If words won wars, Donald Trump’s Iran conflict would have ended long ago. But the president still can’t find a way out of a war meant to last no more than a month and a half that is now grinding into its 10th week. Trump is ensnared by two traps of his own making —

When Vladimir Osechkin wants to take his children to school or go to the supermarket, he calls the police. The Russian activist has lived under protection since 2022 because French officials believe Russia is trying to kill him. In April 2025, a crew of Russian men staked out Osechkin’s home and the surrounding area in

A recent profile published by The Economist has renewed attention on senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official Cai Qi, whose growing influence inside Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s inner circle is drawing scrutiny from analysts. The report, published on April 30, zeroes in on Cai’s political rise, his expanding authority within the CCP apparatus, and the

A few months before Elon Musk left OpenAI’s board of directors in February 2018, he tried to recruit Sam Altman to join a “world-class AI lab” within Tesla. Musk went as far as offering the OpenAI CEO a Tesla board seat, according to emails and testimony presented in federal court on Wednesday during the Musk

The deal involving Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Anthropic marks a surprising partnership between two companies whose leaders have been publicly at odds (Brendan SMIALOWSKI) · Brendan SMIALOWSKI/AFP/AFP AI startup Anthropic announced Wednesday it has agreed to a major computing partnership with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, securing access to a vast data center as the Claude maker

Merve Gül Aydoğan Ağlarcı 07 May 2026•Update: 07 May 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday that his government will continue attracting foreign investment to Canada regardless of American trade pressure as he touted record inflows and new trade partnerships. “We’re creating new opportunities for Canadian businesses through more than 20 economic and security partnerships

Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Airbus Canada says it will supply AirAsia with a massive order of 150 of its Canadian-made A220 jets in a multibillion-dollar

As Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s personal rivalry plays out in court, Musk is sticking it to the OpenAI CEO in another way: handing rival Anthropic a big win. SpaceX’s partnership with Anthropic, announced Wednesday, gives the frontier AI lab access to massive amounts of much sought-after compute it will need to keep growing its

By all appearances, Donald Trump wanted to see officials change the name of Washington Dulles International Airport, just outside of the nation’s capital, so that it bore his name. The president was so eager to make that happen that he was prepared to execute a scheme in hopes of forcing the hand of Democratic officials.

New York nightlife loves a comeback story, but few clubs have the kind of mythology attached to Avenue. For a solid decade in the late 2000s and 2010s, the Chelsea nightclub was one of those places where models, athletes, downtown creatives and celebrities somehow all ended up squeezed into the same dimly lit room at

article Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and Tesla Inc., speaks during an event at the SpaceX launch facility in Cameron County, Texas, U.S., on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019. Photographer: Bronte Wittpenn/Bloomb OpenAI’s president testified that Elon Musk supported going for-profit but sought full control to fund an $80 billion

Elon Musk wants to colonize Mars with up to a million people. Scientists say the plan ignores core challenges such as low gravity, weak atmosphere, and lack of magnetic protection. Many say Mars is unlivable and that technological ambition should focus on preserving life on Earth instead. Critics also warn of powerful ideologies shaping today’s

OFFBEAT Big Blue escalated the OS/2 keyboard squabble through seven layers of management. Redmond’s answer? Nope Long before Copilot or even the Windows key, Microsoft and IBM were squabbling over Tab – a tale that says more about Big Blue’s bureaucracy than hopping between fields. Veteran Microsoft engineer Raymond Chen shared another war story this week, from

Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway is harnessing AI to parse customer feedback, take drive-thru orders, localize toys, and free workers from administrative tasks. Loading audio narration… Business Insider spoke to the CEOs of four Berkshire subsidiaries — Dairy Queen, Jazwares, Brooks Running, and See’s Candies — about their embrace of AI at Berkshire’s annual shareholder meeting

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sánchez have announced $34 million in grants to support research into new, more sustainable materials for the fashion industry, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The funding, made through the Bezos Earth Fund, will go to universities and institutions working on alternatives to widely

According to Chinese customs data, the country imports roughly half of its crude oil and nearly one-third of its liquefied natural gas from the region. Trump echoed that point, saying China receives “like 60 per cent” of its oil through Hormuz. Trump pitches US energy exports Trump also suggested China could shift energy sourcing to

Six in 10 Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling his war in Iran, including more than one in five Republicans, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. As Trump announced late Tuesday that the U.S. mission he launched a day earlier to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz was