Air travel in the United States could soon “slow to a trickle,” authorities warned on Sunday, as the ongoing federal government shutdown triggered further cancellations and delays, throwing passengers into chaos. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated that the number of affected flights would continue to rise if the impasse between Democrats and Republicans persisted, particularly […]

A significant railway accident in western Slovakia on Sunday evening has resulted in dozens of injuries, with emergency services confirming that eleven individuals required hospitalisation. The collision, involving two major passenger services, occurred approximately 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the capital city, Bratislava.   Details of the Collision The incident took place on the […]

A weakening Typhoon Fung-wong exited the Philippines on Monday morning, moving over the South China Sea after its powerful winds and torrential rains caused widespread destruction. At least two people were reported dead, and over 1.4 million individuals were forced to evacuate as the storm battered the country. Fung-wong, which spanned almost the entire archipelago, […]

The US Senate took a crucial step on Sunday towards ending the longest government shutdown in American history by clearing the path for formal debate on a motion to resume funding for federal agencies. The Republican-controlled chamber approved a procedural vote by a margin of 60 votes to 40, establishing a firm limit on how […]

In the race for dominance in artificial intelligence, American tech giants hold the financial resources and the computing chips, but they are now facing a significant new obstacle: power. “The biggest issue we are now having is not a compute glut, but it’s the power and… the ability to get the builds done fast enough […]

Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, is set to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday in a historic meeting, just days after the United States removed him from its terrorism blacklist. Sharaa, whose forces ousted long-time president Bashar al-Assad late last year, will become the first Syrian leader to visit the […]

Egyptians began voting on Monday to elect a new parliament in an election widely seen by critics as a move to further entrench President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s hold on power. Polling stations opened at 9:00 a.m. (0700 GMT), marking the beginning of a weeks-long process to fill 568 of the 596 seats in the lower […]

An Israeli airstrike on a major highway in southern Lebanon has claimed the life of one civilian, the Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed on Monday, as tensions continue to escalate between Israel and its northern neighbour. The strike took place in the Baissariyeh area, located on the key road connecting the southern cities of Sidon and […]

The Director General of the BBC, Tim Davie, announced his resignation on Sunday, following a row over the editing of a documentary about Donald Trump. His resignation came after the US president attacked “corrupt journalists,” amid allegations that a BBC documentary had misleadingly edited a speech by Trump. Tim Davie and the BBC’s head of […]

At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation on Sunday afternoon at a prison in Ecuador, where an armed riot earlier in the day had already left four others dead and dozens more injured. In an official statement, Ecuador’s prison authorities reported that the 27 individuals discovered at Machala Prison, located in the El […]