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
In the fjords of northern British Columbia, humpback whales execute one of nature’s most extraordinary cooperative hunting techniques: bubble-net feeding. A group of whales dives beneath a shoal of herring, with one
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President Trump has issued a stark warning to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as nuclear talks are scheduled to take place on Friday in Muscat, Oman. The negotiations, aimed at curbing Tehran’s
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ElevenLabs, a UK company specializing in ultra-realistic AI-generated human voices and music, has secured $500 million in a funding round that values the business at $11 billion, more than triple its worth
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Alphabet, the technology conglomerate behind Google, announced fourth-quarter revenue of $113.8 billion on Wednesday, an 18 percent increase year-on-year and slightly above Wall Street expectations. Net income rose 30 percent to $34.5
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A team working under Tulsi Gabbard, who served as a senior intelligence official during the Trump administration, led an investigation last spring into Puerto Rico’s electronic voting machines, Reuters has learned from
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Russia’s public budget deficit could reach between 3.5% and 4.4% of gross domestic product by the end of 2026, nearly three times the official target of 1.6%, according to calculations seen by
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Asian stock markets fell on Thursday as concerns over escalating spending on artificial intelligence unsettled investors, with technology companies facing particular pressure. MSCI’s broadest Asia-Pacific index outside Japan slid 1%, while South
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Nestlé announced on Wednesday that it was widening its recall of infant formula to include an additional batch of its Guigoz brand after France lowered the maximum allowed threshold for cereulide, a
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Austrian coder Peter Steinberger has created what is being called the world’s first viral AI assistant with his open-source project, OpenClaw, and the results are “getting weird,” according to reporting from the
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India’s trade with China surged past $155 billion in 2025, marking a 12% increase from the previous year, according to Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong, Mint reports. Indian exports to China also rose
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As part of her 2026-27 budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the formation of a high-level committee to review India’s banking sector, Mint reports. The panel is expected to prioritize strategic
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On the sun-drenched islands of Fiji, known for pristine beaches and exclusive resorts, a hidden epidemic has quietly taken hold. Methamphetamine use and HIV infections are rising at alarming rates, fueled by
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The expiration of the New Start treaty between the United States and Russia has sparked urgent concern among policymakers, military analysts, and global security experts. Signed in 2010 by President Obama and
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In Moscow, a neurotechnology company called Neiry is claiming to have developed pigeons equipped with computer chips capable of controlling their flight, a project that has drawn scrutiny for its links to
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Spain is reeling after revelations that Francisco de Borbón, a distant cousin of former King Juan Carlos, has been arrested for allegedly laundering millions in drug money through cryptocurrency, alongside Óscar Sánchez
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