Students in Asia extend lead over a flagging US as AI reshapes education
High-school students across Asia are pulling ahead of their Western peers, an annual global assessment indicates, as artificial intelligence spurs a w…
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North Korea has built a new uranium enrichment facility, UN’s nuclear watchdog says
North Korea has built a new uranium enrichment facility at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex that could house up to 28 centrifuge cascades, and starte…
Ukraine’s battlefield optimism is ebbing as Russia threatens its ‘fortress belt’
Iryna Rybakova is horribly aware that the front line is inching toward Kramatorsk. Having served in eastern Ukraine for several years, she has watched…
Massive disruption hits UK airports after air traffic control issue
Major disruption was expected to continue at British airports on Wednesday –– including Heathrow, one of Europe’s busiest hubs –– after an h…
Scores wounded as Iran-backed Houthis attack Saudi Arabia, military says
Saudi Arabia is vowing a resolute response to a wave of attacks from Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels early Tuesday that it said wounded at least 7…
At least 11 killed after avalanche hits climbers in Russia’s North Caucasus
At least 11 people were killed and six others injured after an avalanche struck a group of climbers in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria region in t…
Russia pounds Kyiv one day after visit by Witkoff and Kushner
Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Tuesday morning, one day after US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited th…
Witkoff confident of ‘good resolution’ after Kyiv meeting, as US pushes for trilateral talks with Russia
US envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner pushed for a return to trilateral talks between the US, Russia and Ukra…
Germany’s far-right AfD win historic victory, but fall short of majority in Saxony-Anhalt
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has secured a historic victory in the eastern region of Saxony-Anhalt, the closest a far-right party has co…
Cubans are coming up with creative ways to generate power when their island has almost none left
The US oil blockade is forcing Cubans to think outside the box for tasks that usually require electricity. Farmers pasteurize milk over charcoal fires…
