The much-anticipated decision is set to transform Ukraine’s defence industry and allow Kyiv’s partners to access the rarest type of weapons – those tested on the actual battlefield, the Ukrainian president said on Monday.
Meet the American girl skiing into Philippines Winter Olympics history
Skier Tallulah Proulx, 17, was raised in the U.S., but she’s making Olympic history as the Philippines’ first female, and youngest athlete in any Winter Games.
13 people died in Italian mountains over last week as Olympics start
Fresh snowfall during recent storms and wind-swept snowcaps on weak internal layers have created especially risky conditions, rescuers said.
Former French culture minister quits Arab World Institute over Epstein ties
France has become another European country to be shaken by the Epstein affair as ex-minister Jack Lang resigns and is set to face a tax fraud probe over alleged financial ties to the late disgraced financier.
France sends letters to 29-year-olds telling them to get on with having children
The move is aimed at reducing infertility rates in France, which is tackling dwindling birth rates
Winter Olympics committee says it’s looking into medals breaking apart
Some 2026 Winter Olympics athletes say their winning medals are falling apart, coming detached from their ribbons.
Irish man with valid US work permit held in ICE detention for five months
Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work US politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesAn Irish man has spent five months in a US Immigration and Customs Enforceme…
Machine guns to machetes: Weapons that massacred thousands in Iran
BBC News Persian Forensic has been able to confirm the security forces’ deployment of a wide array of lethal and non-lethal weaponry.
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How Microsoft obliterated safety guardrails on popular AI models – with just one prompt
The founder of Microsoft’s AI Red Team told ZDNET the research discoveries were ‘astonishing.’