Sermitsiaq Mountain looms behind a row of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 4, 2025. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump is fixated on taking control of Greenland, a vast, sparsely populated and mineral-rich island situated between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. “It’s so strategic,” Trump told
Elon Musk says China is on track to outpace every other country in the computing power needed to run AI. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO said in an episode of the “Moonshots with Peter Diamandis” podcast published Tuesday that “China’s going to have more power than anyone else and probably will have more chips.” “Based
SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday that much progress had been made in restoring trust with Beijing, and that he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to play a role in mediating Seoul’s efforts to engage North Korea. Lee, who held talks with Xi this week, said
Jan. 6, 2026, 11:13 p.m. ET White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said “utilizing the U.S. Military is always an option” in a Jan. 6 statement as President Donald Trump and administration officials reignited interest in annexing Greenland. Trump has repeatedly floated buying the ice-covered Arctic island from Denmark and has refused to rule out taking the resource-rich land through
The Masked Singer is back for season 14 with over-the-top costumes and new twists and turns. But before it premieres Wednesday night, Deco’s giving you a sneak peek of what to expect this season, as the costumed celebrities prepare to take the stage. Nick Cannon, check. Outrageous costumes, double check. It’s that time again for
Jan. 6, 2026, 9:12 p.m. ET Jeff Probst is assuring fans that “Survivor 50” will still focus on its players and gameplay, after its first trailer, which teased some celebrity involvement, led some to think otherwise. The reality competition series aired a teaser for its milestone 50th season on Dec. 19, featuring twists relating to
The attack on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro over the weekend have sent shockwaves across Latin America, where many countries fear a return to a period of overt United States interventionism. Those fears are particularly prominent in Mexico, the US’s neighbour and longtime ally. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list
Updated Jan. 6, 2026, 7:54 p.m. ET President Donald Trump said Venezuela will give the U.S. between 30 and 50 million barrels of oil after his administration captured the country’s president and began pressuring the new leadership. “This Oil will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, as
Laura BickerChina correspondent, Beijing Getty Images Xi Jinping has to contend with a more unpredictable Donald Trump than he had envisioned It took just a few hours for Donald Trump to upend a relationship that China had been cultivating for decades. Only hours before he was seized in a nighttime raid, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro
It’s January, which means many people are making resolutions to drink less or stop entirely. But in recent years, staying sober post Dry January has become increasingly popular. While the pandemic years saw spikes in drinking, especially among middle aged women, data from recent years finds that Americans are generally drinking less and that their
Elon Musk‘s xAI, the artificial intelligence company that also owns Musk’s social platform X, has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round, as the AI boom continues unabated. The company announced the funding round on its website, disclosing a list of strategic investors that include NVIDIA and Cisco, as well as sovereign wealth
An American flag superimposed over a map of Greenland. That’s the image, accompanied by a single ominous word, “SOON,” that Katie Miller shared to social media Saturday. Katie Miller is married to Stephen Miller, Donald Trump‘s deputy chief of staff for policy as well as a national security advisor, and her post read as something
US president predicts an ‘epic’ victory for his party in the November vote that will determine control of the House and Senate. President Donald Trump has warned Republicans in the United States House of Representatives that, if the party fails to win a majority in November’s midterm elections, he will get impeached. Speaking to legislators
Colombia’s Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio has warned that her country would answer any breach of its sovereignty with a military response, in the wake of threats from United States President Donald Trump. At a news conference on Tuesday, Villavicencio underscored that, under international law, countries have the right to self-defence should they be attacked.
LONDON — Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualized images of women and children generated without consent by the artificial intelligence-powered tool. On Tuesday, Britain’s top technology official demanded that Musk’s social media platform X take urgent action while a Polish lawmaker
Marilyn Manson recently celebrated his 57th birthday among a bunch of famous guests, including musicians, actors and others in the entertainment industry. Photos and videos shared by various social media accounts show the rocker being serenaded by attendees before blowing out the candles on this cake at the gathering on Monday (Jan. 5). It is not
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has called on Elon Musk’s X to urgently deal with its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok being used to create non-consensual sexualised deepfake images of women and girls. The BBC has seen several examples on X of people asking the bot to digitally undress people to make them appear in bikinis without
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said Elon Musk’s X must urgently deal with its artificial intelligence Grok being used to create sexualised deepfake images. She backed regulator Ofcom, which is looking into X and xAI, the firm founded by Mr Musk which created Grok, to take “any enforcement action” deemed necessary. Users of social media platform
Donald Trump, by dramatically seizing Nicolás Maduro and claiming dominion over Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, has taken his “drill, baby, drill” mantra global. Achieving the president’s dream of supercharging the country’s oil production would be financially challenging – and if fulfilled, would be “terrible for the climate”, experts say. Trump has aggressively sought to boost
One of Donald Trump’s top aides has ramped up the pressure on Denmark by questioning Copenhagen’s claim to Greenland. Stephen Miller, the US president’s deputy chief of staff for policy, also claimed military intervention would not be needed to take over the Arctic territory because “nobody is going to fight the United States militarily over
