US President Joe Biden, left, and Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, speak on the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal, bringing at least a temporary halt to the war…
The Nintendo Switch 2 docked with a TV behind it. Nintendo Nintendo on Thursday said its long-awaited new Switch 2 hybrid will be available this year, touting a bigger screen and controllers, as the company looks to breathe new life into its struggling hardware business. The business showed off the Switch 2 in a video trailer. The start of the clip…
Watch: SpaceX loses Starship on test flight The US has grounded SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket while an investigation is carried out into why it exploded during its latest test flight. The rocket’s upper stage dramatically broke up and disintegrated over the Caribbean after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights to alter course to…
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Thursday that the central bank could lower interest rates multiple times this year if inflation eases as he is expecting. In a CNBC interview, the policymaker said he expects the first cut could come in the first half of the year, with others to follow so long as economic…
The logo for the Vanguard Group is shown on correspondence in Zelienople, Pa. Keith Srakocic | AP Asset management giant Vanguard has been fined more than $100 million to settle charges related to disclosures around target date investment funds, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday. The alleged violations stem from a 2020 change where…
EPA A Palestinian boy sits on rubble following Israeli airstrikes on Al Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Civilians in Gaza were waiting anxiously on Friday for a pause after 15 relentless months of war, as Israel’s cabinet met in Jerusalem to finalise a temporary ceasefire deal with Hamas. As they waited, Israel pounded the strip…
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has called for calm and urged citizens not to take the law into their own hands, following a spate of attacks on businesses and homes owned by people from neighbouring Sudan. Three people have been killed and seven were wounded in violent confrontations with security officers in the capital, Juba,…
President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural address on 20 January will take place indoors due to dangerously cold weather being forecast next week in Washington, he has confirmed. The address, as well as other speeches, will now take place inside the US Capitol’s rotunda, rather than outside the building. The inaugural parade will also be held indoors…
The Supreme Court did not give TikTok a last minute stay of execution. If the popular social media site is going to continue to operate in the US, it will have to be politicians or businessmen, not judges, who save it. And the politicians – pressed to balance national concerns about China with TikTok’s massive…
Russia and Iran have agreed to closer military co-operation, in a move announced during a visit to Moscow by President Masoud Pezeshkian. The two countries signed a 20-year “strategic partnership” treaty, covering areas ranging from defence and technology to energy and trade. Iran already supplies drones to Russia, as well as, according to Western intelligence,…
