Australian judge criticises Tesla for ‘gobsmacking’ slow progress in class action lawsuit

Tesla has said it does not mischaracterise its product.

The misread storytelling behind Xi Jinping’s speeches

For many in the West, China still feels hard to fully understand. Public debate and media coverage too often focus on the “China threat.” Critics highlight the flaws of China’s political system and limits on freedom, yet China has still managed to rise as a major power that can

Bucking base, Trump defends Chinese students in US

More than 265,000 Chinese students were studying in the United States in the last academic year.

Actress Fan Bingbing meets Malaysian king Sultan Ibrahim at his Johor palace, eats satay in Melaka

On Tuesday (May 12), Chinese actress and Melaka's Tourism Friendship Ambassador Fan Bingbing was granted an audience with Malaysia's king, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, at his palace in Johor.

Miles of smiles belie a fraught and fragile Trump-Xi summit

Diplomacy involves the art of telling lies with a straight face or even a reassuring smile. On day one of Donald Trump’s China visit, political correctness and diplomatic finesse were in ample display from the US leader, while Chinese sources reported that Xi Jinping issued a

The hidden cost of a failed property auction

New research from UNSW Business School finds that selling a home at auction carries more financial risk than most sellers realize. The auction is one of the most visible rituals in Australian property. Bidders gather onsite, the auctioneer works the crowd, and the hammer

Between China visit and the World Cup, Trump still has a narrow window to attack Iran

Netanyahu continues to urge Trump to renew the war against the Islamic Republic, but it seems that the U.S. president is now less attentive to the Israeli leader ■ The government and the IDF are preparing the ground for the resumption of fighting in Gaza. The question is: Where

Air India losses widen to over US$2 billion amid geopolitical disruptions

Singapore Airlines, which holds a 25 per cent stake in Air India, disclosed the figure in its annual report released on Thursday (May 14), citing airspace restrictions, supply chain constraints and higher fuel prices as key headwinds.

Lady Gaga Reinvents Herself, Yet Again, With ‘Mayhem Requiem’ Performance: Review

At the end of her “Mayhem Ball” tour, Lady Gaga performs “Bad Romance” as the opera house behind her ignites, the set piece roaring with flames. It’s a commentary, or at least it appeared to be, on the ephemeral nature of pop music: Gaga spends the entire performance

Japan considers missile exports to Philippines, NHK reports

Japan in April unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac on ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ Season 5, Earning the ‘Community’s Trust’ and Staying Out Of ‘Football Decisions’

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the two episode-premiere of Season 5 of “Welcome to Wrexham.” Wrexham AFC’s path towards the Premier League has been lined with victories, and one of the biggest among them is last month’s news that FX has ordered an additional

New Zealand's Māori Queen meets King Charles at Buckingham Palace

The meeting with the British monarch was Te Arikinui's first since she became Maori Queen in 2024.

Heat waves are now everyday disasters. Governments need to do more to protect people

Heat waves are a growing global threat to human health, well-being and livelihoods. Across 12 major European cities during the summer of 2025, a 10-day period of extreme heat led to 2,300 deaths—1,500 of them were attributed to climate change amplifying temperatures by 1°C–4°C.

Toll from India's Uttar Pradesh storms rises to 111

Trump blames Biden for US 'declining' after Xi comments on 'Thucydides trap'

President Trump late Thursday invoked his predecessor in attempting to explain comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two leaders meet during a high-stakes visit, blaming former President Biden and his administration for the U.S.'s "decline." "When President Xi very

Trump and Xi enter final day of talks with deals in sight and differences in play

Trump started his last day in Beijing with a social media post saying that US-China relations are good and getting better.

Taiwan thanks US for support ahead of further Trump-Xi talks

TAIPEI, May 15 - Taiwan thanked the U.S. on Friday for expressing its support and commitment to peace and stability and for reaffirming its Taiwan policy has not changed, ahead of the second day of President Donald Trump's state visit to China.

Paul McCartney Reveals He’s A Dragonslayer And Sings “Despacito” In SNL Promos With Will Ferrell

Paul McCartney turned down being in the hot seat for the Netflix roast , but he'll serve as a musical guest on SNL this weekend for the season finale. It'll be Sir Paul's fifth time as musical guest, but he is a longtime friend of creator/showrunner Lorne Michaels and has made

Jack White Can Name Any Beatles Song Within a Single Second of Hearing It

Resurfaced video shows the guitarist nailing classics like "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "I'm Looking Through You"

How ion channels inside cells manipulate the cytoskeleton

Microglia, the immune cells that protect the brain, are thought to maintain a healthy brain environment by removing unwanted substances through dynamic remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton, the cell's internal framework. It has been known that microglia express Hv1/VSOP, a

Trump brought top CEOs to Beijing but few big deals emerge

There was plenty of choreographed ceremonies but there no sweeping trade breakthrough as Trump met Xi in Beijing.

India seeks trade, energy stability on UAE-Europe tour

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a five-nation tour in the United Arab Emirates on Friday before heading to Europe, overshadowed by energy and supply-chain worries due to the Iran war. Disruptions around Gulf shipping routes and the Strait of Hormuz continue to drive

Egypt farmers hit by Iran war price surge

Egyptian smallholders have seen their lives upended by the war in Iran, with soaring fertiliser and energy prices forcing many to lay off workers and reduce the amount of land they farm. Before the United States and Israel launched the war that would end up engulfing the

Scientists “bottle the sun” with a liquid battery that stores solar energy

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have created a remarkable new material that works like a “rechargeable solar battery,” storing sunlight inside tiny molecules and releasing it later as heat — even long after the sun goes down. Inspired by reversible changes found in DNA and

Paul McCartney on New Song ‘Salesman Saint,’ How Wartime Resilience Shaped the Beatles

The legendary musician previewed his new single from his latest solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane , out May 29

Inside the secret mission to fly Taiwan’s President to Africa

The entourage travelled a total of about 24,000km on a borrowed plane.

How did the ethanol boom of the 2000s impact farm values in the Midwest?

The U.S. ethanol industry experienced its first major "boom" in the early 2000s, thanks to changes in U.S. energy policies—particularly biofuel mandates—along with the surging crude oil prices and the phaseout of a fuel additive, methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). In response,

AI stock boom pushes Seoul's Kospi index over 8,000 for the first time

Senate rulekeeper deals blows to GOP’s immigration enforcement package

Republicans are expected to revamp the package to meet the strict rules of the filibuster-skirting process.

Solomon Islands elects former China critic Wale as prime minister

SYDNEY, May 15 - Solomon Islands parliament on Friday elected opposition leader Matthew Wale as prime minister, after incumbent Jeremiah Manele was ousted from power last week in a no-confidence vote.

Colon cancer is rising in young adults and doctors don’t fully know why

Colorectal cancer is increasingly showing up in younger adults, with cases now appearing in people as young as their thirties — often with no family history or warning signs. A major Swiss study analyzing nearly 100,000 cases over four decades found that diagnoses in people

Do gas tax holidays actually bring relief at the pump?

Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax, but state-level gas tax breaks could have a bigger impact at the pump, says one expert.

Japan airport to bear Pokemon name to help revitalise disaster-hit area

The airport under the new nickname will feature 111 Pokemon characters.

Chrome Hearts Drops Lawsuit Against Neil Young

In 2024, Neil Young began performing with a backing band called the Chrome Hearts. The following year, he released an album with them called Talkin To The Trees . Luxury fashion brand Chrome Hearts was not happy about this, and sued the legendary singer-songwriter and the band

Soil also suffers from heat waves: Organic waste boosts its tolerance to 50°C

The successive heat waves that sweep across southern Spain in summer have harmful effects on the entire community that lives there, from humans to the microbes that inhabit the soil. Both share an impressive resilience that has enabled them to survive and adapt, each in its own

Scientists dig up Southeast Asia's largest dinosaur in Thailand

The body language of the Trump-Xi summit spoke volumes

When Mr Trump met Mr Xi on May 14, the interaction was warmer and more relaxed than past meetings.

Gracie Abrams Kicks off New Era With Devastatingly Great ‘Hit the Wall’

Track is the lead single off upcoming album Daughter From Hell

Gracie Abrams Announces New Album Daughter From Hell: Hear “Hit The Wall”

My daughter, who is not from hell as far as I know, was delighted to learn this week of a new Gracie Abrams album called Daughter From Hell. I’m pretty interested in hearing it too. Abrams had some passive-aggressive folk-pop jams on her last Aaron Dessner-produced album,

What We Learned From the Upfronts: Midseason Is the New Fall and Live Sports Aren’t Everything

Warner Bros. Discovery kicked off its annual upfront event at the Madison Square Garden Theater by paying tribute to the late Ted Turner, who had just died the previous week. Turner, of course, was part of why WBD was even holding an upfront in the first place: Not only was the

Australia’s housing affordability expected to worsen and homelessness soar under fossil-fuelled future

Rents will rise and homelessness quadruple in a decade unless serious steps to cut emissions are taken, University of Sydney researchers find Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Global heating could

The 'silent' invasion of a widespread freshwater jellyfish across Europe

A new study published in the journal People and Nature reveals a significant gap in public awareness regarding one of the world's most widespread invasive species: the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii. Despite being present on six continents and well-documented by

Released Gaza flotilla leader to Israelis: 'It's your responsibility to end the genocide'

Saif Abu Keshek, who was detained by Israel, in his first interview with an Israeli outlet: 'One of the interrogators told me they tried very hard in Gaza, but ran out of bombs and only managed to kill 100,000'

‘Ashes’ Review: Diego Luna Helms a Middling, Meandering Migration Drama

Bound by a common language and torrid history, 21-year-old Mexican nanny Lucila (Anna Diaz) bristles against her surroundings in Madrid, where she and her younger brother followed their mother from their Mexican hometown. “Ashes” shares these broad strokes with the novel on

Ratcliffe meets with Cuban officials as CIA warns negotiation window 'will not stay open indefinitely'

CIA Director John Ratcliffe made a trip to Cuba Thursday to meet with officials amid negotiations that have followed President Trump’s public musings that he may invade the island nation. A CIA official also stressed Thursday that the window for negotiations may have a

Why Modi wants Indians to buy less gold and take fewer foreign holidays

Modi has urged Indians to save dollars as war and oil shocks strain the rupee and economy further this year.

The Avalanches – “Together” (Feat. Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, & Prentiss)

Since last fall, the Avalanches have been teasing the followup to their 2020 LP We Will Always Love You (which was our Album Of The Week). Anticipation ramped up more recently when the Australian electronic duo launched a new logo and rolled out a retro-futuristic role-playing

Our Lady J Says Revealing She’s Converted to Judaism Has Been a Lot ‘Harder Than Coming Out as Trans’

Yona Speidel, the Emmy nominated writer and producer formerly known as Our Lady J, recently experienced grief as a Jew for the first time. Just six weeks after converting to Judaism in March and officially changing her name, Speidel marked her late brother’s Yahrzeit (the

McMaster calls on South Carolina lawmakers to return for redistricting special session

The governor of South Carolina announced a special legislative session on Thursday to push through a new congressional map that would effectively eliminate the state’s singular Democratic House seat. The move is the latest in a widespread redistricting effort from both parties