Ukraine strikes Russian oil sites 870 miles deep
Ukrainian forces ushered in 2026 with drone attacks on key Russian petroleum infrastructure, hitting the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar and the Almetyevskaya oil processing facility in Tatarstan, the Ukrainian military confirmed on Thursday. These overnight strikes from December 31 to January 1 sparked fires at both sites, which emergency......
Mysterious abandonment of NYPD uniforms near Brooklyn cemetery
Police in Brooklyn discovered a cardboard box overflowing with authentic NYPD gear abandoned on a sidewalk near Greenwood Cemetery late on a Tuesday evening. The find, made around 8:40 p.m. at the intersection of 37th Street and Ninth Avenue, included pants, shirts, jackets, hats, and even a police badge, suggesting items accumulated over......
Sterling surpasses 1.34 amid dollar's worst year since 2017
The British pound traded above 1.34 against the US dollar on Thursday, building on its strongest annual performance since 2017 as divergent central bank policies and growing doubts over the Federal Reserve's independence weighed heavily on the greenback. In early Asian trading on January 2, the pound hit around 1.3480, capping off an......
Google and SpaceX eye orbital AI data centers
Google and SpaceX, alongside other tech pioneers, are advancing plans to build AI data centers in orbit. This bold initiative aims to meet artificial intelligence's voracious energy demands while sidestepping earthly limitations like power grids and land scarcity. In November, Google unveiled Project Suncatcher, scheduling two prototype......
Airtasker CEO predicts drivers will vanish before manual laborers
Tim Fung, founder and CEO of the gig economy platform Airtasker, foresees a stark divide in the job market as autonomous driving technology and artificial intelligence reshape employment landscapes. He warns that human drivers for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft could vanish within three to five years, supplanted by self-driving vehicles.......
Apple cuts Vision Pro production amid disappointing sales
Apple has sharply scaled back production and marketing efforts for its Vision Pro headset after sales fell far short of expectations, signaling a notable setback in the tech giant's push into spatial computing. Manufacturing partner Luxshare halted production of the original model early in 2024 after shipping roughly 390,000 units worldwide.......
Bitcoin breaks historic post-halving pattern with yearly decline
Bitcoin ushered in the new year trading around $87,500 on January 1, reflecting a 30% drop from its October peak and capping off a year that upended long-standing market cycles and investor forecasts. The global cryptocurrency market capitalization stood at $2.96 trillion, down sharply from a record $4.28 trillion in early October a $1.3 trillion......
Former EU commissioner calls Trump-led US Europe's enemy
A former top European Union official has sharply criticized the United States under President Donald Trump, labeling it an enemy of Europe rather than an ally. Joaquin Almunia, who served as vice president of the European Commission and competition commissioner, made the bold statement during an interview on Spanish radio station Cadena Ser.......
Search resumes for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in Indian ocean
A research vessel equipped with cutting-edge underwater robots has arrived in the Indian Ocean, reigniting the quest to solve one of aviation's greatest enigmas: the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The Malaysian Transport Ministry confirmed the Armada 86 05 reached its designated search zone with two autonomous underwater......
Stranger Things wraps up after five seasons with blockbuster finale
Netflix's flagship series Stranger Things drew to a close on New Year's Eve with a monumental two-hour finale, capping a decade-long journey that reshaped streaming television. The choice to end with season 5 stemmed from the creative vision of brothers Matt and Ross Duffer, who mapped out a finite storyline for the Hawkins saga from......
Byd overtakes Tesla as world's top electric vehicle seller
Chinese automaker BYD has surpassed Tesla to claim the title of the world's leading electric vehicle manufacturer in 2025, delivering 2.26 million battery electric vehicles compared to Tesla's projected 1.64 million units for the year, based on company documents released Thursday. This milestone represents the first time the Shenzhen-based......
Netanyahu celebrates New Year's Eve with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara joined President Donald Trump for an opulent New Year's Eve gala at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, capping a week of high-stakes diplomacy centered on Gaza's fragile ceasefire. Netanyahu arrived at Trump's residence on Monday for their fifth meeting since the president's......
Silver prices plunge after CME doubles margin requirements
Silver prices suffered a dramatic plunge in late December 2025, dropping more than 15 percent from a record high near $84 per ounce to around $71. The CME Group triggered this sharp decline with a rare "double whammy" of margin requirement hikes, sparking massive forced liquidations across global futures markets. Traders dubbed......
Russia unleashes 205 drones on Ukraine in massive New Year's assault
Russia launched one of its largest drone barrages of the ongoing war against Ukraine on New Year's Eve, deploying 205 attack drones that targeted civilian infrastructure and plunged thousands into darkness amid diplomatic efforts for a peace settlement. Ukrainian air defenses managed to intercept or jam 176 of the Iranian-designed Shahed......
Satellites set to deliver seamless global 5G and 6G by 2030
Satellite communication systems stand poised to merge with terrestrial mobile networks by 2030, erasing dead zones and bringing next-generation wireless connectivity to billions of smartphones worldwide. A detailed analysis published this week in the journal Engineering outlines how satellites at varying orbital altitudes will fuse......