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  • Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., during a news conference with US President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 30, 2025. The event gives an opportunity for the president and his largest campaign benefactor to dispel any notion of an acrimonious divorce. Photographer: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Musk forms America Party ‘to give you back your freedom’ after reigniting bitter feud with Trump

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  • The blue logo of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is displayed on the facade of its headquarters building in Vienna, Austria, on June 9, 2025. The building is located in the city center and serves as the administrative center for the international oil organization. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Economy

    OPEC+ to ramp up oil output even higher in August with eye on market share

    By Pol-Malo Le Bris and AFP
  • DEIR EZ-ZUR, SYRIA – JUNE 22: Majid Hamaid Arsaan, 16, receives dialysis at the dialysis centre in Abu Hamam Hospital, run by French healthcare NGO Mehad, on June 22, 2025 in Deir Ez-Zur, Syria. Medical clinics in Syria have been overwhelmed as some NGO-supported facilities have been forced to close due to cuts to foreign-aid budgets, most notably the dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) earlier this year. The three dialysis centres operated by French healthcare NGO Mehad are now the only functional ones in Northeast Syria. Majid Hamaid Arsaan, 16, and his brother Omar Hamaid Arsaan 18 both suffer from hereditary kidney disease. They come for dialysis twice a week from Alhawij village, 40 km away, by a shuttle service, provided by the centre. Majid has two small kidneys and Omar has one small kidney; illness and fatigue mean they both are unable to go to school and their brother has to stay at home to look after them. Their mother Amshah Mohamed Arsaan, 50, says that the dialysis centre in the hospital is “my life” and without it they would have to move to another area. Medical staff at Abu Hamam Hospital say in the past five months they have had to turn away some prospective patients requiring dialysis, who have had to go Damascus or elsewhere. Staff said the dialysis centre is currently operating over normal capacity to meet the needs of their existing patients, as some of the machines are broken or faulty, putting further stress on working hours of staff and overusing the functioning dialysis machines. As Syria rebuilds from a 13-year civil war, the country’s health services are largely dependent on NGOs in the absence of a more robust and organised healthcare system. (Photo by Ed Ram/Getty Images)Health

    Over 14 million people could die from Trump administration cuts to U.S. foreign aid, study finds

    By Daniel Lawler and AFP
  • This photograph shows the iconic symbol of Renault seen at Renault Trucks’ factory in Saint-Priest, near Lyon, central-eastern France, on May 22, 2025. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Renault’s $11.2 billion loss tied to its Nissan stake adds to tensions in the already rocky partnership

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  • Pedestrians on the Jubilee Bridge in front of buildings in the central business district of Singapore, on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Singapore is scheduled to release gross domestic product (GDP) figures on May 22. Photographer: Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Singapore now requires crypto exchanges that only serve offshore clients to get a license

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  • tuna sushi set on black backgroundEnvironment

    China partially lifts ban on Japanese seafood imports, easing dispute over Fukushima wastewater

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  • BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 23: In this photo illustration, the logo of Claude 4 is displayed on a smartphone screen on May 23, 2025 in Beijing, China. Anthropic on May 22 said it activated a tighter artificial intelligence control for Claude Opus 4, its latest AI model. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)AI

    AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators during stress-testing scenarios

    By Thomas Urbain and AFP
  • A package from Temu is seen in front of a screen with the Temu logo. (Photo by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Environment

    Seoul city government asks Temu, AliExpress to stop selling children’s products that exceed limits on hazardous substances

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  • People walk past the Mary Jane cannabis dispensary in Bangkok on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP) (Photo by CHANAKARN LAOSARAKHAM/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Thailand moves to require a doctor’s approval for cannabis sales, unsettling a budding industry

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  • Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan (C-L) looks on at a court in Ho Chi Minh city on March 25, 2025. The appeal of a Vietnamese property tycoon convicted of money laundering began on March 25, 2025 three months after she lost an appeal against the death penalty in a separate case. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Vietnam tycoon spared from death penalty for $27 billion fraud after Hanoi abruptly scraps capital punishment for property embezzlement

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  • Chinese Premier Li Qiang delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC25) in Tianjin on June 25, 2025. (Photo by Jade Gao / AFP) (Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Beijing’s No. 2 says China is growing into a ‘major consumption powerhouse,’ even amid ‘intensifying’ trade frictions

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  • Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks during an unveiling event in New York, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Amazon has rebooted Alexa with artificial intelligence, marking the biggest overhaul of the voice-activated assistant since its introduction over a decade ago. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEconomy

    Amazon to create thousands of new U.K. jobs as part of $54 billion investment—PM Starmer calls the deal ‘another major win’

    By James Pheby and AFP
  • ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – JUNE 22: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. U.S. President Donald Trump gave an address to the nation last night after three Iranian nuclear facilities were struck by the U.S. military. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Middle East

    Pentagon says U.S. strikes ‘devastated’ Iran’s nuclear program but weren’t aimed at regime change

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  • FILE – Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)Tech

    SpaceX Starship blows up during routine launchpad test, the latest setback in Elon Musk’s quest to go interplanetary

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  • A general view of Nvidia headquarters is seen in Shanghai, China, on May 19, 2025, as Nvidia plans further investment for the Shanghai research center. (Photo by Ying Tang/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Tech

    Malaysia is verifying media reports that the country is being used to evade U.S. export controls on Nvidia chips

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