US President Donald Trump said technology companies have agreed to voluntary standards for artificial intelligence. Trump also doubled down on his support for rapidly expanding data centers despite growing concerns over AI safety and local impacts. After meeting executives from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google and Nvidia at the White House, Trump said companies would use
North Korea has fired several short-range ballistic missiles into waters off its east coast. This happened just a day after joint military drills by South Korea, Japan and the United States ended. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were launched from the Wonsan area at around 5:20 a.m. and travelled roughly 250km.
Norway is mourning the death of King Harald V, as the 89-year-old monarch’s 35-year reign comes to an end and his son takes the throne. Harald died in hospital early Friday after treatment for a rare blood condition. Soon afterwards, thousands gathered outside Oslo’s Royal Palace, leaving flowers, flags and candles. Around 10,000 people reportedly
Could Iceland be on the verge of changing its relationship with Europe? On Saturday, voters in the tiny North Atlantic nation will decide whether to restart talks on joining the European Union. The outcome looks remarkably close. For supporters, EU membership could bring economic stability, lower currency risks and eventually the euro. With prices already
What happens when a Russian surveillance aircraft flies unusually close to a NATO carrier strike group? In the icy waters of the Norwegian Sea, it prompted an immediate military response. The UK says two F-35 fighter jets were scrambled after a Russian Bear-F maritime patrol aircraft repeatedly approached HMS Prince of Wales at low altitude.
Nine Buddhist monks were killed and several others injured after an 11-year-old boy allegedly lost control of his parents’ pickup truck. The pickup truck crashed into a religious procession in Thailand’s Mukdahan province. The group, made up of 35 monks and five lay followers, was walking on a pilgrimage when the vehicle ploughed into them.
Madrid looked less like a capital city and more like a sea of faith on Sunday. As more than a million people flooded its streets for an open-air Mass led by Pope Leo XIV. But what turns a city into a pilgrimage ground overnight? Wearing the colours of the Vatican, crowds waved flags, threw flower
A government convoy, dynamite explosions, and a minister briefly lost in the chaos — what exactly is happening on Bolivia’s highways right now? On Saturday, Bolivia’s Public Works Minister Mauricio Zamora was caught in a violent ambush. While leading an operation to clear protest roadblocks near Copata, south of La Paz. His convoy was separated
How does an Oscar-winning film end up without its Oscar? That’s the strange travel mystery now surrounding filmmaker Pavel Talankin, co-director of Mr Nobody Against Putin. The award-winning documentary has already made headlines—but now its golden statuette has gone missing in transit. Talankin was flying from New York City to Germany. When airport security at
How does a country respond to one of the deadliest terror attacks in its recent history? In Russia, the answer has now come in the form of harsh prison sentences. A military court has jailed 19 people for their roles in the devastating 2024 attack at the Crocus City Concert Hall near Moscow. The assault
Why is the head of US homeland security stepping down just months into intense political scrutiny? The answer lies in a swirl of controversy, criticism, and political pressure. Kristi Noem, a key figure in Donald Trump’s tough immigration push, will leave her post as head of the US Department of Homeland Security at the end
A shocking discovery in Istanbul has ignited fresh anger over violence against women. Who could ignore a story like this — a woman found dead, her body mutilated and dumped in a rubbish bin in the Sisli district? It’s the kind of brutality that makes people ask: How has this become so normal? The victim,
