By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin faced two rival outlines of Russia's future as he hosted his premier annual investment conference with the war in Ukraine unabated. Some participants at the glitzy St
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Iran's supreme leader said Thursday that the United States and Israel had been dealt a "decisive blow" in the Middle East war, after the government reported "no tangible progress" in negotiations on ending the conflict. Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's message, read out by a prayer
As Orania marks its 35th anniversary, economic pressures and identity politics are driving young people back to an isolated, ethnically segregated outpost.
Technology is going places at Computex 2026.
China’s newly revealed sailless submarine may be designed not only to evade detection but also to threaten the undersea infrastructure underpinning Indo-Pacific military and economic power. This month, Naval News reported that China has covertly launched a highly advanced,
A Sherpa guide missing on Mount Everest for nearly a week was found alive crawling toward base camp and reunited with his family, who had already begun funeral rituals believing he had died.
Ofqual chief says invigilators are being trained to detect devices like smart glasses and hidden earpieces.
Washington and Silicon Valley are bracing for the fallout from AI’s potential displacement of workers, floating everything from transition assistance to universal basic income as Americans express growing discontent with the technology. AI leaders have long warned the
President Trump’s bid to install a controversial ally to head the intelligence community without the blessing of Congress is giving lawmakers pause about renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers. Trump on Tuesday announced he had tapped Bill Pulte, the current head of the
When Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrived in India on May 30 for his first official overseas visit as Myanmar’s new “president,” the photo op was exactly what he wanted. The man who seized power in a coup, jailed elected leaders, crushed a nationwide uprising and drove
Euronews Next spotlights the most innovative and intriguing tech at the conference in Taiwan.
French drinks group Remy Cointreau reported a 35% drop in full-year net profit on Thursday as tariffs slammed sales in its key China and US markets. Despite this, shares soared more than 10% on Thursday morning.
By Jana Choukeir DUBAI, June 4 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a new ceasefire after U.S.-mediated talks, the Trump administration said, raising hopes for progress toward ending the wider U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Tehran has made a ceasefire in Lebanon a
Plus, Trump’s threats to arts education and why artist Saif Azzuz should be on your radar.
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Electric shock is one of the biggest causes of death among wildlife in the country but a court ruling is a first step to making power lines safe Peque, a small black howler monkey, scratches her head as she sits on a thick wooden branch in a wired enclosure with seven other
"When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was because their father was in trouble with the IRS. It would be years before they learned the truth about his life of crime."
There’s a new, favorite Beltway game: evaluating the performance of the big figures in the Trump administration who have stepped to the lectern to conduct White House briefings. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz, who on Tuesday became the
Republican senators are growing increasingly concerned about President Trump’s weak polling numbers with independent voters and warn that the GOP may be headed for a political wipeout in the November election because Trump’s popularity with Republican primary voters isn’t
Republicans hoping to keep control of Congress in a tough election year have been thrown off-balance by President Trump’s focus on foreign policy, pet projects, and statements dismissing the importance of the midterms and cost-of-living issues. To be sure, Trump’s team is
The genius of her work was in painting things as she saw them through her own eyes. So when she surrounded herself with beauty, her work reflected it
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffing losses after a tumultuous year at the agency are raising questions about whether it will be able to effectively respond to this hurricane season. While the Trump administration has backed off its most controversial ideas —
Amazon has announced a new version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, that will can interact using language instead of code. The expanded capabilities come as part of a growing pivot toward automation as the e-commerce giant replaces its human workers with
Tom Quinn landed in the U.K. for a special talk at SXSW London less than two weeks after Neon claimed its seventh consecutive Palme d’Or in Cannes, this time thanks to Cristian Mungiu’s “Fjord.” The exec — whose indie distributor marks only its 10th birthday next year — said
Ultra wealthy New Yorkers have yet to flex their muscle this election cycle as Mayor Zohran Mamdani plays kingmaker in key races.
Universal Music Greater China has signed Jason Zhang, one of the most commercially successful artists in Chinese-language pop, in a wide-ranging deal spanning recorded music, artist management, live performance and international strategy, structured in partnership with Zhang’s
The American chipmaker Broadcom reported a 48% revenue surge and AI semiconductor sales up 143%, but it disappointed investors by not raising its long-term sales target, sending shares tumbling more than 12% in after-hours trading.
Ted Danson said he will “apologize for the rest of my life” over a roast of Whoopi Goldberg he did in blackface in 1993. Speaking on W. Kamau Bell’s podcast “Who’s With Me?,” the “Cheers” and “The Good Place” actor opened up about the incident, which occurred at the New York
COLOMBO, June 4 - A dozen people have died in a fire at a home for older people in Sri Lanka, police said on Thursday, while another eight have been hospitalised.
Amazon is making one of its biggest new bets on Europe, announcing more than €10 billion in investments to expand and modernise its warehouse and delivery network across the continent over the coming years.
"That extra ‘please’ you put there can make a huge difference,” says one of the report's authors.
Director Wim Wenders’ controversial film ‘Wrong Move’ features a scene that depicts Nastassja Kinski, who was then aged 13, topless. Kinski has long been trying to have the scene removed. Now, Wenders has apologised and said he will block future access to his 1975 film.
Visitors will have longer to search in the daylight as Levi experiences the midnight sun from late May to the end of July.
Researchers say that social media accounts affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps posed as Scottish and Irish nationals in order to cultivate their following, before switching their narrative to spread pro-Iranian discourse online.
June 4 (Reuters) - Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told local outlets on Thursday that a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed the previous evening between Lebanon and Israel could come into force within 24 hours of all concerned parties approving it. The comments appeared to refer to
Mountaineer Dawa Sherpa - who is in his 50s - vanished on the upper reaches of the world's highest mountain in bitter conditions early on May 30.
American AI hardware giant Nvidia this week announced its entry into the consumer PC arena, in collaboration with Asus and other companies.
Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film "Persepolis", has died aged 56, AFP learned Thursday from a member of her close circle. "Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her
As Ethiopia celebrates another electoral milestone, security analysts are watching a different contest unfold in the north, where shifting alliances, unresolved territorial disputes and a struggle for power in Tigray could prove more consequential than the vote itself.
The US is reported to have had 17 military facilities and more than 10,000 troops on Greenland at the height of the Cold War.
Hungary agreed to drop its opposition to opening the formal access talks but is still opposed to the fast-track membership process that Ukraine says it needs as protection from Russia.
Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury resort backed by Jared Kushner , Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are expected to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister 'to discuss solutions'. Footage showed police firing water cannon at protesters
The U.S. company, which holds the rights to the James Bond franchise, has indicated it could take on publishing and perhaps even development duties.
When a rare but deadly rodent-borne virus struck passengers on a cruise ship and seemed to be spreading, there were no treatments for those who fell ill and no vaccines to protect others.
In an unexpected statement on Thursday, Iran’s Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said the “malicious enemy” has been defeated with “a decisive blow” to the US, in a possible signal of preparing the Iranian nation for an impending peace deal.
At least 10 people have been injured in the attacks, according to Russian-backed officials.
