The Communist party central committee meeting was focused on discipline and fighting corruption. It comes ahead of next year when Xi is widely expected to try to secure a fourth term.

Here are five things to know about the massive hack of the crypto exchange Binance — from how it happened to what it means for the sector.

The latest developments come amid allegations, first reported by The New York Times, that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in the toss-up U.S. Senate race.

Former President Obama caused a kerfuffle with his comments about President Trump's interior decorating at the White House. But maybe state dinners should happen at The Cheesecake Factory.

The Siena Drone Photo Awards for 2026 offer breathtaking bird's-eye views of our planet, revealing landscapes, livelihoods and human stories often invisible from the ground.

The syndrome can make people feel like a "hibernating bear," says Dr. Norman Rosenthal, who published the first research on SAD. He explains how to identify the symptoms and what to do to feel better.

As editors turn to imperfect AI detection tools to weed out machine-generated submissions, writers who say they were falsely accused of using AI are left wondering what triggered a positive result.

In October, 2025, the remnants of a typhoon seriously damaged Alaska Native villages in the far western part of the state. A year later, one of the hardest hit communities is still recovering.

Residents are fighting back against plans for a project that would span thousands of acres near the Monongahela National Forest and popular outdoor recreation, ski areas and dark sky sites.

Ahead of Election Day, listeners send in questions about whether debates are dead, if polls are reliable for election coverage and how Trump might work with Democrats if they win control of Congress.

Oleshky residents had been without food, water and electricity, with many resorting to cooking garden weeds to survive.

The BBC's Dan Johnson travelled to the northern Ukrainian border with Belarus after evacuated Oleshky residents arrived in buses and ambulances following a temporary ceasefire.

The Chancellor has suggested that younger workers might not receive the same minimum wage as others before the next election.

The second series of the hit show reached its finale on Friday, attracting a whopping 11.2 million live viewers.

Two analytics firms say they have robust intelligence pointing to a North Korean state-backed group as the likely culprit.

Sir Keir warns that "things will not go back to the way they were" as he says the US makes it clear it will no longer "bankroll" its allies.

From Alaska to Texas, candidates with an eye on Congress are using their personal style to stand out.

Thailand has prosecuted 294 people since 2020 under its lèse majesté law, with sentences going up to 50 years.

Filter straws to a disposable toilet - people in the US, Japan, Sweden and Netherlands on what's in their emergency stashes.

A century-old paper mill in Témiscaming, Quebec is indefinitely closed after the US imposed 50% tariffs on its products, putting hundreds out of work.

Experimental orbital datacenter prototype puts its TPU to work producing poetry

Labeled in black on black - controls for a galactic hyper-hearse or ill-advised Windows theme?

A lot of software engineers feel bleak about the future of the profession

London's Oxford Street signage shows its underwear to passing tourists

How a $6.9B bet on Mellanox made Nvidia bigger than Cisco, and the world's most valuable company to boot

Blame plunging prices on tokens

How the Uber-bound delivery giant tuned its mobile networking stack to cut latency

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$220 million? For all of you? Yeah, we can probably dig that up ...

Claudeshop fingers 'malicious actor' in targeted supply-chain attack on Cursor

A long flight home from feeding grounds messes with birds' internal clocks.

The regulator says Tavneos was approved on the basis of manipulated study data. Should patients still have access to it?

The space agency solicited ideas for reboosting Hubble four years ago, but they didn't go anywhere.

USDA has identified 74 animal cases in US since parasitic flies invaded in June.

"For huge numbers of people, I will always be Jean-Luc Picard. ... We created an admirable individual."

Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.

It's still unknown how attackers got access to Anthropic's verified Cursor account.

People who love AI don't always love telling others they used it.

Faked symptoms still point to infections that antibiotics don't treat.

But it's still early days for the relatively new e-commerce use case.