The world remains far off track in tackling climate crisis, but the UN voiced hope Wednesday that artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies will help address the towering challenges.

With an hour and half to go, traders are getting less confident that the Federal Reserve will opt for a larger half-point cut. Fed-funds futures now point to a 55% chance of a half-point cut today, ...

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Defence ministers from NATO's eastern flank on Wednesday called for a collective response to repeated violations of their airspace by Russian drones and missiles targeting Ukraine.

The Czech government said Wednesday it endorsed Britain's Rolls-Royce as a partner for the state-owned power group CEZ to develop small modular nuclear reactors (SMR).

Several thousand civilians remain in Ukrainian-held areas of Russia's Kursk region, a spokesman from Ukraine's military administration in the area said Wednesday.

The market dipped a bit lower in early afternoon trading, but Wall Street remains in a holding pattern ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision. The Dow was down 64 points, or 0.2%, ...

The United Nations Security Council will meet Friday to discuss the deadly wave of explosions across Lebanon targeting devices used by Hezbollah, a spokesperson for the Slovenian presidency of the ...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Wednesday that Western backers of Israel should feel "shame" after paging devices belonging to Lebanon's Hezbollah exploded, in a deadly attack the ...

Gaza's civil defence agency said on Wednesday that an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter killed five people, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.

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US officials on Wednesday announced plans for a global AI safety summit in November, as authorities strive to keep pace with rapidly developing technology.