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Spanish transport minister resigns days after deadly train crash. At least 69 people were killed and dozens injured in the collision south of the capital, Madrid. According to live international monitoring across UK, Eur...
First polls close in pivotal US midterm elections. With control of the US Congress on the line, results from Tuesday's races will have marked implications for the country. According to live international monitoring ...
Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg. <p>There is no end in sight for the drivers of illegal mining, while police action appears ineffective</p><p>Cora Bailey has bee...
Afghan Woman Is Among Dozens to Be Deported to Afghanistan. The Trump administration has arranged a flight to send dozens of Afghan immigrants back to Afghanistan, despite the risk of persecution by the Taliban. Accordin...
Midterm elections 2026 live updates: First polls close as House, Senate control hang in balance. Follow 2026 midterm elections live updates, including House and Senate races, Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Minnesota, and key r...
First polls close in high-stakes vote for control of US Congress. Republicans and Democrats in battle for Senate and House of Representatives. According to live international monitoring across UK, Europe, officials and a...
Spain transport minister offers resignation in wake of train accident. After two deadly train crashes this year, Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente has said he will step down. According to live international monitor...
Historian Timothy Snyder: Trump running US foreign policy 'as though he were an organized criminal'. As Americans head to the polls for the midterm elections, François Picard welcomes historian Timothy Snyder, professor ...
Anthropic is working on a system to prove AI models' identity. Called FlashProve, the system would let anyone check that an AI response really came from the model it claims to be from. According to live international mon...
Please stop asking me when the AI bubble will pop. People, including on this staff, keep asking me with varying degrees of excitement or trepidation when the AI bubble will burst. I'll tell you what I tell them: If I kne...
Ukraine’s drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers. Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires. According to live international monitoring across USA, offic...
The Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x Is Only $900 Right Now. Laptop prices keep going up, but this discount on the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 5x is one of the best deals I’ve seen in months. According to live international monitoring acr...
Trump says US close to trade deal with Canada, Carney says work remains. US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States was close to making a trade deal with Canada, but Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney...
Israel attorney general asks intel services to provide proof of poll fraud. Head of Shin Bet, David Zini, a close associate of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had requested to question the leaders of the Arab...
Trump’s DOJ sends monitors overwhelmingly to Democratic areas, expands Alaska probe. <p>The department announced it was sending 1,000 election monitors and observers to jurisdictions in all 50 states.</p>. According to l...
Breaking: Uber to pay $81m in payroll tax after High Court ruling. The High Court of Australia has determined rideshare company Uber is liable to pay payroll tax, in a decision likely to spark reaction from the broader g...
Japan faces diplomatic dilemma amid joint pressure from nuclear neighbors. As the Ukraine war grinds on, ties between Russia and neighboring Japan are at their worst in decades. Tokyo wants more support from Washington, ...
AP Voter Poll: The economy and the state of democracy are voters' top issues. About 4 in 10 U.S. voters nationally say the economy is the most important issue facing the country, as most express concern about gas prices ...
Cost of living and corruption are top issues for voters who are deeply unhappy with Trump: AP Voter Poll. Roughly half of U.S. voters say government corruption and the cost of living are ‘crucial’ to their vote for Congr...
Leading China Property Developer Reports Huge loss, in Sign of Widening Real-Estate Woes. Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Ac...
When Will We Know the Results of the Midterm Elections?. Election Day is underway, but it could be days, or even weeks, before it becomes clear which party will control Congress. According to live international monitorin...
Iran Strikes and Israel Aid Cuts Shake Up Election Day. Two last-minute foreign-policy developments could impact U.S. voters’ midterm decisions. According to live international monitoring across USA, Global, officials an...
Voters across the United States have headed to polling places in pivotal 2026 midterm elections that will decide the balance of power in both chambers of Congress. With numerous razor-thin races playing out across the co...
Former President Donald Trump declared on election day that the United States should terminate four billion dollars in scheduled annual foreign assistance to Israel. The unexpected announcement came during a series of pu...
