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U.S. accuses India of profiteering from Russian oil during Ukraine war

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday accused India of profiteering from cheap Russian oil imports during the war in Ukraine, describing the practice as...

Environment

Sam Altman on GPT-6: ‘People want memory’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, pictured, speaks with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi |...

‘Striking evidence’ shows effects of vaping on children in largest ever review

Children who vape are three times more likely to go on to be smokers, according to new analysis which linked youth vaping to a...

Putin wasn’t at the White House, but his influence was – the moments which reveal his hold over Trump

Vladimir Putin wasn’t at the White House but his influence clearly was. At times, it dominated the room. There were three key moments that...

Trump brokers Putin and Zelenskyy meeting

👉 Follow Trump100 on your podcast app 👈 Donald Trump wants to set up a face-to-face meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian...

We are further away from peace now than we were two weeks ago

It’s always wise to let the dust settle before reaching conclusions with this presidency. But on the face of it we are further away...

World

Putin wasn’t at the White House, but his influence was – the moments which reveal his hold over Trump

Vladimir Putin wasn’t at the White House but his influence clearly was. At times, it dominated the room. There were three key moments that...

World

Trump is playing both sides – but has taken peace talks a distance not seen since the war began

Talks between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders have taken place at the White House, aimed at finding an end to the war...

Sports

D-backs star Marte apologizes, explains absence

ESPN News Services Aug 18, 2025, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — In response to criticisms that he takes too many games...

Sports

Bogaerts loses homer on fan interference call

Associated Press Aug 18, 2025, 11:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres had a home...

Sports

Phils’ Wheeler undergoes surgery; timeline unclear

Associated Press Aug 18, 2025, 04:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Wheeler, 35, a three-time All-Star who leads the majors with 195...

Trump says US will give Ukraine security guarantees – but Europe will ‘take a lot of the burden’

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he’s ready to meet with Vladimir Putin after Donald Trump said the Russian president had agreed to let Ukraine have...

Business

Ed Conway: Something odd is happening in the markets – with no compelling explanation

There is one thing scarier than markets lurching around. And that’s markets lurching around without a very compelling explanation. Just yesterday, the yield on...

Business

Redundancies begin at UK’s largest bioethanol plant after government rejects bailout

Redundancies are to begin on Tuesday at the UK’s largest bioethanol plant, which is to close after the government refused to offer the owners...

Politics

TikTok and Instagram accused of targeting teens with suicide and self-harm content

TikTok and Instagram have been accused of targeting teenagers with suicide and self-harm content – at a higher rate than two years ago. The...

World

European nations ‘going to take a lot of burden’ on deterring aggression against Ukraine, Trump says

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump have started their talks with European leaders at the White House. They have met Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer,...

Technology

Analysts downplay AI bubble worries as Altman says some investors will be left ‘very burnt’

The artificial intelligence boom that Sam Altman helped ignite with ChatGPT in late 2022 is starting to make even him uneasy. Startups with little...

Trump summit: Volodymyr Zelenskyy has learned his lesson from the last visit to the White House

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has learned his lesson from the last time he was in the Oval Office. When the Ukrainian leader was at the White...

Ronnie Rondell Jr: Veteran Hollywood stuntman set on fire for Pink Floyd album cover dies

Veteran stuntman Ronnie Rondell Jr, who was set on fire for the front cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album, has died,...

‘Ketamine Queen’ to plead guilty to supplying dose of drug that killed Matthew Perry

A woman who was charged with selling Friends star Matthew Parry the dose of the drug that killed him has agreed to plead guilty....