Starmer boosts budget to modernise UK military before exit
Britain plans to spend almost £300 billion ($397 billion) over the next four years to modernise its armed forces to counter rising threats, outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Tuesday.
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UN calls for food, shelter to help Venezuela quake survivors
Tens of thousands of people urgently need food and shelter in Venezuela due to the devastation from two huge earthquakes that killed more than 1,700 and injured 5,000, the UN said on Tuesday, as doctors warned of potential outbreaks of disease.
Read moreStocks mostly higher, yen stays near 40-year low against dollar
Renewed buying of technology stocks helped drive equity markets higher Tuesday while the yen held around a four-decade low against the dollar, reflecting Japan's low interest rates as US rates trend higher.
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Merz faces mockery over praise of Germany's World Cup team
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz found himself the object of ridicule Tuesday after showering the country's national football team with praise in the wake of a humbling exit from the World Cup.
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Data centres emitting more CO2 than thought: study
Data centres, whose expansion is being fuelled dramatically by the artificial intelligence boom, have a far bigger carbon footprint than previously estimated, a study said Tuesday.
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Ride-share group BlaBlaCar taps AI for 20-country expansion
French ride-sharing and travel site BlaBlaCar said Tuesday that it would push into 20 new countries -- double the current number -- thanks to the scaling opportunities provided by AI.
Read moreOver 1 million migrants apply for Spain's mass regularisation
More than one million undocumented migrants in Spain have sought legal status under a scheme that has defied a European crackdown on irregular immigration, the government said on Tuesday, the final day for submissions.
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Escaping heat, forgetting war: Kyiv locals hit the beach
Amid a tumult of laughter, a head bobs up and goes under the dark waters of Kyiv's Dnipro river on the hottest day of the year.
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Germany questions footballing identity after fresh World Cup failure
Yet another World Cup failure has Germany questioning its footballing identity, with some calling for radical changes at all levels in the football-mad nation.
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Thousands march to demand illegal migrants leave South Africa
Thousands of people marched Tuesday in cities across South Africa to demand the departure of undocumented foreign nationals after a weeks-long campaign that has sent thousands fleeing and claimed four lives.
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