Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images The US economy picked up speed over the three months to September, as consumer spending jumped and exports increased. The world’s largest economy expanded at an annual rate of 4.3%, up from 3.8% in the previous quarter. That was better than expected, and marked the strongest growth in

Alex Smith and Jaroslav Lukivand Mohamed Madi,Kyiv Reuters Siversk has been virtually wiped out as a town during many months of heavy fighting Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the embattled eastern town of Siversk, as Russia continues its steady – albeit slow – advance. The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday it acted “to preserve the

PA Media An email sent from an individual named “A”, saying they are at Balmoral and asking Ghislaine Maxwell for “inappropriate friends”, is among the latest tranche of Epstein files released on Tuesday. The message, sent to Maxwell on 16 August 2001, begins: “I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family.”

Anbarasan EthirajanGlobal affairs correspondent NurPhoto via Getty Images Protests erupted in India over the killing of a Hindu garment worker in Bangladesh The killing of a Hindu man during recent violent protests in Bangladesh has pushed already strained ties between Dhaka and Delhi into a deeper crisis. As the two neighbours accuse each other of

Silver emerged as one of the strongest-performing major assets in 2025, sharply outperforming both gold and Bitcoin.  The rally was not driven by speculation alone. Instead, it reflected a rare convergence of macroeconomic shifts, industrial demand, and geopolitical pressure that could extend into 2026. Silver’s 2025 Performance in Context By late December 2025, silver traded

Khanyisile NgcoboJohannesburg Gallo Images via Getty Images Senzo Mchunu was suspended as police minister after corruption allegations emerged about him, which he denies South Africans have long suspected corruption and political interference were at work in the police force but in the past few months allegations appearing to confirm this have been aired in two

Katie RazzallCulture and Media Editor BBC Listen to this article Christmas is a time when families get together if they can – and, until this year, the Murdochs were no different. With members of the media dynasty spread across the globe, full family gatherings were rare, although in 2008, according to biographer Michael Wolff, the

Lebo DisekoGlobal Religion correspondent Getty Images Pope Leo has criticised the Trump administration’s immigration policy Jesse Romero, a conservative Catholic podcaster, has some choice words for Pope Leo XIV. “The Pope should tell us how to get to heaven,” says Romero. “He has no authority over the government; he has to stay in his lane.”

Watch: The BBC reports on the latest Epstein file release The US Department of Justice released its latest – and largest – tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files on Tuesday. The 11,000-plus documents continue a stream of released information that began on Friday, the deadline mandated in a new law that required the department to publicly

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. There is a growing presence of U.S. special operations forces (SOF) assets in the Caribbean as the Trump administration prepares for possible kinetic actions against Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. These SOF elements are part of a large