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Uganda shuts down internet as Museveni seeks to extend long rule

Ugandan authorities shut down internet access nationwide on Tuesday, two days ahead of elections in which President Yoweri Museveni has overseen a crackdown on the opposition as he seeks to extend his...

9hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

China's trade surplus surges 20% to a record $1.2 trillion, even with Trump's tariffs

China has reported its trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion last year as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the United States under President Donald Trump...

5hABC NewseconomicsImpact

Iran at geopolitical crossroads as protests pressure regime

The Islamic Republic is a key player in the Middle East, with close ties to Russia and China. As the regime in Tehran comes under fire, DW looks at Iran's place on the global stage....

21hDeutsche WellePoliticsImpact

'One Person Can Perform the Work of 100 People' — Boss of Stellar Blade Developer Says It Needs to Use AI to Compete With Overwhelming Manpower of China and U.S. Studios

Stellar Blade director and CEO of Shift Up Hyung-tae Kim has stated that without the use of AI, developers in smaller nations will struggle to keep up with studios in places like the U.S. and China. A...

1dIGNTechnologyImpact

Show HN: FastScheduler – Decorator-first Python task scheduler, async support

Hi! I've built this because I kept reaching for Celery for simple scheduled tasks and it felt like overkill. I just needed "run this function every hour" or "daily at 9am", not distributed workers. So...

22hHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

Hundreds of farmers protest outside French parliament

French farmers on Tuesday drove hundreds of tractors to stage a protest outside the National Assembly. Farmer anger in France and other European countries has escalated over a rash of challenges. The ...

1dFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Iran: Activists report more than 2,500 dead after brutal crackdown

Activists report that more than 2,400 people have been killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, according to updated figures from the Human Rights Activist News Agency, which says most of th...

3hFrance 24world_newsImpact

Uber and DoorDash delivery workers missed $550 million worth of tips in New York City, a city report estimates

Changes to how customers tip on Uber Eats and DoorDash have led to lower earnings for gig workers, according to a report from New York City. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Uber Eats and DoorDas...

19hBusiness InsidereconomicsImpact

Taiwan and the US launch joint production of 155mm artillery shells amid blockade fears

Taiwan has begun co-producing 155mm (6.1-inch) artillery shells with the US, as the island moves to strengthen wartime ammunition resilience amid Beijing’s escalating military pressure and concern ove...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role

Australia’s former prime minister and a prominent China scholar, Kevin Rudd, will step down as ambassador to the United States a year ahead of schedule, a move some analysts say underscores a fundamen...

14hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

China, Canada poised to reset trade ties after Trump’s tariffs force rethink

Canada and China appear ready to kick-start trade talks after years of strained relations, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Beijing this week coinciding with both countries question...

23hSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

China records US$1.19 trillion trade surplus in 2025 as exports jump 5.5%

China’s exports defied a turbulent year of trade tensions to perform better than expected in 2025, cementing a record US$1.19 trillion annual surplus as manufacturers diversified markets to offset a s...

10hSouth China Morning PosteconomicsImpact

Trump’s audacious imperialism will only propel China’s rise

US President Donald Trump’s abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been held up as an example of American military power. As Venezuela is not a producer of fentanyl – despite the United ...

1dSouth China Morning PostPoliticsImpact

JD Vance, Rubio to meet Greenland officials

The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers are set to visit the White House on Wednesday in a high-stakes effort to ease tensions over Greenland, after President Donald Trump said the territory “nee...

3hFrance 24PoliticsImpact

Show HN: AI in SolidWorks

Hey HN! We’re Will and Jorge, and we’ve built LAD (Language-Aided Design), a SolidWorks add-in that uses LLMs to create sketches, features, assemblies, and macros from conversational inputs ( https://...

1dHacker NewsTechnologyImpact

I'm glad I made time to get to know my grandmother as an adult. Learning about her 99 years helped me see the world differently.

The author's grandmother lived to 99. Courtesy of Tracy Granzyk My grandmother lived to 99, and I got to know her better as an adult than I did as a child. I'm glad we spent that time together and tha...

2hBusiness Insiderlifestyle

How to Get NBA All-Star Game 2026 tickets: Dates, locations, and prices

When you buy through our links, Business Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more Anadolu/Anadolu via Getty Images Ask any professional basketball fan, and they likely will tell you their ...

15hBusiness InsiderSports

Judge sets trial date for Musk vs Altman showdown

Elon Musk (L) and Sam Altman Getty/BI composite A trial date has been set in Elon Musk's fraud case against Sam Altman. The case is set to go before an Oakland federal jury in April and is expected to...

17hBusiness InsiderTechnology

Tesla's Cybertruck is falling far short of Elon Musk's ambitious sales targets

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveils the Cybertruck at an event in 2019. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Things are not looking great for Elon Musk's Cybertruck. Tesla sold just over 20,000 of the "...

20hBusiness Insiderautomotive

24 and Metal Gear Solid 5 Star Kiefer Sutherland Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting and Threatening a Ride-Share Driver in Hollywood

Kiefer Sutherland was arrested after allegedly assaulting and threatening a ride-share driver in Hollywood, according to local police. The Los Angeles Police Department said Sutherland "entered a ride...

1hIGNcrimeImpact
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