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Getty ImagesHundreds of people were stranded at Amsterdam airport Intense snowfall and icy weather conditions have caused widespread travel disruption across Europe, with six reported killed in weather-related incidents on the continent. Five people died in two separate regions of France as a result of treacherous driving conditions, authorities said, while one woman was also killed in Bosnia’s capital, Sarajevo, after 16in (40cm) of snow fell on the city.Hundreds of flights have been cancelled across Europe, with thousands left stranded at airports in Paris and Amsterdam.Disruption is expected to continue into Wednesday.In France, three people died in two separate incidents…
Needing U.S. support to fend off Russia in Ukraine, European leaders have been cautious about criticizing President Trump on Greenland, Iran, Venezuela and much else. Source link
The UK and its European neighbours confront two case studies, simultaneously, in how the continent is attempting, with varying degrees of success, to bind the United States into its future.Firstly, there is Ukraine and then there is Greenland.And all this at a time of deep scepticism in Washington about Europe: its importance, its outlook and its willingness to pull its weight to defend itself.The futures of Ukraine and Greenland, both in the headlines at the same time, are the latest example of the mesmerising, head-spinning unpredictability of President Trump.Privately, senior figures in London have a knowing look when the wild…
Are the robots coming?Jensen Huang certainly thinks so. “This year,” he replied, when I asked him when robots were going to have human-level capabilities.”Because I know how fast the technology’s moving.”You’re going to see some pretty amazing things,” he told me. The CEO of Nvidia – possibly the most powerful figure in global technology – is not alone.There’s a widespread feeling in tech that artificial intelligence is ready to escape the screen and enter the physical world.At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world’s biggest tech conference, there are robots everywhere you turn.Vacuum cleaner robots. Lawnmower robots. Farming robots. And…
new video loaded: Displaced Palestinians in Egypt Await Reopening of Gaza BordertranscriptBacktranscriptDisplaced Palestinians in Egypt Await Reopening of Gaza BorderTens of thousands of Palestinians in Egypt face an uncertain future as they navigate obstacles to staying in the country and returning home to Gaza. The New York Times spoke to a family that remains separated despite a truce in the territory.This is 9-year-old Islam Al Farany. Two years ago, Islam’s life changed when his relative’s home was hit in an Israeli strike. With the help of a nonprofit, Islam and his mother, Tahrir, were evacuated to the United States via…
An emergency order from the Venezuelan government appears to criminalize support for the U.S. attack. Source link
India is set to become the world’s fourth-largest economy.Dinodia Photo | Corbis Documentary | Getty ImagesAmid rising global trade uncertainties, India’s economy is projected to grow 7.4% in the fiscal year ending March 2026, higher than 6.5% in the last fiscal year, according to first advance estimates released by the Indian government on Wednesday.In 2025, the advance estimates offered the first official sign of a slowdown in the world’s fastest-growing economy, pegging India’s growth at 6.4%, the weakest since the pandemic. This figure was later revised to 6.5% in May.Private consumption is expected to expand by 7%, down slightly from the previous…
AFP via Getty ImagesFamilies of the victims of a fire at a Swiss bar on New Year’s Eve have expressed shock after officials admitted the venue had not undergone safety checks for five years.Romain Jordan, who represents some of the families, said the “staggering number of breaches and shortcomings in the inspections raises the question of whether the municipality should be investigated with even greater urgency”.Other lawyers also urged officials to take responsibility for the disaster at Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana in which 40 people died and 116 were injured. Prosecutors believe the fire started when champagne bottles with…
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BBC/Rare TVThe discovery of a carnyx (above) and a boar’s head flag standard in the same hoard has been described as “a discovery of a lifetime” by archaeologistsArchaeologists have been stunned to discover two of the rarest Iron Age objects in the same excavation.The team from Pre-Construct Archaeology was working on a building site a few miles from Thetford, Norfolk, when they came across the hoard last year.At its heart was the most complete battle trumpet, or carnyx, ever found in Europe – and the first-ever boar’s head flag standard to be found in Britain.Senior project officer Gary Trimble told…
Tokyo is concerned at signs that Beijing may be laying the groundwork to restrict access to the metals vital to manufacturing. Source link
Russia has deployed navy vessels to escort an oil tanker also being pursued by US forces across the Atlantic, CBS News, BBC’s media partner in the US, reported.The ship, which has historically transported Venezuelan crude oil – but is reporting that it is not carrying any at the moment – is currently between Iceland and the British Isles.Bella 1 has been accused of breaking US sanctions and shipping Iranian oil. It has since changed its name to Marinera and reportedly reflagged from a Guyanese to a Russian vessel.President Donald Trump said last month that he was ordering a “blockade” of…
Washington’s push to tap Greenland’s rare earths is an “absurd” solution to reduce its dependence on Beijing, industry experts said, citing low-grade deposits, harsh weather and the reality that any mined material would still need to be processed in China. Markets have nonetheless piled into rare-earth stocks with exposure to Greenland after U.S. President Donald Trump revived rhetoric about acquiring the territory on national security grounds, pointing to Russian and Chinese activities in the Arctic. Shares of rare earth companies with projects in Greenland surged on news that Trump was considering a range of options” to acquire Greenland , including…
Laura BickerChina correspondent, BeijingMiraflores Palace via ReutersVenezuelan president Nicolás Maduro (L) and Chinese president Xi Jinping have enjoyed an amicable relationship in recent years – pictured here during a state visit to Beijing in 2023It took just a few hours for Donald Trump to upend a relationship that China had been cultivating for decades. Only hours before he was seized in a nighttime raid, Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro had been praising his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as “an older brother” with a “powerful message as a leader to the world” during a meeting with senior diplomats from Beijing.China has invested…
Sermitsiaq Mountain looms behind a row of houses in Nuuk, Greenland, on March 4, 2025. Odd Andersen | Afp | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump is fixated on taking control of Greenland, a vast, sparsely populated and mineral-rich island situated between the Arctic Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. “It’s so strategic,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday. “Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships all over the place. We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security.” His comments, which came hot on the heels of an audacious military operation in Venezuela,…
Watch: ‘We are ready and willing to serve our people’, says María Corina MachadoVenezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she should “absolutely” be in charge of the country, following the US ousting of President Nicolás Maduro last week.”We are ready and willing to serve our people as we have been mandated,” Machado said in an interview with the BBC’s US partner CBS. She thanked US President Donald Trump for his “leadership and courage” after US forces stormed Caracas and arrested Maduro, but said nobody trusted the deposed president’s ally who has been appointed as interim leader. Machado and…
Two employees in pharmaceutical industry wearing protective gloves, mask, cap and white suit seen standing by the machine that is the part of the medicaments production during the working hours in a pharmaceutical manufacturing.Extreme-photographer | E+ | Getty ImagesA multitude of factors are coming together to bring a big burst in biotech M&A.The high-profile bidding war between Pfizer and Novo Nordisk over Metsera and its leading weight loss drug candidate shows just how competitive some pockets of the sector have become, as Big Pharma frantically works to fill the looming revenue hole.Some of the best-selling drugs in the world are…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.The big storyFor someone who’s witnessed the ups and downs of U.S.-China tensions since the 1990s, James Zimmerman is unexpectedly hopeful about 2026.This year, he’s back for a fifth term as chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, whose members include Boeing and Cargill. His first stint came in 2007 and 2008, when Beijing hosted its first Olympic Games, and the financial crisis hit much of the world. He later served again…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.The dispatchA new year brings with it optimism for the coming 12 monthsThe main hope for the U.K. must be that 2026 proves to be better — for the economy, households and individual businesses — than 2025.People visit a lookout point in Greenwich Park, with the Canary Wharf financial district in the distance, during sunny weather but cold weather in London, U.K., on Jan. 2, 2026.Henry Nicholls | Afp | Getty ImagesThe economy entered the new year flatlining and, while in 2025 the FTSE 100 index…
The development deepens the confrontation over the tanker formerly known as the Bella 1, which the United States wants to seize but which Russia has sought to protect. Source link
Policies meant to lure importers to Hainan, a resort island off China’s coast, signal an opening up, Beijing says. One expert calls it a “bait and switch.” Source link
Almost half of pornography users have accessed adult sites without government-mandated age checks since the measure came into force, new research shows.Since the law changed in July, 45% of 1,469 adults who use porn have gone on websites without age checks to avoid submitting their personal information, a poll by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation found. The research also showed that 29% of pornography users had used a VPN to avoid age checks on websites that do require them.A VPN – or virtual private network – can be used to mask a users’ location, allowing them to connect to the internet…
An oil refinery, operated by Bharat Petroleum Corp., in Mumbai, India.Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesState-owned refiners in India are still buying Russian oil, even as New Delhi seeks relief from U.S. tariffs imposed for those purchases, according to energy analysts.The U.S. imposed a “secondary” 25% tariff on Indian goods in August, citing New Delhi’s continued imports of Russian crude. Washington also sanctioned Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft in late November. On Sunday, U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham claimed that India’s U.S. ambassador, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, had asked him to urge President Donald Trump to lift these tariffs, arguing…
An emergency order from the Venezuelan government appears to criminalize support for the U.S. attack. Source link
