Uber and Lyft partner with China’s Baidu to trial UK robotaxis.

Chinese robotaxis are poised to potentially grace UK roads by 2026, following significant partnership announcements between major ride-sharing platforms Uber and Lyft and Chinese artificial intelligence giant Baidu. The collaboration…

Trump wants Venezuela’s oil. Will his plan work?

Venezuela indeed possesses an extraordinary endowment of oil, boasting an estimated 303 billion barrels of proven reserves, which firmly establishes it as having the largest such deposits globally. Yet, this…

Trump’s Maduro raid could set precedent for authoritarian powers across globe.

With the swift and decisive seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump has projected an image of unwavering belief in his own will, buttressed by the formidable power of…

Starmer ready for closer alignment with the EU ‘in the national interest’.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has delivered his clearest signal yet that a future Labour government would actively pursue a significantly closer relationship with the European Union, stating that the…

Data centres: The new tech stopping chips from overheating

The showers and baths keeping data centre tech cool. Chris Baraniuk, Technology Reporter. Data centres, the humming heart of our digital world, are experiencing a significant technological evolution, moving beyond…

Will we see signs of economic growth in 2026?

The government’s November budget introduced a raft of measures designed to alleviate these pressures and stimulate the economy. These included an uplift in the minimum wage, the contentious decision to…

Keir Starmer tells Laura Kuenssberg he’ll survive – but can he keep this new year’s resolution?

"I’ll be sitting in this seat by 2027," Sir Keir Starmer told me, cracking a gag that if our conversation went well he would invite us into Downing Street to…

Amazon blocks 1,800 job applications from suspected North Korean agents

Schmidt articulated the clear objective behind these fraudulent applications: "Their objective is typically straightforward: get hired, get paid, and funnel wages back to fund the regime’s weapons programs." This chilling…

Third of Londoners suffer hygiene poverty, says charity

The extensive research, conducted by The Hygiene Bank, highlights that approximately three out of 10 women in London have faced the harrowing decision of prioritising buying enough food for themselves…

Donald Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela and ‘fix oil infrastructure’

The United States will "run" Venezuela until a "safe, proper and judicious transition" can be ensured, President Donald Trump declared, following a swift and decisive US military operation that led…