Melania Trump and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan spent 45 minutes touring the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art in Washington on Thursday, visiting Chinese artworks and the museum’s celebrated Peacock Room
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, is in discussions to invest $500 million in British self-driving car firm Wayve, according to The Times UK. The announcement comes as part of a wider
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The UK government’s new “one in, one out” migrant deportation scheme is facing criticism after only three migrants were returned to France in its first week, despite plans to remove at least
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China has launched a sweeping crackdown on online religious activity, introducing strict new rules that target digital preaching, artificial intelligence-driven fortune-telling, and the monetization of spiritual practices. The move follows a series
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Argentina’s central bank has spent more than $1bn in just three days defending the peso, as mounting political turmoil around President Javier Milei unsettles investors and raises doubts over the future of
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. is ramping up its mid-cap banking operations in Austria and central Europe, targeting private and family-owned businesses with dedicated relationship managers. The U.S. banking giant has appointed Philippe
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Japan may soon make history with its first female prime minister, as Sanae Takaichi rises among the frontrunners in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) leadership contest. The election, scheduled for October
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US President Donald Trump announced plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea, following a high-stakes phone call Friday
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President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation imposing a $100,000 annual fee on companies that sponsor foreign workers under the H-1B visa program, in what could be the most dramatic change
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Editorial The passing of Zubeen Garg has left an immeasurable void, not only in the world of Assamese music but also in the broader cultural imagination of India. For decades, he stood
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Iran is preparing to restart legal cultivation of opium poppies for the first time in more than four decades, as the country faces a growing shortage of raw materials for essential medicines,
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For the first time in its 32-year history, neither Oxford nor Cambridge occupies a spot in the top three of The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide, according to the 2026
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Artificial intelligence tools increasingly used in healthcare could worsen outcomes for women and ethnic minorities, according to research highlighted by the Financial Times. Studies suggest that large language models (LLMs) employed to
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The World Bank’s corporate lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), plans to regularly sell slices of its loans to private investors, after successfully packaging $500 million of debt in its first
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he United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will turn its focus to Sri Lanka during its upcoming 29th session in Geneva, where the island nation’s compliance with international obligations to prevent
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Deutsche Bank (NYSE:DB) Chief Executive Officer Christian Sewing is facing a multimillion-pound lawsuit brought by former employees who claim that a flawed internal audit, overseen during his tenure as chief auditor, damaged
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