Rumours invariably become one of the main sources of public unrest. The line between news and speculation can become blurred quickly, and social media can aid in the quick spread of false narratives. ...
📋 Key Facts ✓ President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to Greenland. ✓ The appointment was ma...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Under President Trump, the SEC has backed down from nearly all its fights with crypto firms. ✓ The biggest lawsuits and i...
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters China's military is conducting massive war games all around Taiwan. The e...
Business Insider wants to hear about your healthcare experience. Frazao Studio Latino/Getty Images The cost of health insurance is rising in 2026 and crucial funding for hospitals is dwindling. US pol...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Finnish government released a Truth and Reconciliation report documenting harms to the Sámi people. ✓ Climate change,...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The 'big beautiful' budget bill created a $2,000 above-the-line deduction on charitable donations. ✓ This deducti...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Monday's papers include a warning from the government's social mobility commissioner ✓ Sir Keir lacks a clear str...
Malaysia’s anti-corruption agency is pushing deeper into one of the country’s most opaque corners, the defence procurement system, in a widening investigation into allegations of cartel-like tender fi...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectly fine" with California's proposed billionaire wealth tax. Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he is "perfectl...
Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions on the war and the economy during his annual televised phone-in event. Contributor/Getty Images Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026...
Some celebrities like Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes and Natasha Lyonne donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on January 11 in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed in her car by an Immigratio...
Ukraine staged the death of an anti-Kremlin Russian fighter to prevent his killing ordered by Moscow’s special forces, Ukrainian military intelligence announced on Thursday. Denis Kapustin, leader of ...
Seoul has been putting its weight behind lowering the temperature on stalled US-North Korea denuclearisation talks. The issue remains fraught with tension: Washington has grown increasingly sceptical ...
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A novel approach by South Korea to stop its rural areas from dying by paying people to live there appears to be working. Okcheon in North Chungcheong province saw its population grow by almost 1,000 i...
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Venezuela underwent major economic and social changes in the mid-20th century. Jack Manning/Getty Images Venezuela, home to the world's largest oil reserves, was once among the world's richest nations...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Federal Communications Commission banned new foreign-made drones from import into the US unless recommended by the Department of Defense or D...
In tonight's edition, South Africa forces an emergency UN session to slam the US military's toppling of Venezuala's leader Nicolas Maduro. Also, Somalia's furious over the Israeli foreign minister's v...