AFP via Getty Images Vladimir Putin (left) and Donald Trump (right) last met in August for a summit as a US base in Alaska Russia has welcomed US President Donald Trump’s new National Security Strategy, calling it “largely consistent” with Moscow’s vision. The 33-page document, unveiled by the US administration this week, suggests Europe is

Paul Seddonand Rachel Muller-Heyndyk Reuters President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet key European leaders in London on Monday, as Ukraine’s allies plan their response to an ongoing US push for Kyiv to accept concessions in peace talks. The leaders of France and Germany will join Zelensky and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at No 10 as

Claire MawisaBBC Africa Eye, Free State BBC Marthinus has applied to move to the US fearing for his family’s safety The 4m-high (13ft) electric steel gates, capped with spikes, creak open as Marthinus, a farmer, drives through in his pick-up truck. Cameras positioned at the entrance track his every move, while reams of barbed wire

Jeremy BowenInternational Editor BBC A year ago, the war that President Bashar al-Assad seemed to have won was turned upside down. A rebel force had broken out of Idlib, a Syrian province on the border with Turkey, and was storming towards Damascus. It was led by a man known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, and his

Queensland Police Service The murder of Toyah Cordingley prompted an outpouring of grief across the state of Queensland. A former nurse has been found guilty of the high-profile murder of Toyah Cordingley, whose body was found on a popular tropical beach in Australia seven years ago. Toyah Cordingley was stabbed at least 26 times while

Taiwan Semiconductor is my favorite investment pick right now. One area where there is a ton of cash being spent is the artificial intelligence sector. AI hyperscalers seem to be tripping over themselves to spend as much money as possible to build out their computing capacity. Several companies are benefiting from this massive spending spree.

Vikas Pandey,in Goa, Devina Gupta,in Delhi,and Harry Sekulich Watch: BBC reports from scene of deadly Goa nightclub fire A fire at a popular nightclub in India’s coastal region of Goa has killed 25 people, local officials say. Police had initially thought a gas cylinder in the Birch nightclub’s kitchen exploded – but the region’s chief

John Keeble/Getty Images To make the iPhone as capable as it is, Apple equipped it with several sensors. One of these is the LiDAR scanner. LiDAR — short for Light Detection and Ranging — is a sensor that essentially measures distances to develop a 3D map of

Amid recent quantum advancements, now may be IBM’s time to shine. Quantum computing stocks benefited from enormous success in 2025. Over the last year, start-up companies in this industry, like Rigetti Computing and D-Wave Quantum, rose more than 600%. Even Google-parent Alphabet increased by almost 90%. While its success may have had more to do

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Over 200,000 portable power banks sold on Amazon have been recalled over possible fire risks, the Consumer Product Safety

Harry wrote to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood shortly after her appointment and submitted a formal request for a risk assessment to the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which is overseen by the Home Office, a source close to the duke said in October. Harry has claimed it would be

Southwest Airlines delivered a stark warning to investors Friday, cutting its full-year 2025 earnings forecast by 40% as the historic 43-day government shutdown decimated holiday travel demand and triggered widespread industry disruption. The company said it now expects its full-year earnings before interest and taxes to be about $500 million, compared with its previous forecast