What Sputnik couldn’t do to American science, Beijing has
The US government owns 9.9 per cent of Intel, converted out of US Chips Act grants, alongside a golden share…
Mistrial declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case
A judge declared a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial on Friday after jurors said they could not reach…
UN adopts new map: Africa bigger, North America and Europe smaller
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday to back a resolution spearheaded by several African countries to adopt a…
Trump threatens to cut trade with some countries if Fed doesn’t lower rates
President Donald Trump intensified pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, threatening to cut off trade with certain…
5 EU nations plan to send rejected migrants to non-EU ‘return hubs’, target 2027
Denmark and four other European Union countries agreed on Friday on a model for “return hubs” in non-EU nations and…
Trump takes mail-in ballot fight to US Supreme Court
President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to let it enforce a new US Postal Service rule…
US urged to consider military strikes to stop China achieving AGI first
The United States should start preparing for scenarios where extreme measures must be taken to stop China from achieving artificial…
Ecuador’s ex-president and Chinese ambassador seek to avoid jail over belt and road dam
Former Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador to Quito asked the country’s highest court on Thursday to…
Holdout juror preventing verdict in Lindsay Clancy’s US child murder trial, lawyer says
A single juror in Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is preventing the jury from reaching a unanimous verdict, her lawyer said…
Scientists studying cockroach milk and nose-blowing win Ig Nobel prizes
Ten research teams were honoured on Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the US for…