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It's not just AI — China's quickly gaining an edge over the U.S. in biotech
For all the attention on U.S.-China AI competition, new studies point to China’s rapid rise in biotechnology, especially for ...
Like it or not, NATO's hitting a 5% defense spending target, U.S. says
A 5% defense spending target for NATO members is looking increasingly likely as the alliance prepares for its big bang summit ...
Here are the countries under Trump's new travel ban and who is excluded
In a video released on social media, Trump tied the new ban to Sunday's terror attack in Boulder, Colorado, saying it ...
Nintendo Switch 2 hype leads to shortages, special store opening hours
Nintendo says it expects to sell 15 million Switch 2s in the fiscal year ending March 2026. Analysts say that estimate is ...
‘Shameful': D.C. murder case dismissed after DNA evidence lost
Court records show Bode Technology Group Inc., the private lab that did the testing, lost the evidence and it can’t be ...
Summer arrives in full force Thursday, as temps expected to hit 90 with high humidity
June wasted no time delivering on sunny, dry, and warm weather. The heat will peak Thursday, when we expect New York City’s ...
22 crew members rescued from lifeboat in North Pacific after ship carrying 3,000 cars catches fire
The crew initiated emergency firefighting procedures with the ship's onboard fire suppression system. But they were unable ...
Serena Williams says winning the Australian Open while pregnant was her most important career moment: ‘I don't know how I did that'
I have to do a lot of aces… I can only play, like, four balls and I’m done,” Williams told the SuperReturn conference in ...
UK April inflation overstated because of car tax error, UK statistics agency says
The statistics body on Thursday released revised data, showing CPI rose instead by 3.4% in the 12 months to April.
With an ‘above normal' hurricane season forecast, check these 3 things in your home insurance policy
Hurricane season began on June 1. Now is the time to take a look at your homeowners insurance policy and make sure you’re ...
European Central Bank trims interest rates after inflation dips below target
The European Central Bank on Thursday announced a 25-basis-point interest rate trim taking the deposit facility rate to 2%, down from a mid-2023 high of 4%. Ahead of the announcement, traders had been ...
2 die in Manhattan shootings in less than 2 hours. No arrests made
Two people died in two separate Manhattan shootings, one in Midtown, one in Chelsea, in less than two hours overnight, and no arrests have been made — a chilling pair of violent acts just days after ...