China: Spring festival gala puts advanced humanoid robots in spotlight
In one of the world’s most-watched television broadcasts, China’s state media this week featured a spectacular display of humanoid robots performing complex dance routines,...
Wealthy Americans lead record surge in NZ’s ‘Golden Visa’ applications
New Zealand is experiencing an unprecedented surge in applications to its revamped “golden visa” residency programme, with affluent Americans now constituting the largest proportion...
Elon Musk can be world’s first as trillionaire as wealth surges to an estimated $850 Billion
Tech billionaire Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX, has seen his personal fortune skyrocket to approximately $850 billion, according to the...
Canada unveils defence strategy to reduce dependence on US
In a landmark move aimed at transforming its military capabilities and reducing its long-standing reliance on the United States for defence equipment, Canadian Prime...
Germany reels after spectacular €100 million bank heist
Authorities in Germany are grappling with what has been described as one of the most spectacular bank robberies in recent years after thieves looted...
US eyes Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, but industry remains wary
After overseeing the dramatic removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last month, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the United States would move swiftly...
In Cuba’s deepening fuel crisis, electric tricycles become a transport lifeline
Amid one of the most severe fuel shortages in decades, ordinary Cubans are adapting to life on the island with improvised solutions, with electric...
Cuban crisis deepens as fuel supplies dry up
Cuba is confronting an extraordinary humanitarian and economic crisis as its already fragile energy supplies collapse, pushing the island into severe fuel shortages that...
Gaza’s economic collapse deepens as jobs disappear
In the war-torn Palestinian enclave of Gaza, the struggle for everyday survival has sharpened into a stark economic crisis as jobs vanish, wages dry...