Sharon Reich-Garson

Nepal and Sri Lanka have begun rationing fuel and cooking gas.

And in Thailand, TV anchors ditched their suits on air, backing government calls to raise air conditioning temperatures to cut electricity use.

A US judge has handed Anthropic a win in its legal fight with the Pentagon, temporarily blocking an attempt to cut the AI company out of the US military.

The ruling pauses the blacklisting for now, but the case and potential appeals are far from over.

Here's Reuters correspondent Jack Queen on what the judge decided and what comes next.

This is, however, just a preliminary injunction.

And there's another case in D.C.

in the works.

Pakistan says its military has resumed operations against Afghanistan after a brief pause for the Eid festival, dimming hopes of a lasting ceasefire.

The move follows the worst fighting between the neighbours in years, with Islamabad accusing the Afghan Taliban of harbouring militants behind attacks inside Pakistan, a charge Kabul denies.

Pakistan says operations will continue until what it calls terrorist infrastructure is addressed.

The International Olympic Committee has effectively banned transgender athletes from competing in women's events at the Olympic Games.

Under a new policy, all athletes wanting to compete in female categories will have to take a gene test.

Previously, trans athletes could compete if cleared by their sport's governing body.

The rule takes effect from the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

Here's Reuters correspondent Carlos Groman with more.

The IOC says it came to this decision completely impartially.

And finally today, U.S.

dollar bills are getting a new signature, that of President Donald Trump.

His name will start making an appearance on notes printed this summer and is the first time in history a sitting president has had his signature on money.