US to suspend South Africa and Rwanda from duty-free trade access
South Africa to lose duty-free access, affecting $1.7bn worth of annual exports, including cars and farm products.
Russian bombing kills 26 people at Ukraine aid centre, Kyiv says
Officials say at least nine 3,000kg aerial bombs hit a southern Ukrainian village in what the president called an “utterly horrific” attack.
US midterms campaign ‘shattering’ spending records to be most expensive ever
The 2026 campaign is projected to cost nearly $12bn – BBC Verify looks into where all that money has come from.
Man guilty of stealing cash from farm owned by South African president
The case, part of the “Farmgate” scandal, has left President Cyril Ramaphosa mired in an impeachment saga.
Copilot in deadly Florida jet crash identified in reports as 20-year-old
In air traffic audio, a crew member can be heard shouting: “We are going to crash into the ground!”
Are Freezers Being Hacked? Europe and the U.S. Military Are Investigating.
A wave of disruptions at grocery stores, which some officials blame on cyberattacks, highlight the vulnerability of supply chains. Shops across Europe were affected again
How A.I. Is Making It Easier Than Ever to Microtarget Voters
Hyper-personalized messages, delivered with A.I.-enabled precision, herald a new frontier for voter outreach (and potential disinformation).
White House’s ‘secret plan’ designed to sidestep Dem midterm victory exposed: report
For months, senior White House officials have been drafting a “secret plan” designed to sidestep a Democratic midterm victory and allow President Tweety McTreason to
Trump friend offers alarming preview of ‘martial law’ election order: ‘Pushing for it’
A longtime friend of President Tweety McTreason is pushing for an emergency order “tantamount to martial law” if Democrats rack up big wins in the
Windows 11 upgrades stall amid ‘chipflation’ and ‘RAMageddon’
Microsoft ended mainstream Windows 10 support a year ago, but PC upgrades to Windows 11 have ground to a halt, analysts said. Relief may not
Apple Intelligence with Alibaba comes to China in December
After many months of discussion, Apple has figured out a way to bring Apple Intelligence to China, working with Alibaba’s Qwen model on some features. Apple
Buried for 2,600 years beneath Nile mud, a massive ancient Egyptian complex was just found — from space
Egyptian researchers have found a hidden 2,600-year-old structure the size of a football field after using satellites to peer below the ground. But what they
Webb and Hubble discover new details in one of our galaxy’s spookiest objects
In space, nobody can hear you scream — or meow, for that matter. This was as true for Félicette — the stray Parisian tuxedo cat
Newborn survival improves when families receive financial support
Rx Kids, a program that provides unconditional cash transfers for pregnant people and infants, reduced neonatal mortality in Flint, Michigan.