Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, who will lead a caretaker government while negotiations take place, said: "I think everyone's over politics so let's all have a bit of a break for the next three weeks".

On Sunday, tens of thousands packed the main square in Florida, Uruguay, to watch Pope Leo speak.

Comedian Brand faces a "significant" prison sentence, which a London court judge is set to hand down on Monday.

From Arctic landscapes to insect bodies, climate change is shifting the familiar colors of nature.

Air medical service comes with high risks, high costs, and staffing struggles. To reduce turnover and serve rural patients, LifeFlight of Maine is putting the needs of healthcare workers first. 

El Niño rains have transformed Chile's Atacama Desert into a spectacular sea of color, awakening a fleeting ecosystem of flowers and wildlife in one of the driest places on Earth.

Republicans made gains with young voters in 2024, but in this year's midterms Americans under 30 issued a strong rebuke of President Trump and his party, voting decisively for Democrats instead.

President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has offered the job of White House press secretary to his friend and UFC boss Dana White.

Homelessness declined after years of record-high levels but it still remains at nearly 700,000. The Trump administration and homeless advocacy groups cite different reasons for the drop.

NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Austin-based political commentator David Griscom. He authored a book titled The Myth of Red Texas which tells the story of economic populism in Texas.

Wreaths are laid as 10,000 armed forces veterans, including 12 from World War Two, pay tribute in central London.

Several carriages derailed after two trains travelling in the same direction crashed outside the city of Giza.

It is yet unclear what caused the accident but Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said an investigation is underway and will "hold accountable anyone who proves their negligence".

The culture secretary says the UK rejoining the EU's study and work scheme will help honour wartime sacrifice.

Lisa Nandy tells the BBC "many people" in the media industry have come forward to her.

It is claimed Hassan Dioband, Hamid Kazemi and Reza Zanganeh were part of anti-government protests earlier this year.

The culture secretary confirms reports they could be in the list of platforms set to be banned next March.

Millions of Indians are marking the festival of lights with glowing lamps, fireworks and traditional sweets.

Police Scotland said three officers were hurt as they responded to reports of a large disturbance in streets close to the Ovo Hydro venue in Glasgow.

Republicans can stick with Trumpism or chart a new path, writes BBC Washington correspondent Daniel Bush.

Browser demo renders the classic shooter in ASCII, with no login required and considerable squinting encouraged

278 proposals on table, and some fear they might shift power to governments

The case for managed inference, or automatically routing queries to the right model for the right job

Team given a day's notice faced distressed callers, safeguarding decisions during project that stretched from 2 weeks to 11

Bad drivers behind the wheel or underneath the operating system – neither is ideal

If you wouldn't put it on GitHub, don't give models access to it

Technical debt shoveled aside to make large-scale AI training more resilient

The FAA will need to come up with more money to finish the wider overhaul, though

New and revived desktops promise Cupertino polish, but our quick tests found a few seams showing

Co-design platform for quantum error correction melds IBM quantum kit with AMD CPUs and GPUs

Tuning in to electronic noise can tell us whether electrons have paired up or not.

Genes and archaeology are revealing how Bantu speakers spread across much of Africa.

Soldier told repeatedly to lock down devices before deploying, got sextorted, court-martialed.

It's the exact path, not the apparent severity that matters most, doctors say.

Iran threatened to attack subsea cables if US escalates military strikes again.

It's mostly bad news from EA lately, but preservation efforts are nice to see.

Company said a "multifront cyberattack" included AI agents and an on-path data snatch.

Explaining the Great Unconformity, where Cambrian deposits sit on top of older rocks.

6 pallets of hardware vanished en route to Texas, with no arrests 2 months later.

Developer: “I can’t be part of the Fox world.”