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Beef Ribs To 'Heavenly' Walk: Xi-Trump Summit Symbolism Underscored US Power, Chinese Tradition
The formal choreography began at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, where the two leaders exchanged views on the Iran conflict, the war in Ukraine and the Korean Peninsula, among other items.
Big Risks And Rewards In Upcoming IPOs At SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic
SpaceX is targeting an initial public offering that would raise up to $80 billion, roughly double the funds generated from all 2025 IPOs.
Bangladesh Seeks New Ganges Treaty, Says Ties With India "Will Depend On It"
The Indo-Bangladesh Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, signed in 1996, is due to expire in December.
Who Is Raul Castro, Cuban Leader Facing US Indictment
Former Cuban President Raul Castro, the 94yearold brother of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, could be indicted by the United States in connection with Cuba's deadly 1996
Opinion: Opinion | Biggest Takeaway From BRICS Meet? Nobody Knows What It Is Anymore
Iran and the UAE's competing regional calculations bring into sharp focus the limitations of the grouping.
WHO Declares Global Emergency After Congo Ebola Deaths, No Vaccine Yet
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 80 as authorities warned there was no vaccine for the strain in a crisis that the World Health Organization...
May 17, 2026
Elon Musk Wants SpaceX To Go Public: How It Works
US' Largest Commuter Rail System Shuts Down As Workers Strike
The railroad, which serves New York City and its eastern suburbs, ceased operations just after midnight after five unions representing about half its workforce walked off the job.
Elon Musk Says "Instagram Is For Girls", Mocks Men Sharing Their Profiles
Musk often criticises platforms owned by Meta Platforms and promotes his own platform, X, as more open and serious.
Labour leadership talk ‘froth and nonsense’, says senior minister – UK politics live
Lisa Nandy says no candidate has launched a challenge to Keir Starmer, despite ‘feverish speculation’ around Andy Burnham and Wes StreetingThe Conservative leader called accusations her party could not win a general election “very silly”.Trevor Phillips, questioning Kemi Badenoch on Sky, suggested she was “reluctant to accept what the voters have said” in the local election results. Continue reading...
‘Tearing down barriers’: North Korean footballers arrive in Seoul for first time in eight years
Naegohyang FC due to play Suwon FC in semi-final of Asian Women’s Champions League on WednesdayA North Korean women’s football club has arrived in South Korea for an AFC Women’s Champions League semi-final, marking the first visit by athletes from the isolated state to the South in eight years.The delegation of 27 players and 12 staff entered the country on Sunday before Wednesday’s match between Naegohyang FC and South Korea’s Suwon FC Women in Suwon. Continue reading...
Andalucíans vote in election seen as gauge of Spain’s wider political change
Conservatives expected to keep majority as socialists face drubbing and ballot tests trajectory of far-right Vox partyVoters in the southern Spanish region of Andalucía are casting their ballots in an election that is likely to deliver an absolute majority to the conservative People’s party (PP) and inflict another debilitating defeat on Pedro Sánchez’s embattled socialists in what was previously one of their proudest strongholds.Sunday’s election in Spain’s most populous region – the last big poll before next year’s general election – will serve as a barometer of wider electoral opinion and could also reveal whether the popularity of the far-right Vox party is beginning to peak. Continue reading...
Fire and ‘sheer volume’: how Britain’s 6m-vape problem is putting recycling under strain
Despite the ban on disposables, waste professionals say the mountain of discarded devices is a £1bn-a-year issue It is 2pm and Ana, 47, has just started the afternoon shift at the Suez recycling plant near Birmingham city centre, standing beneath a sign reading “Non-ferrous sorting station” with a bucket of vapes in front of her. Sorting and dismantling them is part of her job as a site operative.Recycling them is not simple. Each bucket holds between 40 and 50 devices, and over the course of a shift, she gets through about half a bucket. Using a hammer, she has to smash each vape open, pry out the batteries and separate each component into a different container. Continue reading...
