$18 Million Ethereum Loss Sends Whale Running To Gold
A large crypto wallet that recently took a sharp loss on Ethereum has restructured its holdings, moving away from volatile…
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Bowen: Trump’s action could set precedent for authoritarian powers across globe
Trump seems to believe he makes the rules and others cannot have the same privileges.
Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela and ‘fix oil infrastructure’
The US launched strikes on Venezuela on Saturday in which Maduro and his wife were captured by US forces.
Spies, drones and blowtorches: How the US captured Maduro
An extraordinary mission dubbed “Operation Absolute Resolve” saw elite troops breach the Venezuelan president’s fortified compound.
Maduro overthrow in oil-rich Venezuela unlikely to shake energy markets in the near term
While Venezuela has the world’s largest oil reserves, its oil production is relatively small.
Trump says U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela after Maduro’s overthrow
U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela’s energy sector after the overthrow of Nicolas Maduro, President Donald…
Trump’s move to topple Maduro is fraught with risk – what happens next is unclear
Will the US push for elections or will it try to depose more members of the government, asks the BBC’s…
Trump’s removal of Maduro prompts questions from Congress
Congressional lawmakers say they were not briefed before President Donald Trump launched a land attack on Venezuela and deposed President…
What we know about Maduro’s capture
Explosions were seen in capital Caracas as President Nicolas Maduro was detained by the US.
Trump says U.S. operation captured Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro
Maduro and his wife were captured and removed from the country following the operation, Trump said in a statement on…
Trump orders Chinese-controlled firm to unwind chip asset deal, citing national security risks
A Chinese-controlled company must divest semiconductor assets it bought from Emcore after the White House said the deal could threaten…
Berkshire Hathaway shares dip as Warren Buffett exits and Greg Abel era begins
Investors digested the formal end of Warren Buffett’s six-decade tenure as chief executive and the start of a new era…
Recursive Language Models (RLMs): From MIT’s Blueprint to Prime Intellect’s RLMEnv for Long Horizon LLM Agents
Recursive Language Models aim to break the usual trade off between context length, accuracy and cost in large language models.…
A Coding Implementation to Build a Self-Testing Agentic AI System Using Strands to Red-Team Tool-Using Agents and Enforce Safety at Runtime
In this tutorial, we build an advanced red-team evaluation harness using Strands Agents to stress-test a tool-using AI system against…
Swiss bar fire likely started by sparklers on champagne bottles
The investigation into the fire that killed 40 people will consider whether criminal prosecutions are necessary, officials said.
‘Living a nightmare’: Families of teens missing after ski resort fire desperate for news
Families are appealing for information about children as young as 15 who are thought to have been at the bar.
Tesla reports 418,227 deliveries for the fourth quarter, down 16%
Tesla’s fourth-quarter deliveries report follows a steep rally in the company’s stock in the last few months of 2025.
European shares rally as tech leads gains; Britain’s FTSE 100 hits 10,000 points for first time
Britain’s FTSE 100 index on Friday surpassed the symbolic 10,000 points marker for the first time, extending gains after a…
Trump warns Iranian authorities against killing protesters
The US president says “we are locked and loaded and ready to go”, amid continuing mass unrest in Iran.
China’s BYD poised to overtake Tesla as world’s top EV seller for the first time
The milestone would cap an extraordinary rise for BYD, a company Tesla’s Elon Musk once dismissed by laughing at their…
Shares of KFC and Pizza Hut Indian operator Devyani jump on merger with rival franchisee Sapphire
Two major franchisee operators for Yum!Brands in India will merge to create a single unified franchisee for KFC & Pizza…
Maduro says Venezuela open to US talks on drug trafficking
In an interview with state TV, the Venezuelan president also evaded a question about an attack in his country claimed…
Baidu’s semiconductor unit Kunlunxin files for Hong Kong listing amid AI chip boom in China
Baidu has announced plans to spin off its artificial intelligence chip subsidiary, Kunlunxin, and list the new firm on the…
Singapore fourth-quarter GDP jumps 5.7%, beats expectations on strong manufacturing
The advance figure was also up from the 4.2% growth in the quarter before, and pushed the country’s full year…
How Cloudflare’s tokio-quiche Makes QUIC and HTTP/3 a First Class Citizen in Rust Backends
Cloudflare has open sourced tokio-quiche, an asynchronous QUIC and HTTP/3 Rust library that wraps its battle tested quiche implementation with…
Several dozen feared dead in Swiss ski resort bar fire
Around 100 are also injured in fire at Crans-Montana Swiss ski resort bar Le Constellation.
BBC reports from the scene of Swiss resort bar fire
Dozens of people are believed to have died after a fire broke out during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Novo Nordisk enters 2026 on the defense as it faces a ‘must-win’ battle in the U.S. market
The FDA approval of the Wegovy pill highlights many of the key themes Novo Nordisk will have to face in…
Zelensky says peace deal is 90% ready in New Year address
Russian President Vladimir Putin used his New Year speech to tell troops that he “believed in you and our victory”…
EU’s top diplomat rejects Russian claims of Ukrainian attack on government sites
It comes as Russia releases video which it claims shows a downed Ukrainian drone launched at one of Putin’s residences.
European markets close mixed on last trading day of 2025; Defense stocks rose
European markets closed mixed on Wednesday, the last trading day of the year, with defense stocks taking the lead.
Heavy police presence in Sydney for New Year’s celebrations after Bondi attack
Thousands of officers are deployed around Sydney Harbour and across the city, with some carrying high-grade weapons as part of…
China accuses Netherlands of making ‘mistakes’ over chipmaker Nexperia
Beijing and Amsterdam are locked in a war of words over technology transfer.
Eurostar delays persist as passengers stuck onboard overnight
Eurostar says it plans to run all of its services on Wednesday but there may still be delays and cancellations.
China to restrict silver exports, echoing rare earths playbook
The U.S. added silver to its nationally designated list of critical minerals in November.
China manufacturing activity expands for the first time since March, beating expectations
China’s economy ended the year on a slightly less gloomy note as manufacturing, services and construction activity all improved in…
SoftBank has fully funded $40 billion investment in OpenAI, sources tell CNBC
Companies have been spending big on AI infrastructure to support growing compute and connectivity needs.
Fed minutes show officials were in tight split over December rate cut
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday released minutes from its December meeting.
Protests spread across Iran for third day after currency hits record low
The Iranian rial hit a record low against the US dollar on Sunday, prompting shopkeepers in Tehran to stage protests,…
Eurostar warns of ‘major disruption’ as power outage halts services between France and England
The disruption brings one of Europe’s busiest international rail corridors to a halt at the peak of the New Year…
Copper on pace for best year since 2009 as AI demand, supply fears fuel record price rally
Analysts say copper’s record-breaking run could continue next year, citing supply disruptions and masssive spending on artificial intelligence.
Novo Nordisk’s ‘long game’ on weight loss drugs sparks hope in science, but the Street is impatient
The medicine developed by the100-year old Danish drugmaker may impact patients’ brains in surprising ways
Russia’s losses in Ukraine rise faster than ever as US pushes for peace deal
A steep rise in soldiers’ obituaries is documented by the BBC as part of its work in counting Russian war…
Elon Musk envisions humanoid robots everywhere. China may be the first to make it a reality
China has made the development of humanoid robots a strategic priority in its tech battle with the U.S.
Meta acquires intelligent agent firm Manus, capping year of aggressive AI moves
Meta Platforms has acquired Manus, a Singapore-based developer of general-purpose AI agents, capping a year of massive spending on artificial…
Asia-Pacific markets mostly fall on penultimate day of the year
Investors will be focused on China’s military exercises around Taiwan today, after it announced new drills surrounding the island Monday.
Ukraine denies drone attack on Putin’s residence
Russia has accused Ukraine of targeting a presidential residence, which President Zelensky called “typical Russian lies”.
Migrate MLflow tracking servers to Amazon SageMaker AI with serverless MLflow
Operating a self-managed MLflow tracking server comes with administrative overhead, including server maintenance and resource scaling. As teams scale their…
DigitalBridge shares jump as much as 50% after report SoftBank is in talks to acquire data center firm
The premarket move comes shortly after Bloomberg reported Japan’s SoftBank was in advanced talks to acquire the data center investment…
A Swedish city is being moved — building by building — amid Europe’s minerals push
Sweden’s northernmost city of Kiruna is on the move because of ground subsidence from the expansion of the world’s largest…