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A dirt road in Kenya. Heavy heat shimmers over the surrounding savannah. A loan officer approaches a herd of cattle and pulls out a smartphone. Standing next to the owner, a woman with a proud yet cautious gaze, he photographs an animal. Hundreds of miles away, an artificial intelligence algorithm transforms that animal into a […]
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said he had launched an investigation into Brazil’s “unfair” trading practices, a week after US President Donald Trump threatened a 50% tariff on imports from Latin America’s largest economy.
US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should not target Moscow and that Russian President Vladimir Putin should agree to a ceasefire deal by a 50-day deadline or sanctions will kick in.
A prosecutor asked Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday to find ex-president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup, in closing arguments after a trial that saw US President Donald Trump try to intervene on behalf of his right-wing ally.
Israeli strikes on the Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon killed 12 people on Tuesday, Lebanese state media reported, as the Israeli army said it hit Hezbollah targets in the area.
Hong Kong leader John Lee threw his weight behind a bill recognising limited rights for same-sex couples, despite fears that opposition from pro-Beijing parties could sink it.
US President Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, the Financial Times reported.
US President Donald Trump said he was disappointed but not done with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a BBC interview.
US President Donald Trump on Monday told Russia to resolve its Ukraine war within 50 days or face massive new economic sanctions as he laid out plans for new infusions of weaponry for Kyiv.
Russia’s foreign affairs ministry described reports claiming that President Vladimir Putin had encouraged his Iranian ally to accept a “zero enrichment” agreement on its nuclear programme as “defamation”.
A German doctor will go on trial for killing 15 patients with lethal injections, in what investigators fear may just be the tip of a deadly iceberg.
The latest version of xAI’s generative artificial intelligence assistant, Grok 4, frequently consults owner Elon Musk’s positions on topics before responding.
The Y20 summit revealed disparities in youth-driven calls for climate justice, inclusive growth and sovereignty between the Global South and North
Gulf sovereign wealth funds are rapidly expanding in Africa, filling a financing gap left by China’s strategic pullback and reshaping the continent’s development landscape
Francis refused the version of Catholicism that ingratiates itself with the powerful while abandoning the poor
The withdrawal from the World Health Organisation will take one year to come into effect
The majority of poll respondents in South Africa, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and other countries believe China will outpace the US in global influence over the next 20 years
Teams from the sheriff’s department continue sifting through rubble, using dogs to search for human remains
60% of respondents across 36 countries believe the political influence of the wealthy significantly contributes to economic inequality
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s fact checkers had been ‘too politically biased’
The move is part of what the president-elect has said is a ‘Save America’ initiative