After 15 years as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook is stepping down and hardware leader John Ternus is taking over. Cook’s tenure brought major growth in Apple’s services business, products including Apple Watch, and the transition from Intel to Apple-designed Mac chips, while also containing notable ups and downs.

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Apple senior vice president John Ternus has taken over as CEO from Tim Cook, marking the company’s first leadership change since 2011. Cook will remain executive chairman of Apple’s board. Ternus inherits a company contending with the rise of AI, resulting shortages of RAM and other components, and an increasingly complicated political and economic environment.

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John Ternus has become Apple’s third CEO since 1997, taking over from Tim Cook. His main challenge will be to repair the company’s faltering AI strategy as it faces criticism for lagging behind rivals. Ternus is expected to highlight AI-powered Siri and a foldable iPhone at Apple’s September 9 product event.

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John Ternus takes over as Apple’s CEO, inheriting a company that dominates smartphones but trails competitors in artificial intelligence. His challenges include advancing Apple’s AI efforts, managing its reliance on China’s supply chain and navigating pressure from the White House. The handover ends Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure.

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India has rejected a court order requiring it to uphold a decades-old water-sharing treaty with Pakistan. The arbitration ruling adds fresh strain to a long-running dispute between the two nuclear-armed neighbors over water.

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An international arbitration panel ruled Monday that India must comply with a decades-old treaty governing rivers shared with Pakistan and restrict construction on a hydropower project in Kashmir.

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Haakon VIII became Norway’s monarch after King Harald V died on Friday at the age of 89. He has taken up the motto “All for Norway,” first associated with his great-grandfather, Haakon VII.

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King Haakon VIII of Norway will swear before parliament on Tuesday to uphold the country’s constitution and laws. The pledge is part of a series of ceremonies following the death of his father, Harald.

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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is expected to leave his post after repeated disputes with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the Iran war, the military’s direction and national security. Separately, the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump to continue building a large White House ballroom without congressional approval.

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China’s photovoltaic capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts by the end of July, edging past coal-fired power at 1.285 billion kilowatts and becoming the country’s largest power source by installed capacity, the National Energy Administration said. Solar generation rose 15.5% in the first seven months, providing 13% of electricity consumption.

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China’s installed photovoltaic capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts by the end of July, overtaking coal-fired power for the first time and becoming the country’s largest power source by installed capacity, the National Energy Administration said Tuesday.

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Solar panels have overtaken coal as China’s largest source of power capacity, marking a key milestone in the country’s green-energy expansion.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would continue observing the Islamabad memorandum if the United States resumed fulfilling its obligations, and would reciprocate without delay. He called Iran’s response to the alleged US breach proportionate and said Tehran had consistently honored international obligations and treaties in line with international law.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran would immediately reciprocate if Washington returned to its commitments under the collapsed interim ceasefire agreement. He accused the US of reneging on the deal. His remarks followed recent US and Iranian strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, while a diplomatic solution remains elusive.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Bishkek that Tehran is ready to reciprocate if Washington returns to the Islamabad deal. He also said the US failed to achieve its goals during the recent summer conflict between the two countries.

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that Tehran would immediately reciprocate if the United States returned to its commitments under an interim deal signed in June.

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A 49-year-old woman armed with two kitchen knives randomly stabbed a 68-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman in New York City’s Times Square on Monday. The woman died, while the man remained stable. Police said the attack was unprovoked and not terrorism-related, and shot the suspect after she refused to drop the knives and advanced toward officers.

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A woman reportedly known to New York police for mental health issues, but with no prior arrest record, randomly stabbed two people in Times Square on Tuesday. One victim died before police fatally shot the attacker.

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A woman stabbed two people in Times Square, killing one, before police shot her dead, officials said. The shooting was captured on the officers’ body cameras.

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A woman carrying two large knives stabbed two people in New York’s Times Square, killing one of them, before police shot her dead.

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Police say a woman stabbed two people in New York City’s Times Square, killing one, before officers shot her. Authorities had not immediately disclosed her condition after Monday’s shooting and planned to hold a news briefing.

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A knife-wielding woman stabbed two victims in Times Square, killing at least one person and wounding another, according to a law enforcement official. NYPD officers then shot and killed the woman.

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A flash flood at the Grand Canyon in the western United States killed two people and left one person missing. The water destroyed much of the park’s infrastructure, including its only water pipeline, while more than 80 people were rescued over the weekend.

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Authorities recovered two bodies after flash flooding in the Grand Canyon, while one person remains missing.

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Deadly flash flooding at the Grand Canyon over the weekend killed two people and left one missing. Rescuers are preparing for more hazardous weather.

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Euro zone inflation has moved back above 3%. The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates in September as the Iran war drives up energy costs across the region.

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Eurozone inflation climbed sharply to 3.3% in August, with energy prices rising by more than 14% from a year earlier, according to Eurostat.

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