US President Donald Trump urged Iran on Wednesday to come to the table and make a deal on nuclear weapons or the next US attack would be far worse. “Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal – NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS – one that is good for all […]
Continue ReadingAmazon has told staff it plans to cut around 16,000 jobs globally as part of efforts to streamline its operations. It is the latest major round of lay-offs at the retail technology giant, coming only three months after it axed around 14,000 jobs. It is understood that the majority of jobs impacted by the latest […]
Continue ReadingA two-year-old snooker prodigy has secured multiple Guinness World Records by becoming the youngest person to perform two trick shots. Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully executed a pool bank shot at two years and 302 days old on October 12th, 2025. Just weeks earlier, at two years and 261 days old, he completed a snooker […]
Continue ReadingKeir Starmer will travel to China on Tuesday for the first British prime ministerial visit to the country in eight years, Downing Street has confirmed. The UK prime minister will also fly to Japan this week, No 10 said. The visit marks a significant moment in Mr Starmer’s bid to build bridges with Beijing after […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot faces an investigation by the European Commission into whether it disseminates illegal content such as manipulated sexualised images in the EU. The Commission, which acts as the European Union’s executive, said on Monday that its investigation will examine whether X properly assessed and mitigated risks related to Grok’s functionalities in […]
Continue ReadingAn explosion and fire at a biscuit factory in central Greece has killed at least four workers and left one person unaccounted for, authorities said. Seven others, including a firefighter, were taken to hospital after the blast at the Violanta biscuit factory near the city of Trikala, about 200 miles north of Athens. The blast […]
Continue ReadingFrench President Emmanuel Macron has said he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force at the start of the next school year in September. In a video released by French broadcaster BFM-TV, Mr Macron said he […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbour goes ahead with its trade deal with China. Mr Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian prime minister Mark Carney “thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for […]
Continue ReadingRussian attacks on Ukraine have killed at least one person and injured 23 others overnight, as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States prepare to meet in Abu Dhabi for a second day of talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion. One person was killed and four others were wounded in Russian drone attacks […]
Continue ReadingA reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant that restarted for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster is now being shut down again because of a glitch that occurred hours after the unit’s resumption, its operator said. The No 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in north-central Japan reactivated on Wednesday night […]
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