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Nuclear reform opens India’s nuclear sector to foreign firms, but critics highlight safety and supply chain gaps. Last week, India’s parliament approved legislation that opens nuclear power generation to private and foreign companies. The landmark Atomic Energy Act marks a significant government shift as India moves towards increased nuclear energy and reduced dependence on fossil fuels in…

A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a 1-year-old medical patient along with seven others, crashed on Monday (Dec 22) near Galveston, killing at least two people, officials said. Emergency officials rescued four people and were searching for two who were inside the aircraft, Mexico’s Navy said in a statement to The Associated Press. Four of the people…

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US “needs” Greenland for security reasons and has refused to rule out using force to secure it. Denmark summoned the United States ambassador on Monday (Dec 22) after US President Donald Trump appointed a special envoy to Greenland who immediately vowed to make the Danish autonomous territory “a part…

India is home to one of the world’s most ambitious social programmes – a jobs guarantee that gives every rural household the legal right to paid work. Launched in 2005 by a Congress party government, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) gave every rural household a legal right to demand up to 100 days of paid…

A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack. Lt. Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff, died from his injuries, said Svetlana Petrenko, the spokesperson…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s charity is down to just two employees ahead of its much publicized rebrand — as the couple is desperate to save cash, multiple source told Page Six. “Harry and Meghan have been forced to downsize the staff as it was costing them so much,” said one source. The Duke and Duchess of…

Sports podcaster Bill Simmons sparked Taylor Swift pregnancy rumors after he claimed the pop star’s fiancé, Travis Kelce, is “having a kid with her.” It is unclear if Simmons was referring to the future or simply speculating about the couple as the rumors are unfounded. Simmons was reacting to Kelce’s team, the Kansas City Chiefs — who…

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has begun evacuating the families of diplomats from Venezuela, a European intelligence official told AP on Monday, as the United States pursues its third sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean and President Donald Trump convenes senior national security officials at his Mar-a-Lago resort. The evacuations, which started Friday and include women and children, come…

A revamp of China’s electricity market is boosting the economics of storing power just as international demand surges, sparking a boom for the Chinese energy storage manufacturers that already dominate globally. Chinese firms are on track for a 75% jump this year in global shipments of lithium-ion battery cells for energy storage, according to one estimate. They…

Australian police say homemade pipe and tennis ball bombs were thrown at a crowd at Bondi Beach before a mass shooting but failed to detonate, according to court documents released on Monday. Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured in the mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi on December 14. The attack has shocked…

Japan took the final step to allow the world’s largest nuclear power plant to resume operations with a regional vote on Monday, a watershed moment in the country’s return to nuclear energy nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, located about 220 km (136 miles) northwest of Tokyo, was among 54 reactors shut after the 2011…

On a recent snowy morning in a Trump-loving part of rural Michigan, three dozen cars idled outside a firehouse-turned-food pantry. Inside, volunteers packaged lettuce, apples and other household staples that have surged or stayed high in price this year. Taylor Ludwig, a 35-year-old mother of three, had lined up in her pickup truck well before the pantry’s…

U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces — even as backlash builds ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Trump has already surged immigration agents into major U.S. cities, where they swept through neighborhoods and clashed with residents. While federal agents…

Tesla (TSLA.O), CEO Elon Musk’s net worth surged to $749 billion late Friday after the Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Tesla stock options worth $139 billion that were voided last year, according to Forbes’ billionaires index. Musk’s 2018 pay package, once worth $56 billion, was restored by the Delaware Supreme Court on Friday, two years after a lower…

An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Varadarajan holds a master’s degree in civil engineering from Purdue University Starbucks has appointed Indian-origin technology executive Anand Varadarajan as its new executive vice president and chief technology officer (CTO), tapping a nearly two-decade Amazon veteran to lead its global technology operations. Varadarajan will take charge on January…

The US Coast Guard is in “active pursuit” of another vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region continue to escalate. US authorities have already seized two oil tankers this month – one of them on Saturday. Sunday’s pursuit related to a “sanctioned dark fleet vessel that is part of Venezuela’s illegal sanctions evasion”,…

Universal Studios’ UK theme park was given the green light this week, a decision creating buzz for families up and down the country who might one day want to go. After months of discussions, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve Reed gave planning permission for the park to be constructed in Kempston Hardwick,…

A recording of the “creepy” moment a pilot was told “good luck with the aliens” after reporting a UFO sighting to air traffic control has resurfaced following the bizarre incident over the skies of Rhode Island. Newly resurfaced video of the live ATC broadcast captures the moment the pilot told the ground team, “It appears to be…

ACTOR James Ransone who starred in The Wire has died at the age of 46, officials have confirmed. The star was found dead at a property in Los Angeles on Friday. His cause of death has been determined as suicide, according to the LA County Medical Examiner. Ransone leaves behind his wife Jamie McPhee and two children.…

THE Kansas City Chiefs have lost another quarterback. Backup quarterback Gardner Minshew exited Sunday’s game early with an apparent knee injury. Minshew served as the backup to Patrick Mahomes and was thrust into starting duties after Mahomes tore his ACL. However, it is now feared that Minshew now tore his ACL as well after getting testing. According…

With India suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and Afghanistan planning to build a dam on the Kunar River, Pakistan has reason to be anxious, say NUS’ Dr Amit Ranjan and Pacific Forum’s Genevieve Donnellon-May. Water has long been a critical dimension of Afghanistan–Pakistan relations. But against the backdrop of deteriorating political ties, water is emerging as a…

Japan’s top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Monday authorities will take “appropriate” action against excessive exchange-rate moves, warning of the chance of intervention after last week’s central bank meeting that caused renewed yen declines. “The recent ‌foreign exchange moves were one-sided and ‌sharp, and I’m concerned about them,” he told reporters. “We’ll take appropriate actions against…

Paul King is set to direct and produce after Sony acquired film rights for Chinese brand owner Pop Mart’s popular collectible toys. Paddington and Wonka director Paul King will be helming a new Labubu film about the popular collectible plush toys that originated in Hong Kong. King is set to direct and produce the film with Department…

A new study has shown that prompts in the form of poems confuse AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude — to the point where sometimes, security mechanisms don’t kick in. Are poets the new hackers? The result came as a surprise to researchers at the Icaro Lab in Italy. They set out to examine whether different…

Jewish leaders have called for a royal commission, the most powerful type of Australian government inquiry, to be set up to investigate the attack at Bondi. Australia’s New South Wales state parliament was recalled on Monday (Dec 22) to ⁠vote on proposed new laws that would impose major curbs on firearm ownership, ban the display of terror…

The German government said hundreds of people turned away at the border later applied for asylum. Meanwhile, Berlin’s mayor is warning New Year’s Eve’s trouble makers. Most German retailers disappointed by Christmas sales so far Sales in Germany over the Christmas period this year have been disappointing, according to a survey by the HDE German Trade Association.…

Witkoff also says talks with Russia were ‘productive’ US special envoy Steve Witkoff also posted on X regarding talks in Miami with Russia’s Kirill Dmitriev. Over the last two days in Florida, the Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev held productive and constructive meetings with the American delegation to advance President Trump’s peace plan on Ukraine. The American…

When it comes to marketing his movies, no actor in Hollywood is working harder than Timothée Chalamet. For his new movie “Marty Supreme,” which opens nationwide Christmas Day and is already playing in New York City and Los Angeles, Chalamet’s gone global — traveling to merch events and appearing on “The Tonight Show” with a squad of…

Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s loved ones were photographed gathering at his sister Annie’s home on Sunday, one week after the couple’s tragic deaths. Rob’s younger brother Lucas was spotted wearing black pants, a blue button-up shirt and a black jacket. Other guests carried boxes of what appeared to be food to the gathering held at…

It was a Sunday afternoon in April 1996 when a lone gunman armed with semi-automatic rifles killed 35 people in the Australian tourist town of Port Arthur. The massacre almost 30 years ago, which ushered in some of the strictest gun laws in the world, feels like a bygone age for many Australians. But the Bondi Beach…

Reporters ask world leaders questions all the time. No big deal. Right? But what’s it like putting a question to Vladimir Putin – the president who ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the leader whose country was accused this week by the head of MI6 of “the export of chaos”? And imagine asking that question live on…

AI-generated influencers now look almost indistinguishable from humans, raising questions about credibility, jobs and the future of advertising. As brands explore their potential, audiences and experts warn that trust is still the key to winning over customers. When Spanish influencer Aitana Lopez posts a photo of herself stretching at the gym or strolling through the sun-washed streets…

The drugs could have been supplied to as many as 68.5 million users, according to Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department. An international drug syndicate was busted after Malaysian police seized over 18,000kg of drugs worth RM1.53b (US$375m), in one of the country’s biggest drug busts on record. Local media reported on Saturday (Jan 20) that a…

The United States joined Qatar, Egypt and Turkey on Saturday (Dec 20) in urging all parties to the Gaza ceasefire to uphold their commitments and exercise restraint, following talks in Miami aimed at stabilising the fragile truce. Top officials from the four countries met with US special envoy Steve Witkoff to review the first phase of the…

In the eastern city of Magdeburg, people are still grieving one year after an attack on the Christmas market killed six people. But residents are also trying to carry on despite the heightened security. Police officers — one toting a submachine gun — and security guards are grouped around the entrances to Magdeburg’s Christmas market. Occasionally, people…

President Donald Trump backed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman for New York governor Saturday, a day after Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) announced her stunning withdrawal from the race. “Bruce is MAGA all the way, and has been with me from the very beginning,” the president posted on his Truth Social account, in his first endorsement since the…

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, reportedly dined with Maria Shriver less than 48 hours before their gruesome murders. The trio is said to have dined at Brentwood, Los Angeles, eatery Amici on Dec. 12, according to restaurant owner Tancredi DeLuca. “They were very good people, always very approachable and so very kind to the…

In moments when she is alone, when there is a break in the beatings from her husband, the girl cries for the school that was once her place of peace in a world that has otherwise offered her none. Ever since the military in her homeland of Myanmar killed her father in 2017, forcing her to flee…

Recent changes to the H-1B visa vetting process have left many Indian workers stranded in India after their visa appointments were suddenly cancelled or delayed by several months. Indian H-1B visa holders who travelled back to India to renew their work permits in America are reportedly stranded in the country after their appointments were abruptly cancelled by…

While the interim Bangladesh administration frames the unrest as a spontaneous eruption of grief, ground intelligence suggests a far more calculated design The escalating turmoil in Bangladesh following the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi is being viewed by top intelligence sources as a meticulously timed and premeditated pivot towards a hardline anti-India stance. While the…

DAVID and Victoria Beckham no longer follow son Brooklyn on Instagram — a new twist to the family’s feud in the run-up to Christmas. It is the most public sign to date that the ex-England footballer and his wife are not in direct contact with their eldest son or his missus Nicola Peltz. It comes after other…

Israeli officials believe Iran is expanding its ballistic missile program. They are preparing to make the case during an upcoming meeting with Trump that it poses a new threat. Israeli officials have grown increasingly concerned that Iran is expanding production of its ballistic missile program, which was damaged by Israeli military strikes earlier this year, and are…

President Donald Trump likes to use a big number to anchor his point, especially when he wanders off on a tangent. Often it seems that a specific figure is on the tip of his tongue. At this year’s ceremonial turkey pardon, Trump praised a farmer from Wayne County, North Carolina, for raising two “record-setting” birds, but then…

Hadi’s elder brother, Abu Bakar, led the janaza prayers. Immediately afterward, the body was escorted under tight security to the Dhaka University campus, where burial preparations had been completed overnight. The grave was dug beside the mausoleum of Bangladesh’s national poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam. Hundreds of thousands of mourners poured into central Dhaka on Saturday to bid…

A quarter of a century ago, Claudio Neves Valente was briefly enrolled as a promising young doctoral student in the physics department at Brown University before dropping out of the school in Rhode Island. On Friday, police were still trying to figure out why Valente returned to the Ivy League school nearly a week ago, armed with…

Ukraine thanked the European Union on Friday for deciding to provide it with 90 billion euros ($105.46 billion) of support over the next two years – even if the bloc failed to agree on an ambitious plan to finance it using frozen Russian assets. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the EU had backed away from the plan…

U.S. President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government’s Medicaid program and for cash payers, in his latest bid to align U.S. costs with those in other wealthy nations. Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY.N), Gilead Sciences (GILD.O), Merck (MRK.N), and Roche’s (ROG.S), U.S.…

NASCAR legend Greg Biffle’s private plane was in the air for just seven minutes and was “incredibly close” to making a safe emergency landing before it suddenly burst into flames — killing all seven on board, experts said. Biffle, his family and three others all died when the Cessna C550 jet they were on experienced engine problems…

Indian-origin US diplomat Mahvash Siddiqui, writing for an anti-immigration think tank, alleged that the H-1B visa programme has turned into a de facto immigration shortcut dominated by India. She claimed that unqualified Indian applicants use fraud and bribery to enter the US, even as she urged the US to pause the visa programme pending a full audit.…

Hours before the fatal attack on anti-India leader Sharif Osman Hadi, the alleged shooter, Faisal Karim, told his girlfriend that “something was coming that would shake the entire country”. The warning proved eerily true as Bangladesh is now reeling from violence ahead of crucial February 2026 elections. Violence and chaos gripped Bangladesh on Thursday night. Nationwide protests…

KHLOÉ Kardashian has dropped some hot tea about changes to the family’s infamous Christmas Eve Party. The Good American co-founder spoke on her podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land, that the venue for the lavish affair might move, but the budget won’t. “We all equally split the cost of the party,” Khloé said in the podcast. “Because it’s…

OVER 600,000 Americans coast-to-coast are without power, causing flight cancellations and dangerous conditions. Powerful wind gusts and storms have knocked the power out in several states across the northern half of the US. US Power Outage Map Hundreds of thousands of Americans are without power as storms batter the US. Colorado and Pennsylvania were hit the hardest,…

FORMER president Bill Clinton can be seen cozying up to infamous sex predator Jeffrey Epstein in multiple pictures in the newly-released files – and appears alongside several unidentified women. The Department of Justice finally released the first tranche of long-sealed federal records on Epstein in four data sets at 4pm ET on Friday. The partial dump forces…

Pakistan says it has seen “abrupt variations” of water in the Chenab River that threaten Pakistan’s safety and well-being. This comes 10 months after India unilaterally withdrew from a treaty covering shared water use. Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday accused India of “weaponizing water” by manipulating the flow of water into his country. Dar…

Authorities said the alleged perpetrator died by suicide to escape arrest. The attack involved smoke grenades and a knife in multiple locations. At least three people were killed and five injured in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, in attacks at two metro stations on Friday. The perpetrator, a man said to be in his twenties, was initially thought…

Global data-center dealmaking surged to a record high through November this year, driven by an insatiable demand for computing infrastructure to meet the boom in artificial intelligence usage. Data from S&P Global Market Intelligence showed that there were more than 100 data center transactions ‌during the period, with the total value ‌sitting just under $61 billion. WHY…

The court ordered safeguards on adult products but rejected a full suspension, prompting the government to appeal. The French government said it would appeal a Paris court ruling on Friday (Dec 19) that rejected a three-month suspension of Shein, as it attempts to crack down on the Chinese online platform after uproar over childlike sex dolls sold…

US President Donald Trump left open the possibility of war with Venezuela, as his top diplomat Marco Rubio vowed Friday (Dec 19) to enforce a blockade on the country’s oil wealth. Asked in an interview with NBC News conducted Thursday about a war with Venezuela, Trump said, “I don’t rule it out, no.” Trump declined to say…

Tourists in Italy’s capital Rome will soon have to pay a €2 (£1.75; $2.34) entrance fee if they want to see its famed Trevi Fountain up close. The new barrier for visitors to view the Baroque monument will come into force from 1 February 2026. While the coins tossed into the fountain are donated to charity, the…

When a gunman murdered 35 people in Tasmania in 1996, Australia’s political leaders united to implement some of the West’s toughest gun laws. Nearly three decades later, after 15 people were killed at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, consensus is more elusive. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s call for tighter gun controls is meeting resistance from ascendant…

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moved on Thursday to cut children’s access to gender-affirming care, marking one of the Trump administration’s most sweeping restrictions yet on transgender healthcare. Kennedy proposed rules barring hospitals that deliver such care from Medicare and Medicaid programs and prohibiting Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program…

Saudi Arabia alone has deported 24,000 Pakistanis over allegations of begging, while the UAE has imposed visa restrictions on most Pakistani citizens, citing concerns that some were “getting involved in criminal activities” after arriving in the country. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have tightened scrutiny on Pakistani nationals amid growing concerns over organised begging and…

A geo-intelligence and OSINT expert Damien Symon has shared a new satellite photo suggesting that Pakistan is still repairing its military establishments, even 8 months after Operation Sindoor. Almost 8 months after India bombed multiple air bases in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, it seems that the neighbour is still struggling to…

Kristin Cabot said she had acted inappropriately after drinking “a couple of High Noons” and acknowledged that the moment had lasting consequences. Kristin Cabot, the human resources executive who went viral after being caught in a kiss-cam moment with her then-boss Andy Byron at a Coldplay concert, has spoken publicly for the first time, describing the incident…

Mynita S. was hospitalised for weeks after a brown recluse spider bite triggered sudden, life-threatening symptoms. She lost mobility, suffered dangerously high heart rate, low oxygen and haemoglobin levels, and required intubation. Even after discharge, her skin continued peeling weeks later, highlighting the severe and lasting effects of the venom A woman’s frightening encounter with a venomous…

Popular protests and a corruption investigation have prompted Jared Kushner’s company to withdraw from a prestige construction project in the heart of Belgrade. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is furious. Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, has long been accused of exercising total control over the Western Balkan country. Now, he has declared that he will personally file criminal charges…

TikTok agreed to sell its US business to a new American-controlled venture involving Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX, reducing ByteDance’s stake after years of US national-security pressure over Chinese ownership. TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US business to a joint venture controlled by American investors, including Oracle, Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi-based MGX, allowing…

A FRESH batch of Jeffrey Epstein pictures has been released – with never-before-seen snaps showing eerie passages from Lolita scribbled on a girl’s chest and the convicted sex offender getting a massage. The 68 new images – again featuring several high-profile figures – come one day before a huge collection of Epstein files is set to be…

PETE Davidson has welcomed his first child with his girlfriend, Elsie Hewitt, and shared the baby’s gender and special name. Elsie revealed the happy news on Instagram on Thursday. The model shared photos capturing the moments after the little one’s arrival, including the pair bonding with the newborn. She announced in her caption that they welcomed their…

NASCAR icon Greg Biffle, who earned over $30 million as a champion racer and later became a hero rescue pilot in semi-retirement, died in a tragic plane crash on Thursday in North Carolina. His family was also on board the small private jet when it crashed shortly after takeoff en route to Sarasota, Florida, after reportedly suffering…

US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Dec 18) confirmed that he wants to send astronauts back to the Moon as soon as possible, putting eventual Mars missions on the back burner. In an executive order on his space policy, Trump said he wanted to get Americans to the Moon by 2028, under NASA’s Artemis programme launched during…

Talk about a royal pain. Prince Harry hurt his hand while playing in Thursday’s St. Regis World Snow Polo Championship in Aspen, Colorado, a source tells Page Six. But we hear the Duke of Sussex soldiered on. A witness tells us that the Prince’s hand accidentally got “clipped” when a son of famed polo player Nacho Figueras…

Singapore’s position as an air cargo hub makes it a critical transit point in the illegal rhino horn trade from South Africa to Southeast Asia. When Singapore customs officers investigated a suspicious shipment of furniture fittings at Changi Airport last month, a pungent smell led them to something far more sinister. Inside the cargo from South Africa…

The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance a $901 billion bill setting policy for the Pentagon, sending the massive piece of legislation to the White House, which has said President Donald Trump will sign it into law. The fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, is a compromise between separate measures passed earlier this…

In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and weapons central to Western military dominance, Reuters has learned. Completed in early 2025 and now undergoing testing, the prototype fills nearly an…

Rawalpindi police registered an Anti-Terrorism Act FIR against Imran Khan’s sisters Aleema Khan and Noreen Niazi, PTI leaders Salman Akram Raja, Naeem Panjotha and others for Tuesday’s protest outside Adiala Jail after denied meetings with the jailed PTI chief. Pakistan police on Wednesday registered a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act against the sisters of former prime minister…

Formula 1 has revealed the terminology the sport will use to refer to the technical complexities of the new 2026 rules. F1 is introducing arguably the biggest regulation change in its history next season, with new chassis and engine rules, and the mandating of sustainable fuels. The new engines, which remain 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrids, have significantly…

For years, scientists have warned that bird flu – better known as H5N1 – could one day make the dangerous leap from birds to humans and trigger a global health crisis. Avian flu – a type of influenza – is entrenched across South and South-East Asia and has occasionally infected humans since emerging in China in the…

Dan Bongino has said he will leave his role as the FBI’s deputy director in January. In a post on X, he thanked President Donald Trump, as well as the director of the FBI and the attorney general “for the opportunity to serve with purpose”. It comes after Trump said earlier on Wednesday that the former podcast…

On a recent winter morning in Panna, a diamond mining region in central India, two childhood friends made a discovery that they think could change their lives forever. Satish Khatik and Sajid Mohammed stumbled upon a large, glistening rock on a plot of land they had leased just weeks earlier. When they took the stone to the…

ICONIC filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer died from multiple sharp force injuries, a medical examiner has confirmed after it was reported that their throats were slashed while in bed. The couple’s son Nick Reiner stands accused of brutally stabbing them to death in their lavish, multi-million-dollar home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles…

The Pakistan-Afghanistan crisis and border closures are reshaping regional trade. India is capitalizing on the conflict by deepening economic ties and strategic engagement with Kabul. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have hit a historic low in recent months, after deadly cross-border clashes that left dozens of people killed. Important trade routes like Torkham and Chaman have since…

The Bundestag budget committee has signed off on more than €50 billion in military purchases. The Cabinet is proposing tighter rules for welfare recipients. Police investigate after neo-Nazi music played at Christmas market A 40-year-old is being investigated for having allegedly played banned neo-Nazi music at a Christmas market in Otterndorf, northern Germany. According to reports, tracks…

The Warner Bros. board informed its shareholders that the Paramount offer is “inferior” to the one from Netflix. Warner Bros. Discovery recommended on Wednesday that its shareholders reject Paramount’s offer to buy the company and instead accept Netflix’s offer. According to Warner Bros., a Netflix takeover would better serve both the company’s interests and its audiences. In…

Despite a public push by ICA, many travellers at land checkpoints still rely on passports instead of QR codes to clear immigration. As Singapore continues to automate immigration clearance at land checkpoints, efforts to get travellers to adopt QR code clearance have seen mixed results – with many still relying on their physical passports. QR code clearance…

Prince Harry is hitting the polo field in Aspen, Colo. ahead of his future holiday plans with Meghan Markle and their family. Photos showed the Duke of Sussex, 41, playing a friendly game of polo with pals on Wednesday in what appears to be a sporty break for the royal. He appeared lively as he showed off…

U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s government, targeting its main source of income. It is unclear how Trump will impose the move against the sanctioned vessels, and whether he will turn to the Coast Guard…

Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD.O), board could announce a decision as early as Wednesday on Paramount Skydance’s (PSKY.O), $108.4 billion takeover bid, with the board likely to advise shareholders to vote against the offer, according to sources familiar with the matter. The decision to recommit to Netflix’s (NFLX.O), buyout offer would mark the latest twist in the race…

Pakistan’s most powerful military chief in decades faces the toughest test of his newly amassed powers as Washington pushes Islamabad to contribute troops to the Gaza stabilisation force, a move analysts say could spark domestic backlash. Field Marshal Asim Munir is expected to fly to Washington to meet President Donald Trump in the coming weeks for a…