APP/NurPhoto via Getty Images Across North Africa, the Amazigh people have been coming together to usher in the year 2976. They have, unfortunately, not cracked time travel. Rather, they are almost a thousand years ahead of much of the world because they follow a calendar that starts at 950 BC, when King Sheshonq ascended the

Mark PoyntingClimate researcher Justin Sullivan / Getty Images The California fires of January 2025 were one of the most expensive weather-related disasters in US history Global temperatures in 2025 did not quite reach the heights of 2024, thanks to the cooling influence of the natural La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific, new data from

Joel Guintoand Jonathan Head,South East Asia Correspondent, Bangkok Watch: Emergency responders clamber over mangled train after crane collapse At least 30 people have been killed and 64 others injured after a construction crane fell onto a moving train in north-eastern Thailand. The crane derailed the train and crushed some of its carriages, one of which

Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang The US government has given chip giant Nvidia the green light to sell its advanced artificial intelligence (AI) processors in China, the Department of Commerce said on Tuesday. The H200, Nvidia’s second-most-advanced semiconductor, had been restricted by Washington over concerns that it would give China’s technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) and market share gains could catapult this tech titan to new heights. There’s no denying that Apple (AAPL +0.26%) has been a long-term winner for investors, gaining 78,390% since its initial public offering as of this writing. Over the past couple of years, however, the iPhone maker has fallen on hard times.

Katya AdlerEurope editor, reporting from Nuuk, Greenland Watch: What message do Greenlanders want to send to Trump? It’s crunch time. The US Vice President, JD Vance, is hosting the Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers, as well as their US counterpart, Marco Rubio, in the White House on Wednesday. The focus of the talks: the future

BBC Ukraine’s “Invincibility Trains” run their diesel engines to provide relief and boost morale At a suburban Kyiv railway station, two carriages painted in the blue and white livery of Ukrainian Railways sit on the main platform, their diesel engines running as snow steadily falls. The train is not going anywhere but it is providing

President Donald Trump seems to be talking himself into a fateful new chapter of America’s bitter duel with the Iranian Islamic Republic. The rationale for US military strikes to help Iran’s protesters at a crisis moment for the theocratic regime is becoming more urgent and compelling by the hour. Trump keeps creating new red lines

Watch: Trump vows ‘very strong action’ if Iran executes protesters President Donald Trump has said the US will take “very strong action” against Iran if it executes protesters, as rights groups say more than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities. Relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was detained

Ian Youngsand Steven McIntosh Getty Timothée Chalamet was among the main winners as Hollywood’s finest gathered for this year’s Golden Globe Awards. Chalamet, 30, continued his pursuit of greatness, and an Oscar, by beating stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney to the award for best actor in a musical or comedy for table tennis

EPA/Shutterstock Jacques and Jessica Moretti, French owners of Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, say they are co-operating with the investigation A judge in Switzerland has ordered that one of the two co-owners of the ski resort bar where 40 people died in a fire on New Year’s Eve be kept in detention for 90 days.

Jeremy BowenInternational editor Mortuary videos shows violent government crackdown in Iran How does an authoritarian regime die? As Ernest Hemingway famously said about going broke – gradually then suddenly. The protesters in Iran and their supporters abroad were hoping that the Islamic regime in Tehran was at the suddenly stage. The signs are, if it

Paul GlynnCulture reporter Getty Images Dilbert Future and The Joy of Work are among the best-selling books in the series Scott Adams, the US cartoonist who wrote and illustrated the comic strip Dilbert, has died of cancer at the age of 68. His ex-wife Shelly Miles announced his death on Tuesday during a live stream

Reuters Armed security forces were deployed at a pro-government rally in Tehran on Monday More than 2,000 people have been killed during the violent crackdown by security forces on protests in Iran, a human rights group has said, as President Trump promised Iranians that help was “on its way”. The US-based Human Rights Activists News