Spain hit by deadliest rail crash in over a decade as high-speed trains collide
A derailment and collision between two high-speed trains in southern Spain killed at least 39 people, prompting a major investigation into possible rail faults.
Norway princess’s son faces new narcotics charge ahead of rape trial
Norwegian prosecutors have added new charges, including a serious narcotics offence, against Marius Borg Hoiby ahead of his high-profile rape trial in February.
Musk predicts AI will make work optional, money irrelevant within 10 to 20 years
Elon Musk predicts artificial intelligence and robotics will create a post-scarcity world where employment is a choice and currency is obsolete within two decades, a vision economists find technologically and politically challenging.
Putin invited to join Trump-led ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says
The Kremlin says President Vladimir Putin has been invited to join US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a committee overseeing Gaza’s reconstruction, as part of a US-backed international plan.
UK rules out retaliatory tariffs on US amid Greenland tensions — Starmer
Starmer said the UK will avoid retaliatory tariffs on the US over Greenland tensions, arguing that diplomacy, not a trade war, best serves Britain’s economic and security interests.
Pentagon places 1,500 troops on standby amid Minnesota protest tensions
The Pentagon has put 1,500 troops on standby for a possible Minnesota deployment as President Trump weighs tougher federal action amid protests, drawing sharp criticism from state leaders and civil rights groups.
HOW MUCH DO AI MODELS RESEMBLE A BRAIN?
That AI programs can show strong resemblances to large-scale brain regions — performing similar functions, and doing so using highly similar signal patterns.
Iran doctors put death toll in suppressed uprising at over 16,500!
Iranian doctors report over 16,500 deaths and 330,000 injuries from the regime’s suppression of recent protests, with security forces using military-grade weapons and targeting protesters’ heads and eyes, according to eyewitness accounts and medical networks.
Scientists uncover hidden mountains and valleys beneath Antarctica’s ice
Researchers have mapped previously unknown hills, ridges, and valleys beneath Antarctica’s ice, revealing a complex subterranean landscape that could reshape predictions of ice-sheet stability and sea-level rise.
Piers Morgan hospitalized, needs hip replacement after fall, jokingly blames Trump
Broadcaster Piers Morgan, 60, is hospitalized and will undergo a hip replacement after fracturing his femur in a fall, from which he jokingly blamed former President Donald Trump amid a backdrop of their fractured political relationship.