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RussiaWorldRussia & Central AsiaRussia’s diesel export ban deals fresh blow to strained energy marketThe move sparked price spikes in Europe and the US, threatening agriculture, power and...
Hong Kong societyHong KongSocietyFilipino workers in Hong Kong ‘recruited as surrogates for Central Asian couples’Consulate investigates alleged human trafficking cases, warns that women ...
Trending in ChinaPeople & CultureTrending in ChinaChina woman graduates from Tsinghua University 17 years after childhood photo there with dadDaughter’s dream of completing a master’s deg...
Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlifeThe Trump administration has finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species ActBookmarkBookmark popove...
ScienceChinaScienceAs Typhoon Bavi nears, Chinese bloggers warned amateur AI forecasts may be illegalOnline ‘weather enthusiasts’ in China are posting typhoon predictions, prompting criti...
Artificial intelligenceThis Week in AsiaEconomicsSoutheast Asia’s scammers’ new disguise: your leader’s faceThe president is asking for your bank details. He isn’t, of course. But the AI ...
Burnham urged to scrap national insurance hike amid claims it has ‘destroyed jobs’SNP say the policy is costing businesses in Scotland around £1,000 per employee BookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark...
Metropolitan Police officer raped woman at her home after New Year’s Eve partyRupert Edwards, 33, was jailed for raping a female police officer BookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popo...
United StatesWorldUnited States & CanadaApple sues OpenAI for stealing trade secretsThe lawsuit also targets two ex-employees, Tang Yew Tan, now OpenAI’s chief hardware officer, and engin...
Both engines flamed out before small jet crashed in June on Texas highway, according to NTSB reportBoth engines flamed out on a small business jet that crashed on a Texas highway in June, killing one ...
US-China trade warEconomyGlobal EconomyTrump built walls out of tariffs on ‘Liberation Day’. Has the US been boxed in?The US and China have secured a fragile truce, but analysts warn Wash...
Former Sky News presenter slammed for calling Ann Widdecombe ‘spinster’ amid murder probeAdam Boulton has been urged to retract the ‘vile remarks’ that he made about the former Tory ministerBookmarkCo...
China economyOpinionChina OpinionAs I see itAlex LoHow the New Left won the battle of ideas for 21st-century ChinaTheir revisionism challenges the neoliberal perspective which treats Maoi...
RFK Jr looking to pay people who claim they have side effects from the Covid vaccineCritics worry Kennedy could base the payouts on his vaccine skepticism, rather than established scienceBookmarkComme...
An islandwide blackout strikes Cuba for the second time this week as its grid crumblesAn islandwide blackout has hit Cuba for the second time this weekBookmarkBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClo...
Suki Waterhouse finds a new version of herself on her new album, 'Loveland'Suki Waterhouse started working on “Loveland,” her third record, immediately after she released her 2024 sophomore album, “Me...
America’s workforce is high: More employees are testing positive for pot than ever beforeMajor corporations such as Amazon and Home Depot have dropped screening for non-safety rolesBookmarkCommentsGo ...
Apple files lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI of stealing trade secretsApple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture i...
London train station closed as firefighters tackle blaze amid warning over ‘extreme’ wildfire riskFirefighters were called to a blaze near Stratford Station on Friday eveningBookmarkCommentsGo to comm...
Ohio county struggling to care for 16 siblings rescued from squalor amid ‘unprecedented child welfare crisis’The local prosecutor said the cost of medical care required for one of the defendants alone...