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OpenAI’s Reported $5.5 Billion SB Energy Warrants Highlight AI’s Power Demand

A reported equity arrangement connects the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure with the enormous capital required for...

Business

Foreign Investment in Germany Rose 50 Percent in 2025

Foreign direct investment into Germany increased sharply in 2025, with stronger British inflows offsetting a decline from US companies.

Business

AI Data-Centre Demand Pushes Soitec Toward Long-Term Wafer Contracts

The French chip-materials company is securing deposits and fixed-price commitments as demand accelerates for silicon-photonics components...

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The transfers to watch before window closes

The summer transfer window may have been open since 15 June but several Premier League clubs are still scrambling to get key deals over the...

Sports

Barcola joins Liverpool from PSG in £123m move

PSG initially valued the 23-year-old at £145m, but Liverpool will pay an initial £106m plus £17m in potential add-ons.

Entertainment

Dolly Parton laid to rest alongside husband in Nashville

Dolly Parton has been laid to rest, the music legend's great-niece has said.

World

US and Iran trade strikes for first time in weeks

Iran and the US have traded strikes after American forces attacked two rocket launchers on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.

Society

The Missing In Nepal-Tibet Flash Floods

The figures are likely to change, which is not uncommon in the chaos after a major disaster.

Sports

Six Defining Moments Of Lionel Messi’s Argentina Career

Messi has played more World Cup matches than anyone else (34) and scored 21 goals overall. He became only the second player to appear in...

Sports

‘It Hurts,’ Messi Says As He Calls Time On International Career

The 39-year-old forward who won the World Cup in 2022 and dragged his nation to the final in the United States only to lose to Spain, said...

Sports

Itauma breaks silence after first defeat, hospitalisation

British heavyweight Moses Itauma has spoken after losing to Filip Hrgovic and being taken to hospital following his first professional...

World

Arctic Security Tensions Rise as Russia Challenges NATO Expansion

Moscow describes NATO’s growing northern presence as a direct threat as military deployments, shipping routes and strategic competition...

Politics

Texas Polling-Site Reduction Plan Draws Voting-Access Concerns

A proposal to remove dozens of election locations in populous Tarrant County has triggered debate over efficiency, accessibility and voter...

Business

OpenAI’s Reported $5.5 Billion SB Energy Warrants Highlight AI’s Power Demand

A reported equity arrangement connects the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure with the enormous capital required for...

Tech

AI-Enabled Cyberattacks Become a Leading Risk to Global Finance

The Financial Stability Board warns that artificial intelligence could transform the speed, scale and cost of cyberattacks against critical...

Health

Attacks on Health Services in Conflict Zones Exceed Four Every Day

WHO data show worsening danger for patients and medical workers in conflict areas, threatening access to care when communities need it most.

Climate

Indonesia Escalates Wildfire Response as Super El Niño Intensifies

Cloud-seeding, aerial firefighting and peatland controls are being expanded as fires spread and emissions rise across the archipelago.

Education

UNESCO Promotes Debt-for-Education Swaps as Financing Crisis Deepens

More than 100 countries now spend more on servicing debt than education, intensifying pressure for new ways to finance schools and teachers.

Education

Afghanistan’s Education Ban Has Excluded 2.4 Million Girls, UNESCO Says

The continuing restrictions are weakening educational quality, reducing the future workforce and creating a growing shortage of qualified...