Trump says he ‘made no commitment either way’ to Xi on Taiwan
Trump said Xi Jinping had asked directly if the US would defend Taiwan, and he had responded, “I don’t talk about that”.
Prisoner swap goes ahead as Kyiv mourns 24 killed in Russian strike on flats
Among the victims in Kyiv was 12-year-old Lyubava Yakovleva, whose father was killed during the war.
Why is Ireland not taking part in this year’s Eurovision?
Ireland’s boycott is the latest in a series of moves that has seen the country at odds with Israel over its war in Gaza.
Bizarre DOJ court filing rants about Trump hate while calling ballroom ‘gift to people’
The Trump administration’s Justice Department filed a reply brief Wednesday that reads less like a legal document and more like a late-night tweet storm, accusing
Data guru aghast as he hunts for sliver of good news for Trump — and finds nothing
CNN’s Harry Enten hunted high and low — and was unable to turn up even the faintest sliver of good news in polling for President
Final moments of Altman v Musk trial as jury decides fate of AI titans
Elon Musk and the OpenAI boss have spent the last three weeks battling in court over Sam Altman’s company, in a trial that could mould
Trump leaves Beijing saying he and Xi talked AI guardrails. Nothing was signed.
Asked what kind of guardrails on the way out, the US president told reporters on Air Force One: ‘standard guardrails that we talk about all
Musk’s X commits to UK regulator on hate speech, with Grok probe still open
Elon Musk’s platform has agreed to review illegal hate and terrorism posts within a day on average, restrict UK-proscribed groups, and report quarterly to the
Microsoft business software faces UK antitrust probe over bundling, AI lock-in
The UK’s competition regulator has launched a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft’s business software ecosystem, opening a new front in growing regulatory scrutiny of how
Pressure mounts on embattled UK PM Keir Starmer as rivals circle
Wes Streeting, a key Starmer rival, backed Manchester’s Andy Burnham as among the best options to challenge Starmer.
78 years later: Palestinians are still denied their right to return.
78 years ago, 800,000 Palestinians were displaced by zionist militias. Today, their grandchildren are still refugees.
Trump-Xi summit: China, US disagree on what they agreed on
US touted trade deals; China said it warned Washington over Taiwan. Neither side confirmed the other’s claims.
New Ebola outbreak confirmed in remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded
Africa CDC, the continent’s top public health body, on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 suspected cases and
FIFA World Cup turns up gentrification pressures in Mexico City, say experts
Experts say parts of Mexico City have faced increasing pressure from gentrification which gained momentum during the pandemic — as digital nomads flocked to the