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Iran has insisted that a final decision on an agreement to end the current conflict with the US has not yet been reached, despite President Trump again claiming a deal was likely to be signed imminently.Trump had declared the US would strike Iran "very hard" again on Thursday, but later said he was cancelling the […]

BREAKING: Senate confirms Jay Clayton as new director of intelligence news AlertsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe U.S. and Iran, along with mediating parties, established a road map for reaching a final deal within 60 days during Sunday’s talks in Switzerland, according to a joint statement from the mediating countries.Sunday’s high-level talks were […]

In the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2026 report co-published by the World Economic Forum and Frontiers, cutting-edge technologies act directly on power grids, drug pipelines, food production, cooling systems, mining, and robotics – marking a shift from software-first AI to physical systems.The World Economic Forum and Frontiers today co-published the Top 10 Emerging Technologies […]

Globally, cervical cancer is the fifth most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, with 604 000 new cases estimated in 2024. Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women in 26 countries, primarily in sub‐Saharan Africa and parts of South and Central America, Melanesia, and South‐East Asia (1). These regional differences reflect inequalities […]

The US and Iran have been exchanging waves of strikes, as a dispute over control of the Strait of Hormuz threatens to derail efforts to end their war.BBC correspondent Barbara Plett Usher, reporting from Jerusalem, examines the latest tensions over the key international shipping channel.Over the weekend, Iran announced that the strait was closed, while […]