news2shortsAmerican politicians break rank at Munich Security Conference to hit out at ‘destructive’ president and urge Europe to stand up to Trump Donald Trump’s most unbridled critics at this weekend’s Munich Security Conference have not been Europeans but Americans – and not just Democrat politicians. A few Republicans, out of earshot of the US president’s … Read more
Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure. Plus, the week the Cuban crisis got real Good morning. Civilian casualties in Ukraine caused by Russian strikes surged by 26% in 2025, reflecting increased Russian targeting of cities and infrastructure in the country, according to a global conflict monitoring group. What did … Read more
Medal table | Live scores and schedule | Results | Briefing Follow us over on Bluesky | Get in touch: email Daniel Solberg of Norway looks like he’s going nicely, but he’s still well off the lad at every checkpoint. Increasingly, it looks like getting out first was a big advantage, Atle Lie McGrath still … Read more
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Japan misses growth forecasts for the final three months of 2025 Shares fell in Tokyo as investors digest today’s weaker-than-expected growth report. The Nikkei 225 index dipped by 0.24%, while the broader Topix shed 0.8%. “I figured the GDP figures would be treated as past … Read more
Former US president clarifies ‘they’re real’ answer that he gave during quick-fire interview round Hours after Barack Obama caused a frenzy by saying aliens were real on a podcast, the former US president has posted a statement clarifying that he has not seen any evidence of them. In a conversation with the American podcast host … Read more
Kaja Kallas rejects ‘fashionable euro-bashing’ by US leaders and says other countries ‘look up to us’ – key US politics stories from 15 February at a glance The European Union’s foreign policy chief has criticised US claims that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and rejected what she called “fashionable euro-bashing”. Kaja Kallas told an audience … Read more
Wilson and Pierre Crinon ejected after brawl Fighting is rare at Winter Games Canada’s Tom Wilson shunned tradition on Sunday, deciding to fight during his team’s victory over France in their Olympic ice hockey game. While fighting is a regular – and tacitly accepted – part of professional ice hockey, it rarely occurs on the … Read more
Shipwreck hunter found Lac La Belle steamer, one of ‘most sought-after missing ships’, after nearly 60-year search Searchers recently discovered the wreck of one of the “most sought-after missing ships” in Lake Michigan, that had sunk to the bottom of the lake over 150 years ago. A shipwreck hunter and scuba diver named Paul Ehorn … Read more
The Department of War on Sunday transported a next-generation nuclear reactor aboard a C-17 from California to Utah, advancing President Donald Trump’s executive order to modernize America’s nuclear energy infrastructure and strengthen U.S. national security. The reactor was flown from March Air Reserve Base in California to Hill Air Force Base in Utah and is … Read more
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed Sunday that Senate Democrats will block the latest GOP-backed effort to require proof of citizenship to vote. “We will not let it pass in the Senate,” Schumer told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “We are fighting it tooth and nail. It’s an outrageous proposal that is, you know, that shows … Read more
