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Japan’s cabinet has backed a record defence spending plan aimed at strengthening missile, drone and maritime capabilities, amid mounting tensions with China.Published On 26 Dec 202526 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareJapan’s cabinet has approved a record defence budget proposal of more than 9 trillion yen ($58bn) for the coming fiscal year, reflecting a push to strengthen military and coastal defences amid rising tensions in East Asia.The plan still requires parliamentary approval by March and forms part of a broader 122.3 trillion yen ($784bn) national budget for the fiscal year beginning in April 2026. The increase marks the…

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, US president says ‘deadly strike’ in Nigeria targeted ISIL fighters who had killed ‘primarily, innocent Christians’.The United ‍States ‍has carried out an air strike against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria, US ⁠President Donald Trump ​said.“Tonight, ⁠at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and ​deadly strike ‌against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria,” ‌Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform on Thursday evening.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listTrump said ISIL fighters had “‌targeted and viciously” killed “primarily, innocent Christians, at ⁠levels not seen for many years,…

Interior Ministry says the raid killed Mohammed Shahadeh, describing him as one of ISIL’s senior commanders in Syria.Published On 25 Dec 202525 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareSyrian authorities say security forces have carried out a second operation against ISIL (ISIS) fighters near Damascus, killing a senior figure described as the group’s governor of Hauran.In a statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior said the raid killed Mohammed Shahadeh, also known as Abu Omar Shaddad, calling him one of ISIL’s senior commanders in Syria and a direct threat to local security.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOfficials…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv is willing to turn the parts of the Donbas region that his troops currently control into a demilitarised zone (DMZ) if Russia also commits to keeping its soldiers out of this eastern region of Ukraine.Zelenskyy’s comments represent Ukraine’s biggest territorial concession so far as he faces mounting pressure from both Russian military advances and United States President Donald Trump to agree to a ceasefire with Moscow.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe Ukrainian president also spoke of a second DMZ near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest, which is currently controlled by…

Police said the suspects arrested were found with unlicensed firearms, including four handguns and an AK-47 rifle.Published On 25 Dec 202525 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2SharePolice in South Africa say they have arrested 11 people, including many suspected of being undocumented miners, in connection with Sunday’s shooting at a tavern that killed 10 people.Nine citizens of Lesotho and one Mozambican were among those arrested on Wednesday after police and security stormed two houses outside Johannesburg.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listTen others were wounded in Sunday’s shooting in which about a dozen gunmen in a minibus…

For a company built on intellectual property, scale creates a familiar tension. Disney needs to produce and distribute content across many formats and audiences, while keeping tight control over rights, safety, and brand consistency. Generative AI promises speed and flexibility, but unmanaged use risks creating legal, creative, and operational drag.Disney’s agreement with OpenAI shows how a large, IP-heavy organisation is attempting to resolve that tension by putting AI inside its operating system rather than treating it as a side experiment.Under the deal, Disney becomes both a licensing partner and a major enterprise customer. OpenAI’s video model Sora will be able…

Khartoum proposes plan to end the conflict, but the UN warns violence is worsening.As 2025 comes to an end, there is still no sign of peace in Sudan.The conflict between the army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began more than two and a half years ago and has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThis week, the prime minister presented a peace plan to the United Nations Security Council. It would see the RSF give up its weapons and the territory it controls.The RSF says the plan is “closer to…

A recent industry report [PDF] argues that Britain’s railway network could carry an extra billion journeys by the mid-2030s, building on the 1.6 billion passenger rail journeys recorded to year-end March 2024. The next decade will involve a combination of complexity and control, as more digital systems, data, and interconnected suppliers create the potential for more points of failure.The report’s central theme is that AI will become the operating system for modern rail, not as a single, centralised collection of models and algorithms, but as layers of prediction, optimisation, and automated monitoring found in infrastructure, rolling stock, maintenance yards, and…

US president is reviewing candidates to replace outgoing Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell, who disagreed with Trump on interest rate cuts.Published On 24 Dec 202524 Dec 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump has said that he expects the next chairman of the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low and never “disagree” with him.Trump made his remarks on Tuesday as interviewing was under way for candidates to replace outgoing Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“I want my new Fed Chairman to lower Interest Rates if the Market is…

Under China’s push to clean up its energy system, AI is starting to shape how power is produced, moved, and used — not in abstract policy terms, but in day-to-day operations.In Chifeng, a city in northern China, a renewable-powered factory offers a clear example. The site produces hydrogen and ammonia using electricity generated entirely from nearby wind and solar farms. Unlike traditional plants connected to the wider grid, this facility runs on its own closed system. That setup brings a problem as well as a benefit: renewable power is clean, but it rises and falls with the weather.To keep production…