King Charles and Queen Camilla have hosted an Italian-themed dinner with dishes including crab, ravioli and pork, along with English and Italian wine. Friday’s dinner, with guests including David and Victoria Beckham, Dame Helen Mirren and Donatella Versace, was a culinary warm-up for the royal couple’s state visit to Italy andContinue Reading
The speed at which the new Chinese AI app DeepSeek has shaken the technology industry, the markets and the bullish sense of American superiority in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of stunning. Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen may have said it best. “DeepSeek-R1 is AI’s Sputnik moment,”Continue Reading
The Mona Lisa will be moved to a new exhibition space at the Louvre in Paris as part of a plan to renovate the world’s most frequented museum. Emmanuel Macron stood in front of the masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci as he made the announcement to an audience of dignitaries,Continue Reading
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has deployed a team of health experts to Uganda to support the country’s response to a confirmed outbreak of Sudan virus disease, a viral illness similar to Ebola. Uganda has reported its first confirmed case of Sudan virus disease: a nurse from Mulago National ReferralContinue Reading
US President Donald Trump has signed a legal settlement that will see Facebook and Instagram owner Meta pay out roughly $25m (£20m). Trump sued the social media giant and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, in 2021 over the suspension of his accounts after the 6 January Capitol riots that year.Continue Reading
More than 700 people have been killed and 2,800 injured in just five days since fighting escalated in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 26-30, UN Secretary-General spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters Friday. “The WHO (World Health Organization) and its partners conducted an assessment withContinue Reading
A 59-year-old male tourist was trampled to death by an elephant while reportedly trying to save his grandchild at Kruger National Park in South Africa last weekend, according to a statement from the park. Eyewitnesses say the man and his family parked close to the Malelane reception area near CrocodileContinue Reading
A small medical transport plane has crashed into several buildings in northeast Philadelphia, setting homes and vehicles ablaze and injuring people on the ground. The jet was on a medical transport mission on Friday evening and carrying four crew members, a child patient and the patient’s escort, Jet Rescue AirContinue Reading
In his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump announced a new policy recognizing only two genders—male and female. In a defining moment of his second inaugural address on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced a controversial new policy that recognizes only two genders—male and female—as the official stanceContinue Reading
South Sudan has directed telecommunication companies, to block access to social media for a maximum of three months, citing concerns over the dissemination of graphic content, relating to the ongoing violence against South Sudanese in neighbouring Sudan. As the country’s communications industry regulator, the National Communication Authority (NCA) ordered allContinue Reading