The military alliance also agreed to raise its common funding budget to “up to EUR 6.5 billion” for next year, and signed off on its investment priorities for the next five years. For 2026, allies had agreed on a budget of €5.3 billion. Countries have held negotiations for months on the revamp of the alliance’s […]
Continue ReadingFederal agencies have committed more than $5 billion to an Energy Department-led effort to use artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific research, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios announced Wednesday. The funding marks one of the clearest signs yet of the Trump administration’s effort to reshape federal science spending, steering research dollars toward […]
Continue ReadingJuly 22, 2026, 7:10 p.mJuly 22, 2026, 7:10 p.m Investigators found almost four tons of the “snow” packed in boxes.Image: Liberia National Police Investigators in Liberia, West Africa, seized 3.9 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $370 million in a raid. It is by far the largest drug discovery in the coastal country in recent […]
Continue ReadingFrench officials have been tested for drugs for a few weeks (symbolic image).Image: imago July 22, 2026, 3:26 p.mJuly 22, 2026, 3:26 p.m French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu caused a stir a few weeks ago with the announcement of drug tests for government officials and employees in ministries – now the first layoffs have occurred. […]
Continue ReadingGermany’s environment ministry on Wednesday approved a French-Russian project to produce fuel rods used in Russian-designed reactors in the northwestern German town of Lingen. The joint venture project by a subsidiary of French company Framatome and Russia’s state-owned Rosatom sparked fears of Russian spying, but German authorities said they had “no legal possibility to reject” it.
Continue ReadingThe US and Saudi Arabia are expected to announce a deal that will allow the Gulf kingdom to develop a civilian nuclear programme, according to US media reports. An announcement is expected from US President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday, US officials were cited as saying. The agreement could be worth billions of dollars to […]
Continue ReadingChatGPT maker OpenAI has said that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the firm called an “unprecedented cyber incident”. “We had a significant security incident during evaluation of our models,” OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said in a statement posted on social media. AI start-up Hugging Face […]
Continue ReadingJapan has experienced its first “kokushobi”, or “cruelly hot day”, as temperatures in parts of the country climbed past 40C (104F). The term was introduced in April by the country’s weather agency to describe days when temperatures reach 40C, with the aim of more effectively warning the public about dangerous heat. On Tuesday, temperatures in […]
Continue ReadingSouth Korean prosecutors sought a one-year jail term for the owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant accused of using ants as a dessert garnish, local media reported. Ants are not among the 10 insect species approved for human consumption under the country’s laws. The approved list includes grasshoppers, locusts and two-spotted crickets, among others. Prosecutors on […]
Continue Reading“Why now? I have no answer on this question. I can’t see any reason for it,” said Bidnyi, a former bodybuilder. “Undermining the collective pressure that the international community has been building against the aggressor … it’s not a very honorable role for this organization.” The IOC said that the reversal did not represent any […]
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