Xi seizes DeepSeek momentum to restore China tech chiefs to spotlight

President offers reassurance after crackdowns even as he stresses need to serve party’s strategic aims

Source: Financial Times

Trump says Ukraine 'should have never started it' in comments about war with Russia

The president made the remark while deriding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose country was invaded by Russia in February 2022.

Source: NBC News

Privacy advocates file lawsuit to stop DOGE from peeking at IRS taxpayer data

A coalition of watchdog groups and unions is seeking to block the DOGE team from accessing taxpayer data at the IRS. A similar battle is brewing over Social Security data.

Source: NPR

'I was just in a plane crash. Oh my God': Witnesses recount escape in Toronto

Witnesses speak about the moment the plane they were flying in overturned in the Canadian city.

Source: BBC

Politicians who deliberately lie could be forced from office in Wales

Proposals designed to restore trust in politics would also criminalise the making of false statements to win votes

Elected politicians who deliberately lie could be forced from office under proposals …

Source: The Guardian

Families of remaining Israeli hostages mark grim milestone

It's been 500 days since the Oct. 7 terror attack, sparking a war that left Gaza in ruins while Hamas terrorists still hide 73 hostages somewhere beneath it. Israelis marked …

Source: CBS News

US man shot two Israeli tourists thinking they were Palestinians

Two Israelis in Miami were shot by a man who'd told police he’d carried out the attack thinking they were Palestinians.

Source: Al Jazeera

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio presser in Riyadh

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses reporters following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and other senior officials in Saudi Arabia.

Source: France 24

Ukraine: US now understands Russia 'better,' Lavrov says

Russia's top diplomat and his US counterpart said they agreed to establish a process for settling the Ukraine conflict. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy rejected any talks on the future of Ukraine behind …

Source: Deutsche Welle

Jeremy Bowen: No sign of a quick peace dividend for Trump in Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers are paying little attention to US diplomacy and civilians doubt good will come of it.

Source: BBC

New York city council demands mayor's resignation following corruption case dismissal

Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams faced renewed pressure after the head of the city's council called for his resignation, days after four deputy mayors and several prosecutors quit …

Source: France 24

New law in Vietnam derided as bid to quell all critique of communist rule

A rights group calls Vietnam's new "Decree 147" social media crackdown a bid by the Communist Party to put an "icy stranglehold on free speech."

Source: CBS News