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US President Donald Trump said he would consider giving Hungary a carve-out from sanctions on Russian oil, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban sought to cozy up to his right-wing ally at the White House on Friday. Nationalist Orban’s visit was his first since Trump’s return to power, and comes after his country offered to host a Ukraine summit between the …

President Donald Trump has attempted to ban Americans from using ‘X’ as their gender in their travel document A ruling by the US Supreme Court has greenlit requiring that the country’s passports indicate the holder’s sex recorded at birth. The temporary order is being seen as a win for US President Donald Trump’s pushback on what he terms “gender ideology …

US President Donald Trump has claimed immigrants are “flooding” into Europe as he hailed Hungary’s far-right Viktor Orban. Mr Trump made the comments while hosting the Hungarian Prime Minister at the White House in an apparent bid by Mr Orban to broker another summit between the US and Russia on the conflict in Ukraine. “If you look at [Mr Orban’s] …

OPINION — Every mission begins with trust. In World War II, the U.S. government trusted private energy producers to deliver aviation gasoline at record scale, and those companies trusted Washington to stand behind them. That compact powered victory. Breaking it now with retroactive lawsuits betrays the trust we need for the challenges ahead. For more than a century, America’s energy …

Russia’s veteran Foreign Minister was conspicuous by his absence at an important Kremlin meeting, prompting feverish speculation as to his whereabouts. Fears of a ruthless Putin purge have surged following the mysterious deaths of a number of prominent officials and businessmen over the past year. Several have inexplicably committed “suicide” by jumping from windows or have been found shot or …

The economic impact of the US government shutdown is far worse than expected, but the US economy is likely to rebound quickly once it ends, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Friday. Construction projects are starting to slow down and travel is suffering, Hassett said in an interview with Fox Business Network. “Travel and leisure is a place …

Some experts are imagining a world in which technology is harnessed to ensure that such biosecurity nightmares don’t happen – or are dealt with much faster and more effectively. “What we’re promoting is a system that can look at things more holistically and on a much larger scale,” Robert Norton, a professor of veterinary infectious diseases and coordinator of national …

Paul Biya has promised to restore order in Cameroon, where violence over his reelection has left dozens dead Cameroon’s longtime leader, Paul Biya, has been sworn in for an eighth term after securing victory with 53.66% of votes cast in the Central African country’s disputed October 12 presidential election. During the inauguration on Thursday in the capital, Yaounde, the 92-year-old …

For as long as AI has existed, humans have had fears around AI and nuclear weapons. And movies are a great example of those fears. Skynet from the Terminator franchise becomes sentient and fires nuclear missiles at America. WOPR from WarGames nearly starts a nuclear war because of a miscommunication. Kathryn Bigelow’s recent release, House of Dynamite, asks if AI …

Developing China’s “new quality productive forces” – a growth model championed by Beijing that emphasises technological breakthroughs and industrial upgrades – does not mean abandoning traditional industries, but rather integration and transformation through innovation, according to the ruling Communist Party’s leading theoretical journal. The sustained driving force for economic growth comes from both fostering emerging industries and upgrading traditional ones …