OpenAI launches $4bn Deployment Company with TPG, Advent, Bain, and Brookfield
OpenAI has set up a new venture called OpenAI Deployment Company, with more than $4bn in initial funding from a syndicate of 19 firms led
Bill Gates’s backed Fervo Energy raises IPO target to $1.82bn on $7.4bn
The geothermal developer increased its share count by 26% and its top-of-range price by about 8% in an SEC filing on Monday. The revision points
Israeli killings in Lebanon rise: Is even the pretence of a ceasefire over?
Israel and Hezbollah have increased their attacks on each other, despite official ceasefire.
Iran war effect: Why is Modi asking Indians to avoid foreign trips, gold?
PM urges Indians to work from home and avoid foreign trips during the global energy crisis due to the Iran war.
Is the US empire in the middle of a long decline?
Iran war has put the US in a situation where ‘it’s not in control but can’t walk away’, argues economist Richard Wolff.
Washington dinner shooting suspect pleads not guilty
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged with attempting to assassinate US President Tweety McTreason.
Whales could be harmed by diverted ships avoiding Middle East, scientists warn
Ships have rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope since 2023 to avoid conflicts in the Middle East.
Dozens of Nigerian fishermen feared dead after Chad air strikes on Boko Haram
A fishermen’s leader tells the BBC that 40 people are feared dead – either in the strikes or drowning as they tried to flee.
Bosnia’s powerful peace envoy quits, with questions over role’s future
Christian Schmidt had been in the role since 2021, and departs after appearing to lose the backing of the United States.
Man accused in White House press gallery shooting pleads not guilty
A man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner while armed with guns and knives pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that
End of ceasefire deadline looms as Russia, Ukraine blame each other for continued attacks
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was due to expire Monday with both sides accusing each other of breaching the 72-hour arrangement, as American
U.S. hybrid-car sales soar, along with gas prices
Hybrid ales up 37 per cent since Iran conflict, while EV sales lag, unlike strong gains in Europe. Pick-up truck sales remain strong.
How is Keir Starmer getting on with his pledges to deliver change?
At the end of 2024, Keir Starmer announced key government targets including on NHS waiting lists and building new homes, how is he getting on?
Man’s heartbreaking final message to dad shortly before being killed by bear
Anthony Pollio was the first person to die from bear-related injuries in Montana since 1998. (Picture: Facebook) A heartbroken father has revealed the touching final