Iran war. Saudi Arabia has long sought to buy F-35s, but officials from Israel -- currently the only country in the Middle East to operate the jets -- have voiced concern about their sale to Riyadh despite a push for the kingdom to normalize relations. "The

September 18 ------ President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen by phone to discuss aid to Ukraine and the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City. The call comes a day after von der Leyen delivered her annual State of the EU address to the European Parliament. The EU will disburse another 3.3 billion euros (over $3.7 billion) to Ukraine on Sept. 18, von der Leyen said in a press release after her conve

September 18 ------ Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he would visit Ukraine on Friday, Sept. 18, and called for stronger sanctions on Russia. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will also be in Ukraine, Tusk said during a joint press conference with Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker in Warsaw on Thursday. “I will also meet with Prime Minister Fico in Ukraine, where a summit will be held,” Tusk said, as reported by Ukrainian state media Ukrinform. “Today and two days