Donald Trump faces a potentially damaging electoral defeat as Americans prepare to vote in midterm elections, with economic dissatisfaction, allegations of corruption and growing opposition to his foreign policy threatening Republican control
Average prices of new homes across 100 Chinese cities rose in January, while declines in the resale market eased, suggesting early signs of stabilisation after years of turmoil in the country’s vast
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has proposed launching an unprecedented constellation of up to 1 million satellites to orbit Earth and power artificial intelligence data centers using solar energy, according to a filing submitted
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The United States and Russia are on the verge of entering their first unrestrained nuclear arms race since the Cold War unless a last-minute agreement is reached before the New START treaty
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Iran’s top security official said progress is being made toward negotiations with the United States, offering a cautious diplomatic signal amid a surge in military pressure and stark warnings of war. The
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The US Department of War is locked in a growing dispute with artificial intelligence developer Anthropic over restrictions that would limit how the military can deploy advanced AI systems, including for autonomous
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Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget 2026 on Sunday, February 1, marking her ninth consecutive budget and the 88th Union Budget since India’s Independence. Expectations are
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When Shwe Theingi first met Wutt Yee Aung at Myanmar’s Dagon University in 2019, the country was experiencing a rare opening after decades of military rule. The two students bonded over activism
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he believes Washington will ultimately “work a deal” with Cuba, even as his administration ramps up economic pressure on the island by targeting its
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Bitcoin fell sharply on Saturday, extending a broader downturn in the cryptocurrency market as investors grew increasingly wary of tighter financial conditions in the United States. The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market
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In the early 1980s, Moshe Alamaro was living in the United States without legal status, moving quietly through Boston on the margins of American life. Trained as an engineer and newly arrived
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Michael Jackson is impossible to escape. His music pulses through shopping centres, weddings, TikTok clips and jukebox musicals, while his image — white glove, tilted fedora, frozen moonwalk — remains one of
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When Stanislaw Sokolowski turned up at his modest home in Brentford, west London, on a cold January day in 2023, he expected nothing more than to collect post. Instead, he found six
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Over a matter of days, the United States has shifted an extraordinary concentration of military power to positions within striking distance of Iran. Advanced aircraft, including F-35 stealth fighters, heavy C-17 transport
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A report of unidentified flying objects hovering near a shrimp farm in Sri Lanka has ignited fresh debate among scientists and the public, after a senior physicist confirmed that unusual aerial phenomena
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by Eric Drew Miller’s Preparing to Survive in the Age of Collapse is a book that dares to say out loud what most liberal democracies prefer to whisper, outsource to thrillers, or
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