A conflict that began with tanks and then artillery is now pivoting around a new generation of drones focused on military, industrial, economic and civilian targets Finally, in the dead of night, the threat above has passed. The rain has eased and the Ukrainian drones are ready, prepared by a ...
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‘My first screen kiss was in a cowshed!’ Lesley Manville on her greatest roles – and why sex scenes for over-50s are booming‘My first screen kiss was in a cowshed!’ Lesley Manville on her greatest roles – and why sex scenes for over-50s are booming
In the last 15 years, she has gone from respected actor to stratospheric, garlanded star. Now she is back on TV as a chic sleuth in a racy car – despite being terrible at guessing whodunnit It is high summer and, while Lesley Manville may be suffering a bit with ...
US 10-year Treasury yield hits 19-year high on strong manufacturing dataUS 10-year Treasury yield hits 19-year high on strong manufacturing data
The US 10-year Treasury yield surged to a new 19-year high Wednesday, as more hot economic readings boosted expectations of further interest rate increases. The latest manufacturing data underscored the boom in US business activity and showed the “greatest recorded [increase] since early 2015,” an economist said, noting that input ...
Xi to project strength in US amid economic woes at homeXi to project strength in US amid economic woes at home
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to bargain from a position of strength in his meeting with US President Donald Trump this week, even as Beijing battles mounting economic headwinds at home. As youth unemployment hovers near 20%, many graduates are now “pretending to go to work,” clogging up public ...
Chinese CEOs unlikely to attend Trump-Xi summitChinese CEOs unlikely to attend Trump-Xi summit
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington on Wednesday, but likely without a coterie of corporate leaders, dimming already-low expectations of potential business deals between the superpowers. Earlier reports suggested Xi could be accompanied by BYD and CATL executives among others, but US officials were reportedly reluctant ...
Iran’s president says the country won’t ‘bow’ to the USIran’s president says the country won’t ‘bow’ to the US
Iran’s president said Wednesday that he was open to talks to end the war, but warned that Tehran wouldn’t surrender its nuclear program or “bow” to the US. His defiant UN speech came after US President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran. The rhetoric doesn’t bode well for Trump, whose ...
US considers 90-day diesel export ban amid fuel crunchUS considers 90-day diesel export ban amid fuel crunch
The US is reportedly preparing a plan to ban diesel exports for 90 days, as the White House mulls acting on record-high fuel prices over the objections of several cabinet members. The Treasury secretary has privately lobbied against the idea, according to Politico, while the energy secretary said that such ...
Not set in stone: teachers are defying mandates to display the Ten Commandments in classroomsNot set in stone: teachers are defying mandates to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms
Some educators are pushing back in class and in court against the display of the religious code in public schools When history teacher Chris Dier sued Louisiana two years ago for mandating that the Ten Commandments be displayed in classrooms, he said it was not about taking a stand against ...
‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI
A feature called AI Overviews has been a profound change, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but ...
FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking UnitFBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The catastrophic hack of at least thousands of FBI officials’ personal data, including their addresses, phone numbers, and even their spouses, includes members of the FBI’s secretive hacking team, potentially revealing who exactly is in that unit, 404 Media has found. The findings further highlight how sensitive the stolen data ...