Portugal held a day of national mourning on Thursday as the death toll from the derailment of one of Lisbon’s iconic funiculars rose to 17 people, with 21 injured. The accident on Wednesday evening in one of the capital’s most popular tourist spots saw the yellow Gloria funicular veer off a steep stretch of tracks […]
China defended on Thursday its decision to invite the leaders of Russia and North Korea to World War II commemorations, which President Donald Trump accused them of using to conspire against the United States. Trump wrote a testy Truth Social post addressing his Chinese counterpart after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin sought on Monday to defend his Ukraine offensive to Moscow’s allies, blaming the West for triggering the three-and-a-half year war that has killed tens of thousands and devastated much of eastern Ukraine. “This crisis was not triggered by Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but was a result of a coup in Ukraine, […]
The parents of a teenager who died by suicide after receiving guidance on self-harm from ChatGPT filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging the company prioritised profit over safety when it released the GPT-4.0 version of its AI chatbot last year. Matt and Maria Raine, the parents of 16-year-old Adam […]
The world’s first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway’s coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating the site said Monday. Northern Lights, led by oil giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, involves transporting and burying CO2 captured at smokestacks across Europe. The aim is […]
Britain’s advertising regulator on Wednesday banned an advert for Sanex shower gel, owned by US consumer goods group Colgate-Palmolive, for suggesting black skin was “problematic” and white skin was “superior”. The Advertising Standards Authority said it took action after two complaints that the TV ad perpetuated negative stereotypes about people with darker skin. The ad, […]
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss ways to end the crisis in Gaza, where nearly 22 months of grinding war and dire shortages of food have drawn mounting international criticism. Gaza’s civil defence agency reported dozens of Palestinians killed late Wednesday when Israeli forces opened […]
Tokyo stocks surged Wednesday after Japan and the United States finally hammered out a trade deal to slash Donald Trump’s tariffs, including those on the crucial car sector. Investors were also cheered by news that Washington had reached agreements with Indonesia and the Philippines, stoking optimism that other countries will also follow suit. Despite a […]
Israeli activists gathered at HaBima Square on Tuesday for a protest march towards the Israeli Defence Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, denouncing the ongoing food shortage and forced displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The activists, bearing placards with inscriptions like ‘Starvation is a War Crime; We are all responsible, it is being done […]
Nigeria exported crude oil worth $1.34bn to the United States in the first five months of 2025, maintaining the country’s position as America’s leading African oil supplier. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis show that the US purchased a total of 17.39 million barrels of Nigerian crude between January and May […]
