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American flags flutter outside a Hyundai automobile dealership in Irvine, California, U.S., March 27, 2025. Mike Blake | ReutersDETROIT — Hyundai Motor and General Motors are set to be two of the greatest beneficiaries of lower U.S. tariffs on imports, including vehicles, from South Korea.The South Korean-based automaker is the largest U.S. importer of new vehicles from the country, followed by GM. Both automakers have paid billions of dollars in levies so far this year after President Donald Trump placed 25% tariffs on imported vehicles from South Korea and other countries in the spring. The Trump administration this past week confirmed…
Just as industrialisation in the 19th century “split the world into a wealthy few and the impoverished”, the AI revolution could do the same.“Countries that invest in skills, computing power and sound governance systems will benefit, others risk being left far behind,” warned Philip Schellekens, Chief Economist for the UN Development Programme for the Asia and Pacific region. In a new report, the agency highlighted that women and young adults face the biggest threat from AI in the workplace, with wider improvements in health, education and income potentially falling by the wayside.Meanwhile, the technology juggernaut is expected to inject nearly $1 trillion…
According to the Myanmar Opium Survey 2025, poppy cultivation rose by 17 per cent over the past year, from 45,200 hectares in 2024 to 53,100 hectares in 2025 – reversing a brief dip and confirming a steady upward trend since 2020.A ‘critical moment’Opium derived from poppies is the naturally occurring primary active ingredient used in the production of heroin. The three main global sources of illegal opium are Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar.“Myanmar stands at a critical moment,” said Delphine Schantz, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for Southeast Asia and the Pacific.“This major expansion in…
The president has warned that the United States could soon expand its attacks from boats near the coast to targets inside Venezuela, but he has also spoken by phone to its leader. Source link
ReutersUkraine’s foreign minister accused Russia of spitting in the world’s face after the talks at the KremlinUkrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has accused Vladimir Putin of “wasting the world’s time”, a day after high-stakes talks between the US and Russia over ending the war in Ukraine failed to produce tangible results.”Russia must end the bloodshed it has started. If this doesn’t happen and Putin just spits into the world’s face once again, there must be consequences,” Sybiha said.Still, Sybiha added that the US delegation had told his colleagues that the talks had been of “positive significance for the peace process”…
There’s no denying it. It’s really December. Source link
Annalena Baerbock was speaking at an Assembly plenary meeting where countries debated a resolution that affirms the UN’s responsibility for the question of Palestine.“For 78 years the Palestinian people have been denied their inalienable rights – in particular, their right to self-determination,” she said. “Now, it is high time that we take decisive action to end this decades-long stalemate.”Gaza war, West Bank violenceMs. Baerbock said the atrocities committed by Hamas on 7 October 2023 “set off one of the darkest chapters in this conflict.”She described the immense devastation and suffering in Gaza after two years of war, with thousands killed, countless more injured, communities starving, civilian…
The sentencing of Ayachi Hammami, a prominent human rights lawyer, was the latest sign of Tunisia’s backsliding into authoritarianism, say rights groups. Source link
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Holiday travel is stressful enough with crowded airports, expensive flights and last-minute itinerary changes. But there’s a hidden part of the travel industry most people don’t know about: your personal data is being harvested, packaged and sold every time you book a flight, reserve a hotel room or check a travel app.Whether you’re traveling for a Christmas break or booking early for New Year’s, the companies you trust with your most sensitive details—full name, home address, passport info, travel dates and device data—are sharing and selling far more than you think.And during…
Coinciding with the anniversary of the collapse of the former regime, “things are improving,” Mohammad Al Nsour, Chief of the Middle East and North Africa Section at OHCHR told UN News.“Every time we go to Damascus, we can see the change.”OHCHR – blocked from operating inside Syria for many years – now has a team permanently deployed in Damascus. For Mr. Al Nsour, this marks a significant turning point after a long period of monitoring human rights conditions remotely from Beirut.“The former government denied access to OHCHR,” he recalled, speaking from Geneva. “We tried many times,” but now, “it is…
In a sign of China’s role in the city, officials have tried to stamp out calls for accountability over a catastrophe that killed at least 159 people. Source link
Australian teenagers under 16 are set to face a world-first social media ban from 10 December. The legislation has left tech platforms such as TikTok and Meta scrambling to figure out how to implement the ban to avoid fines of up to £25 million. The companies need to find ways to close existing accounts belonging to under-16s and stop new ones from being created as the legislation comes into effect.Australia’s eSafety Commissioner says the restrictions “aim to protect young Australians from pressures and risks that users can be exposed to while logged in to social media accounts”.”These come from design…
Israeli security forces raided the organisation’s offices in Ramallah and Hebron on 1 December, vandalising property and detaining staff. According to OHCHR, people present in the buildings were blindfolded, handcuffed and made to kneel or lie on the floor for several hours. Eight men were detained. The union (UAWC) is licensed under Palestinian law and has supported farmers and rural communities for decades – particularly those facing settler violence or the threat of forced displacement. The group is one of six Palestinian NGOs labelled “terrorist” by Israeli authorities in 2021 under legislation the UN says is overly broad and allows for sweeping, unjustified restrictions on civil society. The rights office stressed that Israel…
Israel had agreed to open the Rafah crossing as part of the October cease-fire deal with Hamas but kept it closed. Egypt denied that the border would reopen soon. Source link
President Trump referred to Somali immigrants as “garbage” during a White House meeting on Tuesday. Source link
French planemaker Airbus cut its delivery guidance early Wednesday after a series of issues related to its A320 aircraft.On Monday, reports emerged of a flaw said to affect dozens of A320-family aircraft. Airbus later said it had identified a quality issue regarding a “limited number” of metal panels, and that the source of the issue has been “identified and contained.” It came after the company ordered an immediate software fix for around 6,000 A320-series aircrafts on Friday, forcing a large chunk of it’s narrow-body fleet to be grounded, stranding travellers worldwide.The Paris-traded stock dropped on the news of the panel…
Diplomats from both countries joined a military-led committee overseeing a year-old truce as fears mounted of a renewed Israeli offensive against Hezbollah. Source link
The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region. Source link
What does the latest round of diplomacy on Ukraine tell us about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mood and intentions?For starters, that he’s not ready to sign a peace deal. At least, not right now.And certainly not the deal (or deals) on the table.”No compromise version has yet been found,” commented Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov after five hours of talks in Moscow involving Putin, US envoy Steve Witkoff, and Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner.No compromise is no real surprise, considering the Kremlin leader’s uncompromising comments in recent days. In various statements he has condemned the Ukrainian leadership…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Xpeng unveiled its Next Gen Iron humanoid recently, the robot glided across the stage with movement so fluid that the crowd froze. Many viewers thought they saw an actor in a suit. Clips spread online within hours, and people everywhere claimed the same thing: it looked too human to be a machine.The reaction spread fast, so Xpeng’s CEO He Xiaopeng returned to the stage one day later with a plan to settle the argument. He cut into Iron’s leg to show its internal machinery. It felt theatrical but also necessary to…
Three teenagers were killed when their car skidded off the road in southern France, went through a wall and crashed upside down in a private pool, trapping them inside. The vehicle was a similar size to the pool and the teenagers – aged 14, 15 and 19 – were unable to open the doors and drowned.The freak accident occurred in the town of Alès in the early hours of Wednesday. “It’s truly the height of horror,” said public prosecutor Abdelkrim Grini. “It wasn’t the impact of the accident that killed them. They found themselves upside down in icy water, unable…
The EU’s former foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has been accused of fraud as part of an EU investigation into the misuse of funds, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has said.The EPPO said searches were carried out on Tuesday at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, headed by Ms Mogherini, as well as the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels – the office she ran for five years as the bloc’s top diplomat.The investigation relates to EU-funded training for junior diplomats, the EPPO said. As well as Ms Mogherini, a senior College of Europe staff member and…
For the first time in years, analysts are feeling optimistic about luxury. Next year, the sector will finally return to growth, market watchers say, yet companies’ performance is likely to diverge based on their level of exposure to different segments of the customer base, making stock picking key for luxury investors in 2026. J.P. Morgan predicts the sector will stabilize in 2026 following a tough 2024 and volatile 2025, with improvements driven by an uptick in Chinese consumer confidence and product innovation. Luxury groups have been contending with notable sales declines over the past two years. Following a post-pandemic boom,…
Many logs became forces of destruction in Indonesia last week, in a sign that deforestation compounded the devastation wrought by a cyclone. Source link
