Mitsubishi Materials to buy into US e-waste recycler
Business deals Recyclables collection company to provide ‘urban mine’ for valuable resources Circuit boards from e-waste constitute an…
Woman in Coldplay viral concert video speaks out – The Irish Times
Kristin Cabot has come to believe that her silence no longer serves her. It made sense in the…
China cuts US Treasury holdings to lowest level since 2008 amid debt ceiling fears
China reduced its US Treasury holdings in October to its lowest level in 17 years, as mounting concerns…
China’s open-source AI models rival US giants, making engagement urgent: Stanford
China’s open-source artificial intelligence models may have caught up or “even pulled ahead” of their US counterparts in…
Trump has ‘alcoholic’s personality’, says chief of staff – The Irish Times
Donald Trump has an “alcoholic’s personality”; JD Vance has been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade”; Elon Musk…
Trump’s post on Rob Reiner sparks outrage from lawmakers and celebrities – The Irish Times
Celebrities and lawmakers from both of the US’s big political parties are condemning Donald Trump after the president…
Singapore cancer-testing startup sets sights on US expansion
Health Care Lucence aims to double revenue with Medicare coverage and lab partnership Blood samples are processed and…
US-UK medicines deal could lead to over 15,000 deaths per year in the UK
The US-UK trade deal on medicines signed this month is touted by the Labour government as a “world-beating…
‘Rational optimist’: sci-fi writer Liu Cixin on why he’ll be happy if AI surpasses humans
Liu Cixin is the most influential contemporary science fiction writer in China. He is best known for his…
Opinions are hardening against Ireland in Britain and the US. How worried should we be? – The Irish Times
Most countries invest in burnishing their international reputation. When I first joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in…
Turkey builds Somalia spaceport as U.S., China and France increase satellite surveillance
Saturday December 13, 2025 Selçuk Bayraktar, chairman of Turkish defence and aerospace firm Baykar, is seen in a…
China narrows AI gap with US 3 years after initial ChatGPT shock
Chinese government authorities sent urgent requests to various experts, including professors from Tsinghua University, to provide briefings on…