King Charles praises ‘ambitious’ Aukus in speech to US Congress King Charles’ address to the US Congress has been covered over in our US politics blog (check it out here). But it’s worth noting that Australia got a shout-out, and specifically the Aukus nuclear submarine program, in a section of the speech that pointedly dwelt…
King Charles and “Queen” Camilla arrived in Washington in the late afternoon on Monday. They were greeted by US Protocol Chief Monica Crowley at Joint Base Andrews. Charles and Camilla were quickly shuffled off somewhere to change, then they traveled to the White House for a photocall and tea with Donald and Melania Trump. The…
NewsFeed US President Donald Trump hailed the “cherished bond” between the United States and the United Kingdom as he welcomed King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House, seeking to mend a rift over issues including the war on Iran. Published On 28 Apr 202628 Apr 2026 Click here to share on social…
The military came to power to bolster security but the weekend’s attacks have brought that into question.
David Gross, a celebrated U.S. theoretical physicist, calls himself an optimist—especially concerning the future of his field. He’s certain that somewhere out there lurks a final, unified theory of nature, just waiting to be discovered. But he’s pessimistic about our chances of actually discovering it; on balance, he estimates, it’s more likely that we’ll destroy…
China’s Zhao Xintong pulls off a shot emmulating the late John Virgo, potting three reds at the same time in his quarter-final match-up against Shaun Murphy at the World Snooker Championship. FOLLOW LIVE: World Snooker Championship – day 11 Available to UK users only.
Iran’s embassy in London posted a message on social media inviting Iranians living in Britain to register for a ‘Sacrifice for the Homeland’ campaign.
Texas Instruments graphing calculators have helped many a student with algebra, pre-calculus and upside-down anatomical slang. Now, the company is back with an upgrade for the modern world, the TI-84 Evo. The new device lets you get your math on with a faster processor, a new icon-based home screen and a redesigned keypad. TI is…
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman speaks at the HumanX conference in San Francisco on April 7, 2026. Big Event Media | HumanX Conference | Getty Images A day after OpenAI revamped its relationship with Microsoft so that it can run all of its products on any cloud, the artificial intelligence company said its models…
The European parliament has called on the EU to draw up a standardised consent-based definition of rape, in what legislators described as a crucial step towards addressing the patchwork of laws, some of them insufficient, that now exist across the bloc. On Tuesday, 447 of the parliament’s 720 MEPs voted to approve a report calling…
