The week of rising stakes in the Ukraine war
Russia made its loudest threat yet of nuclear war, as Western powers bolstered Ukraine’s arsenal....
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Trump nominates Scott Bessent to lead US Treasury
It ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team....
Biden says ICC war crimes arrest warrant ‘outrageous’
US President Joe Biden calls the issuing of warrants against Israeli officials including Benjamin Netanyahu “outrageous”....
COP29 in extra time as poor nations reject $250bn offer
Heated negotiations on a global climate deal were set to spill into today after developing nations rejected an initial $250bn offer from rich countries to...
Merkel laments influence of big business on Trump
Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has called the influence of tech billionaires such as Elon Musk over US President-elect Donald Trump a “huge concern”.In an...
Fast-forming alien planet has scientists intrigued
Astronomers have spotted orbiting around a young star a newborn planet that took only 3mn years to form – quite swift in cosmic terms –...
Judge in Trump criminal case delays sentencing indefinitely
The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case has ordered that sentencing be delayed indefinitely, a legal win for the president-elect as he prepares...
No joke: Fresh banana taped to a wall sells for $6.2mn
A fresh banana taped to a wall – a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan – was bought for $6.2mn on...
Gatwick Airport reopens terminal following security alert
London’s Gatwick Airport, the second busiest airport in Britain, reopened a terminal on Friday after a security alert earlier in the day forced its evacuation...
India aims to stamp out farm fires with scorched earth satellite images
India’s government plans to clamp down on polluting farm fires by measuring the areas burnt instead of live blazes, after reports that farmers were burning...