Microdrama platforms are now capturing more daily viewing time on mobile phones in the United States than established streaming services, underlining how ultra-short scripted series are redefining video habits on small screens. New figures from research firm Omdia, based on Q4 2025 Sensor Tower usage data presented at MIP London, show that......
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it will suspend, starting Tuesday, the collection of tariffs recently invalidated by the Supreme Court of the United States, according to an internal notice released on Sunday. The agency specified that duties imposed under emergency economic powers will no longer......
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that fundamental rights and the rule of law are facing an unprecedented global assault, telling the Human Rights Council in Geneva that human rights are now being openly challenged by those in positions of power. Opening what could be his final in-person address to the UN’s......
India has issued its strongest warning yet to its nationals in Iran, urging all citizens, including students, pilgrims, business travellers and tourists, to leave the country immediately using any available means of transport, including commercial flights. The latest advisory, dated February 23 and released by the Indian Embassy in Tehran,......
Oil prices retreated as traders weighed signs of progress in United States–Iran nuclear diplomacy against a fresh layer of uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s new across‑the‑board import tariffs. Brent crude futures slipped to around 71 dollars a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate hovered near 66 dollars, giving back......
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared the buildup of Russia’s nuclear arsenal an “absolute priority” after the collapse of the last remaining arms control treaty with the United States, signalling a more dangerous phase in great power rivalry. In a video address released for Defender of the Fatherland Day, Putin said......
Five Iranian Kurdish opposition parties have unveiled a new political alliance aimed at consolidating their long-fractured movement against Tehran at a moment of mounting domestic turmoil and renewed pressure from the United States on Iran’s leadership. The coalition, formally titled the Alliance of Political Forces of Iranian Kurdistan,......
The Palestinian American chemist Omar Yaghi, who shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering metal organic frameworks, has turned a childhood shaped by water scarcity into a technology that can draw drinking water directly from the air, even in some of the driest places on Earth. His company, Atoco, has developed container sized......
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