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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at the start of a Cabinet meeting to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, at Downing Street in London, Feb. 24, 2026.Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesYields on U.K. government bonds surged to multi-decade highs on Tuesday morning, as pressure mounted on Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign from his post. By 8:41 a.m. in London, the yield on the benchmark 10-year gilt had jumped 10 basis points to trade at around 5.103%. Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions. Meanwhile, yields at the long…
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAs South Korea’s and Taiwan’s benchmark indexes surged to record highs this year — powered by Asia’s trillion-dollar titans — it has raised concerns that their rallies are becoming dangerously dependent on a handful of artificial intelligence winners. South Korea’s Kospi index has surged more than 80% this year, hitting one fresh high after another, while Taiwan’s Taiex has also repeatedly posted new records as investors piled into the…
EU targets social media to protect children, von der Leyen says Source link
About a year ago, I was in my parents’ living room, where a new TV sat in its box, waiting to be set up. My sister-in-law pointed to a woman on the packaging and said, “Oh, that’s Dua Lipa!” I barely know who she is, so I didn’t think it was unusual for the singer to be featured on the box. But at least one person thinks it’s a big deal: Lipa herself. On Friday, Lipa filed a lawsuit against Samsung for using her image on some of its TV boxes, alleging that its use constitutes copyright infringement, trademark infringement,…
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, issues a statement regarding the Manchester Synagogue attack, at Downing Street on October 2, 2025 in London, England.Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesHello, this is Katie Foley writing to you from London, where Downing Street is dominating the agenda.U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a crunch cabinet meeting this morning. His premiership seemingly rests on a knife-edge after a day of intrigue of the kind that British politics seems to have perfected in recent years.What you need to know todayBritish Cabinet ministers – reportedly including Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood – have told Keir…
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Apple has released version 26.5 of all of its operating systems today: iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and version 26.5 of the HomePod software (whew). None of these are particularly momentous updates, which is pretty normal this late in their lifecycle, but they add a small batch of new features alongside the pile of patches outlined on Apple’s security vulnerabilities page. This is Apple’s first release to support end-to-end encryption for the RCS messaging standard, for example, which, when enabled, can give green-bubble messages some of the same security and privacy advantages that…
Hi, this is Evelyn, writing to you from Beijing. Welcome to the latest edition of The China Connection — a succinct snapshot of what I’m seeing and hearing from local businesses.Students and businesses alike are embracing AI in China, while the U.S. worries more about the negative impact. Will that encourage cooperation on AI safety when U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping meet? The big storyA robotic voice warned me (and others) at a Hangzhou street intersection that a scooter driver didn’t have a helmet on — even though I saw the rider wearing one.Regardless, the…
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In a letter to Congress last month, more than 120 organizations advocating against rushed data center developments warned lawmakers that it’s not enough to focus legislation on addressing spiking electricity bills. “Water use is equally alarming,” among other harms, groups said. “In drought-prone regions,” groups explained, data centers consuming up to 5 million gallons a day strain “drinking water supplies, agriculture, and ecosystems.” Meanwhile, closed-loop systems “require the use of toxic chemicals that, if not properly disposed of, can eventually flow and pollute water ways.” To avoid disastrous consequences for the country’s water supply, groups recommended that Congress pass laws…