Two top Senate Democrats have called for an investigation into Elon Musk’s reported contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top aides. The lawmakers have urged the Pentagon and…
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South Africa: Miners holed up in abandoned shaft ‘starving’
Miners at an abandoned South African mining shaft are starving due to police limiting supplies to force out the hundreds of people believed to be stuck underground, according to a…
UK: Court the holds fate of billions in North Sea oil deals
Seven advocates squeezed into the front row of courtroom number one where environmental campaigners are challenging the government’s approval of the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields. Behind them, a further three…
USA: Hacker sentenced over Bitcoin heist worth billions
A hacker has been sentenced to five years in a US prison for laundering the proceeds of one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts. Ilya Lichtenstein pleaded guilty last year…
USA: X users jump to Bluesky
You may have seen the word “Bluesky” popping up on your social media pages recently and wondered what people are talking about. It is an alternative platform to Elon Musk’s…
India: Students write off Canada as Ottawa, New Delhi butt heads
For the past several years, Manpreet Singh has been dreaming of going abroad for higher studies.The 22-year-old Sikh, a resident of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh state, chose Canada as his…
South Africa: Volunteers enter abandoned gold mine to rescue trapped miners
Dozens of volunteers have entered an abandoned gold mine in South Africa to help what could be thousands of illegal miners who have been underground for a month. Because the…
Peru: China megaport opens up Latin America as wary US looks on
As the world waits to see how the return of Donald Trump will reshape relations between Washington and Beijing, China has just taken decisive action to entrench its position in…
USA: Amazon launches Haul, Temu and Shein rival with very low prices
Amazon has launched a new outlet called Haul which caps the price of products on sale at $20 (£15.79), in an effort to take on low-cost retailers Temu and Shein.…
USA: Bluesky adds 1 million users after US election as users ditch X
Social media platform Bluesky has gained more than one million new users since the US presidential election, benefitting from an exodus of people unhappy with the direction of X under billionaire…