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The final flight and complex legacy of a pioneering solar-powered aircraft.

Venturella will helm the immigration enforcement agency after previously serving in an executive role at GEO Group.

Soaring costs for fuel due to the Iran war are leading consumers in hard-hit Asia toward rooftop solar power, a likely windfall for China as the world's largest provider of solar technology. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks with Maria-Eugenia Sanin, Economics Professor at Université Paris-Est Créteil, about reliance on China for renewables. She says that countries "don't need to be independent in the whole value chain".

Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their workspace as the company pushes deeper into agentic productivity software.

With Mexico under pressure from Trump to tackle drug trafficking groups, analysts say ‘it’s the most tense situation since the 1980s’Relations between Mexico and the United States are being pushed to breaking point amid accusations by Washington that Mexican officials have been “in bed for years” with drug traffickers, and reports of CIA agents freely operating south of the border.“There are many who are betting on the defeat and failure of the Mexican government,” said Claudia

In the ongoing fight for content and talent, YouTube is pitching itself as the connector between the creators and advertisers - and marketing its creators not just as the future of social media, but also of advertising, TV, streaming, and entertainment more broadly. At the company's annual advertiser event in New York on Wednesday, YouTube […]

More than a dozen executives from the world's largest companies have joined US President Donald Trump on a high-stakes visit to China. The business delegation points to an agenda dominated by trade, technology and rare earths. The minerals are the building block of many modern industries, and a source of economic leverage for Beijing. Also in the show: the US Senate approves Kevin Warsh to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve.

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Medicare has already paused hospice and home healthcare agency signups as potential fraud is investigatedUS politics live – latest updatesJD Vance has threatened to “turn off” federal funding for government

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of two Lebanese paramedics killed by an Israeli strike

Trade between the two countries has suffered since Trump came into office even as China's exports have hit new highs.

The victory marks the first time in three decades a Bahamian political party has noticed back-to-back election wins.

Top Microsoft executives testified in Musk v. Altman this week, spelling out concerns they had in the early days of the partnership with OpenAI.
Peacock is licensing micro dramas from ReelShort as Hollywood giants like Netflix, Disney, and Paramount embrace short-form video.

The US Senate on Wednesday confirmed Kevin Warsh – Trump's top pick – as the new Federal Reserve chair in the most partisan vote ever for the role. Warsh takes over as policymakers warn persistent price pressures could complicate President Donald Trump’s push for lower borrowing costs.

In interview with Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams says Republicans have raised the stakes beyond party linesFormer Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has slammed Republican-led states’ efforts to redraw their congressional maps to favor their party as “evil incarnate”.In an interview with the Guardian’s new podcast, Stateside with Kai and Carter, Abrams argued that what she said amounted to intentio

Louisiana governor suspends vote following Supreme Court ruling; critics say move sows confusion and violates law.

Trip by Israeli prime minister underscores how conflict has deepened relations between the two states

In a late-night social media blitz before his high-stakes China visit, Donald Trump unleashed a string of debunked conspiracy theories, AI-generated images and attacks on his political rivals. Posting 55 times in a span of 3 hours, Trump tore into former President Barack Obama, accusing him - without evidence - of treason and espionage during Trump’s 2016 election campaign. He also revived falsehoods that the election was “stolen” from him in 2020, and attacked the New York Times.
Huge crowds gathered in Tehran’s Revolution Square to celebrate and send off Iran’s national football team.

Instagram’s Instants app lets you send disappearing photos—and it’s probably where your horny friends will post spicy pics.

Trump administration's visa bond programme had raised concerns about soaring costs for World Cup travellers to US.
Nicknamed the "flying Oval Office," modern Air Force One planes are equipped with everything the president might need.