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US vice-president JD Vance arrives in Hungary today as ally Viktor Orbán trails in the polls ahead of this weekend’s election ...

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Donald Trump warned Iran that it could be “taken out in one night”, escalating his threats against Tehran as he demanded it ...

A new infrastructure is being built rapidly to avoid the strategic chokepoint and ensure global energy and food security ...

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Kyle Kosic joins Project Prometheus, the secretive start-up working on systems that can understand the physical world ...

The former Brazilian president’s eldest son, Flávio, has emerged as a strong candidate ...

The British government is weighing a plan to conduct standardised testing of the general purpose AI models used by all UK lenders after the Bank of England warned them over their evaluation practices ...

China is pushing to host a global ocean protection body, aiming to capitalise on the US’s retreat from leadership on ...

UK pubs and restaurants say they could be forced to cut staff and reduce trading hours, as higher energy prices add to a barrage of rising costs facing the sector. “The hospitality industry’s reserves ...