Stockholm, Sweden -- A Swedish court began hearing arguments Monday in a lawsuit brought by Swedish price comparison site Pricerunner, owned by Klarna, against tech giant Google for over $8 billion for promoting its own shopping comparisons in search results. The Swedish tech startup filed its suit with the Patent...

The US space agency's Artemis program hopes to return humans to the Moon as China forges ahead with a rival effort that is targeting 2030 at the latest for its first crewed mission.

Lloyds Bank and Halifax’s mobile apps went down for users on Monday after a major outage linked to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

New York, United States - OpenAI is ordering hundreds of billions of dollars worth of chips in the artificial intelligence race, raising questions among investors about how the startup will finance these purchases. In less than a month, the San Francisco startup behind ChatGPT has committed to acquiring a staggering...

Asked by reporters whether the truce was still in effect, Trump said: "Yeah, it is". The US president, who helped broker the deal, also suggested that Hamas leadership was not involved in any alleged breaches, instead blaming "some rebels within".

In recent years, wellness travel has evolved from a niche pursuit to one of the most dynamic sectors in global tourism. What began as an occasional escape from stress has become a fundamental pillar of luxury hospitality. Yet as expectations rise, the wellness traveler is no longer content with a...

Deir el-Balah, Palestinian Territories -- The Palestinians trying to rebuild their lives in the ruins of Gaza are short of many things: food, clean water, medicine -- and cash. On Sunday, two bank branches reopened, triggering an eager rush of clients. They were quickly disappointed. "The Bank of Palestine reopened...

Frankfurt, Germany -- Escalating attempts to remove works featuring themes such as LGBTQ lifestyles and race relations from US bookshelves are facing growing resistance from publishers and rights groups, a major topic at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. Spearheaded by right-wing conservative groups, there has been an explosion in efforts...

Izzat Al-Rishq, a member of Hamas's political bureau, reaffirmed the group's commitment to the ceasefire and said Israel "continues to breach the agreement. The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports of casualties.

Organizers said seven million people attended protests spanning New York to Los Angeles, with demonstrations popping up in small cities across the US heartland and even near Trump's home in Florida.

Bangkok, Thailand -- Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too. As the top emitter of greenhouse gases, China will largely determine whether the world avoids the worst effects of climate change. On the one hand, the...

The issue of hostage bodies still in Gaza has become a sticking point in the ceasefire implementation, with Israel linking the reopening of the main gateway into the territory to the recovery of all of the deceased.

Iran said on Saturday that it was no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear programme as a landmark 10-year deal between it and world powers expired, though Tehran reiterated its "commitment to diplomacy".

Washington, United States - US envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump's chief negotiator on the Middle East, has said that he felt "betrayed" when Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas negotiators in Qatar last month. In a CBS interview alongside Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law who worked with Witkoff on the...

Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani and Afghan officials were due to meet in Qatar Saturday to seek a path back to calm, a day after Islamabad launched air strikes that killed at least 10 Afghanis following a brief truce. Kabul accused Islamabad of violating the 48-hour ceasefire, which had paused nearly...

Adept at grasping context, planning and adaptive problem-solving, the agentic AI execute complex, multi-step processes with minimal human intervention or oversight.

Trump said as recently as last month that he believed Ukraine could take back all its territory -- but a day after agreeing to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin for a new summit, the American president had changed his tune

Digital sovereignty, in my view, is no longer a technical concept — it’s a cornerstone of national independence and strategic stability, says Lt. Colonel Al Shebli in an interview to GISEC GLOBAL

Responding to a call from Hamas for help locating the bodies of the 19 hostages, buried under the rubble alongside an untold number of Palestinians, Ankara sent specialists to help in the search.

Washington, United States -- OpenAI has suspended its Sora 2 artificial intelligence tool from creating videos of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. after his estate complained about disrespectful depictions. The slain civil rights leader's estate and OpenAI announced the decision in a joint statement late Thursday, saying the...

Dubai, UAE-- On the day 4 of GITEX GLOBAL 2025, policymakers, cybersecurity leaders, and innovators convened to address the most pressing question of the intelligent age--how to secure a world powered by AI and data. While cybersecurity and resilience dominated the day’s discourse, the show floor remained a convergence of...

In his latest abrupt pivot on Russia's 2022 invasion, Trump said he expected to meet Putin in Budapest within the next two weeks for what would be their second summit since the American's return to power.

Turkey has deployed dozens of disaster relief specialists to help search for bodies under the mountains of rubble in Gaza, as US President Donald Trump fired a warning at Hamas Thursday over a spate of recent killings in the territory.

Donald Trump held a crucial phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin Thursday, a day before Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky meets the US president to push for Tomahawk missiles.

The company's shares shoot up 8%.

Paris, France -- Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo once again topped the Forbes highest-paid footballers list for the 2025-26 season, as one of three members of the top 10 plying their trade in Saudi Arabia. It is the sixth time in the last decade that Ronaldo has topped the Forbes list...

The Annual Meeting on Cybersecurity, held jointly with the Global Future Councils, focused on strengthening global cooperation to enhance digital trust, resilience and collective readiness for emerging threats.

A 48-hour ceasefire between Afghanistan and Pakistan took hold late Wednesday, officials on both sides said, after dozens of troops and civilians were killed in fresh cross-border skirmishes earlier in the day.

Washington, United States - Flawed engineering and inadequate testing contributed to the catastrophic implosion of a private submersible during a 2023 expedition to the Titanic wreckage, the US National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. Its report comes after a US Coast Guard investigation in August outlined a litany of issues...

The statement from Defence Minister Israel Katz's office came after Hamas handed over the remains of two more deceased hostages, and said it would be unable to retrieve any more bodies from the ruins of Gaza without specialised equipment.

Under the deal pushed by US President Donald Trump and aimed at ending the two-year Gaza war, Israel was to turn over the bodies of 15 Palestinians for every deceased Israeli returned. In the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, AFP journalists saw morgue workers unloading refrigerated trucks, parked alongside...

Stockholm, Sweden -- Music and video streaming giants Spotify and Netflix have penned a deal to bring several video podcasts produced by Spotify to Netflix's platform, the companies announced late Tuesday. Under the deal, 16 video versions of podcasts produced by Spotify Studios and the Ringer -- which was acquired...

Washington, United States -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent slammed Beijing's rare earth export curbs Wednesday as "China versus the world," vowing that Washington and its allies would "neither be commanded nor controlled." "This should be a clear sign to our allies that we must work together, and work together we...

Dubai, UAE--Ten transformative technology solutions could change the way the world powers homes, grows food and secures freshwater, according to a new World Economic Forum report released today. Many of these critical technologies already exist but remain underused. Unlocking their potential as practical, scalable solutions to pressing climate challenges will...

Stocks jumped Wednesday as trade war fears were overshadowed by comments from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell that suggested the bank would cut interest rates again this month.

Trump's comments came the day after he swung through the Middle East to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire deal, with questions swirling about the next phases of the agreement between Israel and Hamas.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates -- Couples from anywhere in the world can now get married using the Abu Dhabi government's app without even setting foot in the emirate, the head of the project told AFP on Tuesday. The idea of online marriage is still in its infancy, with Ukraine launching...

For many Palestinians rebuilding their homes and lives amid Gaza's rubble, the sight of the Hamas forces was reassuring. Many said they felt protected from thugs and thieves.

In its flagship World Economic Outlook (WEO) report -- compiled before the most recent US-China tariff spat -- the IMF hiked its 2025 global growth forecast to 3.2 percent, up from 3.0 in July, while leaving its prediction for 2026 unchanged at 3.1 percent.

The report, Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World's Largest Workforces, developed by the WEF's Global Future Council on Jobs and Frontier Technology, examines seven job families where technological transformation will likely have the greatest global impact.

The World Economic Forum will convene more than 500 experts from government, business, academia, international organizations, civil society and media, alongside 150 of the world’s foremost cybersecurity leaders

DUBAI, UAE – A powerful confluence of more than 500 experts and 150 cybersecurity leaders has converged in Dubai for the World Economic Forum's inaugural joint session of the Annual Meetings of the Global Future Councils and Cybersecurity. The crucial, three-day summit, running from October 14 to 16, 2025, is...

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced Monday it is teaming up with chip giant Broadcom to design and build its own specialized computer processors for artificial intelligence.

Washington, United States - A winner of this year’s Nobel prize in economics warned Monday that artificial intelligence offers "amazing possibilities" but should be regulated because of its job-destroying potential. The remarks from Canadian Peter Howitt, professor emeritus at Brown University in the United States, came amid growing concerns about...

China said on Tuesday it was ready to "fight to the end" in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 100 percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy.

Paris, France -- Qatar has revealed itself as the owner of a famous self-portrait by French realist master Gustave Courbet and will loan the painting to Paris's Musee d'Orsay for five years, museum officials said on Monday. "The Desperate Man" depicts Courbet with a wild-eyed stare looking out of the...

As part of Trump's plan to end the Gaza war, Hamas on Monday freed the last 20 surviving hostages it held after two years of captivity in Gaza.

Dubai, UAE – Expand North Star by GITEX GLOBAL is underway in the UAE as the world’s largest startup and investor connector event launched its landmark 10th anniversary on Sunday alongside thousands of local and international visitors. Organized by Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), and hosted by the Dubai Chamber...

Stockholm, Sweden - The Nobel economics prize wraps up the 2025 season when it is announced on Monday, as experts say this year's prize could honour research on artificial intelligence or inequality. The winner or winners of the prestigious prize will be announced at 11:45 am (0945 GMT). Last year...

US President Donald Trump said Sunday he may warn Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Ukraine could get Tomahawk cruise missiles if Moscow does not end its invasion