Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its
MI5 has issued a stark warning to UK universities over growing interference from China and other “hostile states,” highlighting attempts to sway research, intimidate staff, and shape academic discourse. Last week, more
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At 22,000 feet above the Nevada desert, the future of high-tech warfare is being tested in real time. A pair of US Marine F-35B Lightning jets glides into position alongside an RAF
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A British engineering firm’s plan to export advanced manufacturing machinery to Armenia has triggered mounting concern among sanctions experts and senior MPs, amid fears that the deal could indirectly bolster Russia’s war
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In February 1984, Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi lay in the infirmary of Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, cancer spreading through his young body as Iraqi missiles slammed into Iranian cities overhead. At 24, condemned to
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In a remote stretch of the western Pacific Ocean, far from major cities and daily headlines, the atmosphere has begun to behave in a way that worries climate scientists. For the second
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One high-profile example involves the TruDi Navigation System, a surgical guidance device used in sinus operations. In 2021, Acclarent, then a unit of Johnson & Johnson, announced it had added machine-learning software
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When Volker Türk stood before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 9 February 2026, his message was blunt and accusatory: what happened in El Fasher last October was not an
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Pakistan’s trade deficit with nine neighbouring countries widened sharply in the first half of fiscal year 2025–2026, underscoring mounting challenges in its regional trade balance, with Sri Lanka among the countries seeing
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For decades, Noam Chomsky has been one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals, celebrated for his relentless critique of power and his insistence that truth-telling is a moral duty, especially when
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Sri Lanka’s anti-corruption landscape has come under renewed scrutiny following the release of the 2025 Progress Report of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, revealing widespread procedural failures across
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emerged from Sunday’s snap lower house election with the strongest mandate seen in postwar Japan, a political triumph that reshapes the country’s domestic balance of power while sending
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India has moved to fundamentally reshape how it supports deep tech startups, acknowledging that companies building frontier technologies take far longer to mature than conventional ventures. In a significant policy shift, the
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Artificial intelligence dominated the 2026 Super Bowl advertising slate, not just as a tool behind the scenes but as the central theme, product, and even punchline of the night. Following last year’s
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Amazon’s documentary “Melania,” centered on former First Lady Melania Trump, saw a steep decline in its second weekend at the box office, signaling trouble for the film’s theatrical prospects after an initially
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Nearly five decades into one of the most influential literary careers of the modern era, Haruki Murakami still begins every novel the same way: without a plan. As he explained in a
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