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
The Canadian government has intervened to end a strike by more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants, less than half a day after it began, following hundreds of flight cancellations that disrupted
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Banks and companies across emerging markets are rushing to international debt markets at the fastest pace in four years, taking advantage of lower borrowing costs as investors demand the smallest premium over
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Credit markets in the United States have tightened to levels not seen in more than two decades, with the premium that investment-grade companies pay to borrow above government bonds falling to its
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U.S. President Donald Trump has invited several European leaders to join Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for talks at the White House on Monday, according to a report by the New York Times
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Diplomatic history is full of backroom deals, secret notes, and last-minute compromises. But rarely has a U.S. first lady stepped so directly into the fray. This week, as Donald Trump seeks to
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Videos released by Ukraine’s national guard in the Donbas region have provided a stark window into the changing dynamics of the war, as captured Russian soldiers speak openly of their grim missions
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The deputy governor of Wandsworth prison has resigned after it emerged he maintained undisclosed links with an organised crime figure while overseeing security operations at one of Britain’s most troubled jails. Bobby
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Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine withdraw its forces from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as a condition for ending Russia’s war, telling Donald Trump he would freeze the rest of the
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The Philippines and Australia have commenced their largest-ever joint military exercises as regional tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise. The exercises, which include drills in Palawan province facing the
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Scientists are making striking progress in applying gene-editing technology to one of medicine’s toughest frontiers: the human brain. According to a recent report in Nature, breakthroughs in mice suggest that CRISPR-based tools
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking on a new role in one of science’s most ambitious pursuits: quantum computing. As reported in Nature, researchers in China have used an AI system to rapidly
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A new brain–computer interface (BCI) can decode people’s silent thoughts — but only if they choose to unlock it with a preset password. The breakthrough, reported in Nature and published in Cell
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For the first time, scientists have captured real-time footage of a human embryo latching onto a lifelike replica of the uterine lining — a hidden but crucial milestone in early development. The
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump met in Anchorage, Alaska, for a rare face-to-face summit, marking Putin’s first visit to the United States in ten years. According to reporting
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Russian President Vladimir Putin described his closed-door talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska as “trustful and constructive,” highlighting both the challenges and opportunities in U.S.–Russia relations. The meeting in Anchorage,
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