HONG KONG — On the basketball court, NBA star Victor Wembanyama plays forward-center, but in China it seems he has temporarily taken up the position of a Shaolin monk. The towering 7-foot-3 player from France has been touring around China and appears to have taken a spiritual detour at Shaolin Temple in a picture widely … Read more
Portuguese investigators have issued a new update on the finds unearthed in last week’s Madeleine McCann searches following reports that bones, animal clothing and guns had been sent to Germany 13:09, 11 Jun 2025Updated 13:21, 11 Jun 2025 Portuguese police have issued a new update after reports of finds during last week’s search(Image: PA) No … Read more
Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators have agreed on a framework to get their trade negotiations back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, both sides have said. The announcement came at the end of two days of talks in the British capital that wrapped up late Tuesday. The meetings appeared … Read more
Austrian authorities were searching on Wednesday for answers to why a 21-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people in a rampage at his former high school before killing himself, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s modern history. Police said the man, armed with a shotgun and a pistol, acted alone. They are … Read more
U.K.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 10 Downing Street ahead of PMQs in the House of Commons in London, United Kingdom on June 11, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is delivering the government’s Spending Review on Wednesday, with all eyes on how billions of pounds’ worth of public … Read more
In today’s newsletter: California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fiery response to the White House’s troop deployment in Los Angeles. What May’s inflation numbers say about tariffs and the challenges facing the U.S. men’s national team at the 2026 World Cup. Here’s what to know today. Gavin Newsom warns ‘democracy is under assault’ in speech blasting Trump … Read more
MP Mikhail Ivanov, 51, has suggested childless couple should be forced into “digital abstinence” – banning them from social media between 11pm and 2am – in the hopes it will help spark their passion for each other 12:09, 11 Jun 2025Updated 12:11, 11 Jun 2025 Childless Russian couples should be banned from accessing social media … Read more
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia talks about quantum computing on stage at Nvidia GTC Paris on Wednesday 11 June, 2025. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is growing more bullish about quantum computing — and he expects they’ll start solving real-world problems in the coming years. “Quantum computing is reaching an inflection point,” … Read more
Tony Meola knows the pressure of competing in front of his home fans. Back in 1994, when the United States hosted the FIFA World Cup, Meola, the national team’s starting goalkeeper, and his teammates had not one but two jobs: beat the competition and help grow the game. “It was relentless,” he told NBC News. … Read more
Team of Italian researchers claim to have unearthed evidence of a hidden structure dating back tens of thousands of years 11:11, 11 Jun 2025Updated 11:12, 11 Jun 2025 The Pyramids could be a lot older than we think(Image: mikroman6 via Getty Images) Scientists have made a ‘groundbreaking’ discovery of an underground city beneath Egypt’s iconic … Read more