China hits growth goal after exports defy US tariffs | BBC News
China said its economy expanded by 5% last year, meeting Beijing’s official target as a record trade surplus boosted growth. The world’s second-largest economy reached its goal despite growth slowing to 4.5% in the final three months of 2025. China’s past year has been marked by struggles to boost domesticContinue Reading
UK Starmer criticizes US tariffs against allies over Greenland | REUTERS
‘Tariffs should not be used against allies in this way,’ British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said, calling for calm discussion to avert a possible trade war with the US over Greenland. #keirstarmer #britain #england #unitedkingdom #tarrifs #greenland #donaldTrumpenführerenführer #News #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4qtUTbz 👉 Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe KeepContinue Reading
At least 13 children killed in school bus crash in South Africa, police say
Preliminary reports indicate 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries later in hospital.Continue Reading
Iranian foreign minister will not attend Davos, WEF confirms
Iran’s foreign minister will not be attending the Davos summit in Switzerland this week, the World Economic Forum said on Monday. Araghchi was supposed to appear on Davos stage on Tuesday.Continue Reading
NoFap Founder Sued Pornhub, UCLA, and Scientists While Intimidating Journalists.
Alexander Rhodes, the founder of the pornography addiction self-help group NoFap and repeat plaintiff, sued the parent company of Pornhub, Aylo, along with the University of California Los Angeles, two scientists, and an academic publisher for defamation. Filed in a court of common pleas in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and sinceContinue Reading
Norway advising citizens of preparations for wartime property requisitions, military says
The letters have no practical impact in peacetime other than to let owners know that the military may take over their goods in the event of a conflict, the statement said., Read MoreContinue Reading
How the frog meat trade helped spread a deadly fungus worldwide
A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil. Genetic evidence and trade data suggest the fungus hitchhiked across the world via international frog meat markets. The findings raise urgent concerns about how wildlife trade can spread hidden biologicalContinue Reading
UK prime minister stares down barrel of ban on social media for kids
Labour’s latest U-turn? 61 backbenchers pile pressure for Starmer to back Tory peer’s amendment The British government may impose a ban on under-16s using social media, despite Labour prime minister Keir Starmer having previously expressed skepticism over the measure.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Price, battery life, performance – that’s how you sell PCs
Traditional considerations back in vogue. On-device AI? Not so much The majority of PCs that commercial resellers shipped to enterprise customers in Q4 were AI-capable, however, it was the traditional levers of price, battery life and performance these biz buyers were mostly sold on.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
After U.S. strike and Maduro’s fall, is Venezuelan ‘Chavismo’ facing its end?
After the U.S. toppled Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s new leader bows to Washington, raising doubts about whether the once-defiant Chavista revolution can survive., Read MoreContinue Reading
A Record Wildfire Season Inspires Wyoming to Prepare for an Increasingly Fiery Future
As the Cowboy State faces larger and costlier blazes, scientists warn that the flames could make many of its iconic landscapes unrecognizable within decades. By Jake Bolster In six generations, Jake Christian’s family had never seen a fire like the one that blazed toward his ranch near Buffalo, Wyoming, lateContinue Reading
Foreign influence & Somalia’s fight for unity
On Centre Stage, Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Hassan speaks with Ali Omar, Somalia’s minister of state for foreign affairs., Centre Stage In this episode of Centre Stage, Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Hassan speaks with Ali Omar, Somalia’s minister of state for foreign affairs, about Somaliland’s secession bid backed by Israel, the fightContinue Reading
India is profiling Kashmir mosques, raising new surveillance fears
Residents say police exercise feels less like routine survey and more like an attempt to control religious institutions., Mohammad Nawaz Khan regrets the day his father, Sanaullah Khan, a retired government employee, agreed to head the managing committee of the neighbourhood mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Khan’sContinue Reading