Manila’s envoy to Washington is expressing confidence that the United States will not abandon the Philippines as it defies Beijing’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea — even as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping seek more direct talks to resolve t…
IG Defence Secures Patent for Indigenous Fixed-Wing Tactical Drone, Strengthening India’s Modern Battlefield Capabilities
New Delhi, February 10, 2026. IG Defence has been granted a patent for its Fixed-Wing Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), developed to meet the changing demands of modern battlefield operations. The patented platform brings together precision strike…
Plight of imprisoned Hong Kong ex-publisher Jimmy Lai evokes grief over loss of press freedoms
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, shut down nearly five years ago after a Beijing-imposed national security law took effect in 2020.
Candle-filled memorial to 41 people killed in Swiss nightclub blaze destroyed by fire
Dozens of people including a former British schoolgirl were killed in the blaze on New Year’s Day
BT replaces Openreach boss in latest management shake-up
Clive Selley, who oversaw £12bn rollout of full fibre broadband to 25m homes, will lead international divisionBusiness live – latest updatesThe head of BT’s infrastructure arm Openreach is to step down after almost a decade, having almost completed a £…
Alibaba’s DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-world tasks like navigating rooms, trained on Qwen3-VL (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
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Alibaba’s DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-world tasks like navigating rooms, trained on Qwen3-VL — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. debuted an AI model …
VLGC fixtures spike as forward deals hint at weakening rates
Spot vessels loading in the Middle East, banking $88,000 per day
News24 | Global corruption getting worse, US sinks to lowest ever level, says watchdog
Anti-graft watchdog Transparency International (TI) warned on Tuesday of worsening corruption in democracies worldwide and said the US had slid to the lowest-ever score on its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Democrats reject White House ICE offer as partial shutdown looms – US politics live
Schumer and Jeffries says White House proposal is ‘incomplete and insufficient’ as prospect of deal recedesAmericans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when as…
Discord adopts facial recognition in child safety crackdown
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