By Michael Martina MANILA, July 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday he talked a lot during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi about a planned trip to the United States by President Xi Jinping. Meeting with Wang in Manila on the
History suggests geography can be a nation’s greatest economic asset or its greatest geopolitical liability. Whenever maritime arteries have been disrupted — whether by war, conflict or political confrontation — the economic costs have extended far beyond the countries directly
AMC Global Media has acquired the U.S. rights to Catherine Zeta-Jones’ upcoming revenge thriller series “Kill Jackie.” Starring and executive produced by Zeta-Jones and co-produced by Steel Springs Pictures and Fremantle, “Kill Jackie” is set to premiere this fall on AMC+ in
The ‘America First’ push to replace Chinese-made fabrics presents a challenge and an opportunity for Africa’s textile industry.
The Johor government said the company breached licencing conditions, including operating without a valid licence.
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
Quantum networks, systems consisting of multiple connected nodes or devices that can transmit quantum information to one another, have the potential to advance future communications. These networks typically leverage entanglement, a quantum phenomenon that prompts two or more
Thailand has completed the first section of a permanent border fence along parts of its frontier with Cambodia.
Despite considering the new duties "unjustified," the Commission said its priority was to ensure tariffs on EU goods remain below the 15% cap agreed under the EU-US trade deal in July 2025.
UK inflation dropped slightly in June 2026, but higher energy costs are expected to push it back up.
[IPS] Washington DC -- A farmer in Kenya gets weather and planting advice on a basic phone. A teacher in Nigeria uses a chatbot to help students catch up in math. South Africa's revenue authority uses data analytics to better target tax audits. These are not futuristic examples
The group will judge the feature film competition at the Bosnian film festival.
Longer queues but no cancellations: data suggests that while new biometric checks for non-EU visitors are creating delays, British holidaymakers heading to the mainland remain undeterred.
I really don't want to help a content creator become the Galactic Emperor.
In the face of backlash to concerns the AI boom will increase consumer electricity bills, the largest utility companies and data center developers in the US are now promising to do something about it. The Wall Street Journal reports that nearly 200 organizations have signed
Guillermo del Toro, Kim Novak, and Ari Aster are among several star “witnesses” already lined up for Alexandre O. Philippe’s two-parter doc feature “The Fall,” which is set to be unveiled July 22 at Fantasia’s Frontières as part of its International Co-Production Market pitch
Despite his controversies and contradictions, Elon Musk may prove an unlikely force in moderating US-China rivalry and the AI risks it amplifies. In June, following SpaceX’s listing, Musk became the world’s first trillionaire — a remarkable milestone, but one that crystallized
Trump and Infantino, who heads football's world governing body FIFA, have formed a close and somewhat controversial relationship in recent years.
Inside the lab of a biologist who is seeking to understand intelligence by focusing on problem-solving, not neurons - by Aeon Video Watch on Aeon
Artists share tributes to the beloved raccoon, plus Sabri Sundos’s odes to Palestinian diaspora and memory.
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The US president has been complaining about Canada’s ‘filthy, polluted and unhealthy air’. Maybe he should put all that energy into tackling the climate crisis Right, that’s it: we’ve got to do something about Canada. The country’s wildfires, which resulted in air quality
Hungarian filmmaker Lili Horvát’s first English-language feature, “My Notes on Mars,” starring Mackenzie Davis and Rupert Friend, will open the Venice Film Festival’s independently run Giornate Degli Autori. The section has unveiled a richly assorted lineup featuring works by
The Venice independent sidebar unveiled its 2026 lineup on Wednesday.
Thirty years ago, on a not very special episode of Friends (“ The One With Frank Jr. ,” for the record) Ross and Rachel swapped “Celebrity Freebie” lists: top fives of famous people with whom they would each choose—and be allowed by their partner—to have consequence-free sex.
In March 2025, as the Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security service, was investigating links between Qatar and some of his aides, Benjamin Netanyahu posted a message in English. It was addressed less to the citizens he governed than to an American political audience fluent in
"With little fanfare, Ray Di Pietro has attracted tens of thousands of devotees. His images are artfully composed, spontaneous, honest, and, well, kind."
Fourteen years ago, the state of Alaska tried to seize a man’s $95,000 small airplane because one of his passengers tried to bring beer into a dry village. Now the Supreme Court will use his case to further clarify the scope of the excessive fines Clause. The justices announced
