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The Houthis have not released footage for the latest attack, but have shown downing US drones with missiles before.The Houthis have claimed to have shot down a United States military drone over Yemen, in the latest attack by the group, which has disrupted shipping trade through the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait, drawing US strikes. The Yemeni group has carried out dozens of attacks on ships with links to Israel in a show of solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s 11-month-old war on Gaza. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Houthi group, said in a prerecorded video message released early on…

After two weeks of thrillers and upsets, Aryna Sabalenka returns to the US Open final for the second consecutive year with some unfinished business. The 26-year-old Belarusian will face off against American Jessica Pegula who has reached her first career Grand Slam final. Today’s final will be a rematch of August’s final at the Cincinnati Open, which Sabalenka won 6-3, 7-5, but a Grand Slam title is on the line this time.Watch the US Open on Sling TVJessica Pegula rallied past Czech Karolina Muchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals on Thursday night. At 30 years old, Pegula is the…

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., my brain is super active at work, but my body is pretty sedentary. That’s not unusual — data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics shows almost 60% of civilian Americans do sedentary or light work, meaning they don’t spend much time lifting, standing, or walking.But it is really bad for our health. A 2024 study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that sitting for 11.6 hours or more a day was associated with a 57% higher risk of dying from any cause.It’s actually quite easy to counteract these scary…

CheryChery has set up brands, including the Omoda, focused entirely on international marketsChinese car giant Chery is weighing up the possibility of building cars in the UK, according to a senior executive.Its UK head Victor Zhang told the BBC it was a “matter of time” before the company made a final decision.He said Chery, which is already preparing to build cars in Spain, was determined to take a “localised” approach to the European market.Mr Zhang denied the company’s exports had benefitted from unfair subsidies.Chery, which was set up in 1997, is one of China’s largest car companies. It is already…

Some new information has emerged about Amy Slaton’s recent arrest. As previously documented on this celebrity gossip website, the 1000-Lb Sisters star was taken into custody on September 2 amid some rather unusual circumstances: She was apparently bitten by a camel while at a zoo in Tennessee. And then when authorities went to check on Slaton, they detected an order in her car … only to eventually discovered what appeared to be mushrooms and marijuana in the vehicle. Amy Slaton looks very unhappy here to have been arrested in September 2024. (Crockett County Sheriff’s Department/Facebook) Slaton was arrest on charges…

Big banks are jumping headfirst into the AI race. Over the past year, Wall Street’s largest names — including Goldman Sachs , Bank of America , Morgan Stanley , Wells Fargo to JPMorgan Chase — ramped up their generative artificial intelligence efforts with the aim of boosting profits. Some are striking deals and partnerships to get there quickly. All are hiring specialized talent and creating new technologies to transform their once-stodgy businesses. The game is still in its early innings, but the stakes are high. In his annual shareholder letter, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon compared artificial intelligence to the “printing…

Standing outside her home in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp, Saja Bawaqneh found herself in a familiar spot – the same one where her father had been shot and killed by Israeli forces a few years earlier. This time, she was waiting for an Israeli army officer to signal that it was time for her to begin walking towards the city’s main hospital after she had been forced out of her home, five days after Israeli soldiers – backed by helicopters and drones – launched a 10-day incursion into Jenin. It was 1am, and she was with her…

Karen Gillan. (Photo by Olivia Wong/Getty Images) Karen Gillan is pregnant with her first child. Gillan, 36, debuted her baby bump on Friday, September 6, during the red carpet premiere of her film, The Life of Chuck, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The actress wore a yellow bodycon dress and cradled her stomach as she posed for photographs at the Prince of Wales Theatre alongside her Life of Chuck costars Chiwetel Ejiofor and Tom Hiddleston. Gillan married her husband Nick Kocher in May 2022 when the couple secretly tied the knot at Castle Toward in Scotland. This…

“Misinformation is the one where I — a little bit — had to punt and say, ‘Okay, we’ve handed this problem to the younger generation,'” Gates, 68, said during an interview with CNBC published on Thursday.Misinformation has been a concern almost since the advent of the internet. There was a global reckoning around the issue after the 2016 US election. But the problem has only intensified as technology advances. False claims on social media are now harder than ever to spot, thanks in part to artificial intelligence.A 2023 Pew Research Center survey found that 65% of American adults believe tech…

ReutersThe Venezuelan government has said opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has left the country, seeking asylum in Spain.Mr González has been in hiding, and a warrant issued for his arrest after the opposition disputed July’s presidential election result – in which the government-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE) declared Nicolás Maduro the winner.Venezuela’s Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez said in a post on social media that after “voluntarily” seeking refuge at the Spanish embassy in Caracas some days ago, Mr Gonzalez asked the Spanish government for political asylum.She added that Caracas had agreed to his safe passage and that he had left.Spain’s Minister…