Since Bashar al-Assad was toppled in December 2024, one of the huge challenges the new government has faced is that of division. Syrian society is made up of different sectarian and ethnic groups -- t...
Former Corsican nationalist leader Alain Orsoni, who also served as the president of soccer club AC Ajaccio, was shot dead in Corsica on January 11 during his mother’s funeral. He was 71. Alain Orsoni...
Alibaba Group Holding’s artificial intelligence strategy is defined by a commitment to open-source models, the company said on Tuesday, following a year of soaring adoption for its suite of AI service...
A Chinese national suspected of running a Cambodia-based scam operation linked to the killing of a South Korean university student has been arrested during a raid on a luxury house in Thailand, author...
US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday by announcing he was imposing import duties on the goods of any country that trades with Tehran. The move could fu...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Iran’s current leadership may be nearing its end amid mass protests across the country. “If a regime can only stay in power through the use of violence, then it i...
Mercedes-Benz is pausing the roll-out of Drive Pilot, an "eyes off" conditionally automated driving feature that was available in Europe and the US . As first reported by German publication Handelsbla...
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Grok will no longer be allowed to create AI photos of real people in sexualized or revealing clothing, after widespread global backlash. "We have implem...
It took the Kremlin nearly two weeks of protests in Iran to say "no third party" can change the fundamental nature of relations between Iran and Russia. In an Euronews interview, political analyst and...
Avatar writer and director James Cameron has discussed the possibility of moving forward with Avatar 4 and 5 following the release of the third film, Fire and Ash, saying he must find a cheaper way to...
The Africa Cup of Nations is reaching a thrilling stage, with the semifinals kicking off this Wednesday as Morocco faces Nigeria and Senegal takes on seven-time champion Egypt in a rematch of their 20...
The Africa Cup of Nations is reaching a thrilling stage, with the semifinals kicking off this Wednesday as Morocco faces Nigeria and Senegal takes on seven-time champion Egypt in a rematch of their 20...
China’s central bank strengthened the yuan’s daily fixing for a third consecutive session to a nearly 16-month high, as the currency also held firm in offshore markets despite recent US dollar strengt...
Terraria 1.4.5 will release on January 27. In an excitable post , Re-Logic's Loki confirmed that while the team "did have to resubmit a few things, which pushed us back a bit further than expected," t...
The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase - including a complete ceasefire between Israel and Hamas...
David Zaslav is chief of Warner Bros. Discovery, left, which just rejected Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison's latest bid for Warners. JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images; Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via...
Warren Buffett is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Nati Harnik/AP Warren Buffett didn't like Berkshire having so much cash and would have happily spent $100 billion. He compared cash to "oxygen"...
If you compare the value proposition of getting one of Remarkable’s Paper Pro E-Ink tablets vs. buying a laptop, the latter will win in most scenarios. Laptops are more capable, with more ports, apps,...
This afternoon I wrote some tips on how to present a new* programming language to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46608577 . It occurred to me that HN has a tradition of posts called "The {na...
France has already deployed "an initial team of soldiers" to Greenland as part of a European military mission, and will send new "land, air and sea resources" to the autonomous Danish territory covete...