Not even AI can predict the future (yet), nevertheless two of our tech editors have taken a look ahead to what they think will be big in 2025. As 2022 drew to…
Canada’s Justin Trudeau cites ‘internal battles’ as he ends nine-year run
Under growing pressure from his own party, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced he will step down and end his nine-year stretch as leader. Trudeau said he would stay on in…
Trump Jr to visit Greenland after father repeats desire for US ownership
Donald Trump Jr is planning to visit Greenland, two weeks after his father repeated his desire for the US to take control of the island – an autonomous Danish territory. The US…
Five dead as huge winter storm grips swathe of US
At least five people have died in a winter storm that has seized a swathe of the US in its icy grip, leading to mass school closures, travel chaos and power cuts….
Trump asks court to postpone sentencing ahead of inauguration
President-elect Donald Trump has asked a New York judge to halt the sentencing in his felony hush money case, which is scheduled for 10 January. His lawyers announced on Monday that Trump…
Apple says it will update AI feature after BBC complaint
Apple has said it will update, rather than pause, a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that has generated inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones. The company, in its first acknowledgement of…
Harris certifies Trump’s US election win, four years after Capitol riot
Four years to the day after a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters violently besieged the US Capitol, Congress formally certified the incoming president’s re-election in a special session. Vice-President Kamala Harris, who…
Trudeau’s era comes to an end
For months now, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been asked variations of the same question: “Will you step down?” But though he vowed to stay on as Liberal Party leader –…
Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial over alleged Gaddafi election funding
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial in Paris, accused of taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007…
Charlie Hebdo marks decade since gun attack with special issue
Exactly 10 years after the jihadist gun-attack that killed most of its editorial staff, France’s Charlie Hebdo has put out a special issue to show its cause is still kicking. Things changed…