President Vladimir Putin has called up 160,000 men aged 18-30, Russia’s highest number of conscripts since 2011, as the country moves to expand the size of its military. The spring call-up for a year’s military service came several months after Putin said Russia should increase the overall size of its military to almost 2.39 million…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Monday was the last trading day of the quarter. U.S. stocks took a heavy beating during the period: Both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite broke their five-quarter winning streaks and…
The woman who murdered singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez was denied early release from prison in Texas on Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison for the 1995 murder of the Tejano singer who became a music icon in the US. When Saldívar was sentenced, she was given the possibility of parole after serving 30…
Niger’s military ruler has been sworn in as the country’s president for a transitional period of five years. Gen Abdourahamane Tchiani has led the country since 2023, after he deposed Niger’s elected President, Mohamed Bazoum. On Wednesday, Gen Tchiani took the presidential office under a new charter that replaces the West African country’s constitution. He…
Sundar Pichai with one of Google’s Quantum Computers in the Santa Barbara lab, California, in October 2019. Handout . | Reuters One of Google’s top executives working on quantum computers said he believe the technology is only five years away from running practical applications that can’t be calculated on modern computers. Julian Kelly, Google Quantum…
Iceland’s minister for children has resigned after admitting she had a child with a teenager more than 30 years ago. Ásthildur Lóa Thórsdóttir said in a media interview she had first started a relationship when the boy was 15 years old, and she was a 22-year-old counsellor at a religious group which he attended. She…
US Justice Department The aftermath of an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Oregon, pictured in court documents US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that three defendants accused of vandalism targeting Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicle company could face up to 20 years in prison. Bondi said the damage to Tesla cars, dealerships…
Each successful identification “gives renewed hope” that other women “can also have their identities returned to them”, said Interpol Secretary General Valdecy Urquiza. “Our work is not just about solving cases, it’s also about restoring dignity to victims and giving a voice to those affected by tragedy,” he said. Lima was found dead in a…
Google DeepMind co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Demis Hassabis speaks during the Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 26, 2024. Pau Barrena | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — Artificial intelligence that can match humans at any task is still some way off — but it’s only a…
A court in Georgia has handed a further prison sentence to the already jailed former president, Mikheil Saakashvili. Saakashvili was sentenced on Monday to four-and-a-half years behind bars for illegally crossing the border when returning to the country from exile in 2021, his lawyer said. He is already serving concurrent terms for embezzlement and abuse…
