Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated on Thursday that the central bank might not cut interest rates again in 2025.
Trump administration says it struck another alleged drug boat, killing 4
The U.S. military carried out a 15th strike on an alleged “narco-trafficking vessel,” said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, bringing the known death toll to more than 50.
Trump: US to share nuclear sub tech with S. Korea, build boats in Philly
The prospect of South Korea building its submarines in the United States would raise a litany of questions for the American maritime industrial base.
Messages in a bottle from WWI found on Australian beach
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast.
Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says
Half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates, Resolution Foundation analysis findsFailure to abolish the two-child benefit limit would wreck the government’s child poverty ambitions and risk creating levels of hardship…
Teenage boys using ‘personalised’ AI for therapy and romance, survey finds
Male Allies UK worries rise in chatbot ‘girlfriends’ will leave boys unable to socialise and respect boundariesThe “hyper-personalised” nature of AI bots is drawing in teenage boys who now use them for therapy, companionship and relationships, accordin…
Tourist, 80, who died on remote island after cruise left without her is pictured as heartbroken daughter speaks out
THE 80-year-old tourist who died on a remote island after a cruise left without her has been identified as her devastated daughter speaks out. Suzanne Rees, 80, was on the first stop of a 60-day cruise trip around Australia when she got separated from …
CyberCorps talent pipeline buckles under Trump hiring freezes
Federal logjams are keeping the scholarship program from delivering trained students to government cybersecurity positions.
Trump says South Korea has approval to build nuclear-powered submarine
The US president also said Seoul had agreed to buy vast quantities of US oil and gas.
Radio Free Asia Suspends Operations After Trump Cuts Funding, Shutdown
Radio Free Asia, founded nearly three decades ago to report on China and other Asian countries without independent media, said Wednesday it will halt production after the US government ceased funding.