Sixteen bets made $100,000 each accurately predicting the timing of the US airstrikes against Iran on 27 February. Later, a single user would make over $550,000 after betting that Ayatollah Ali Khamen

1. Fix the AI strategy Artificial intelligence has been a surprising weakness for Apple, at least in the eyes of some investors. It has stood on the sidelines as Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon hav

Donald Trump’s fate is to be frustrated by monetary policy. Even assuming he gets his way and Kevin Warsh succeeds Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve next month, it is unlikely that the pr

The Trump administration has begun accepting applications from businesses seeking refunds for more than $166bn in tariffs, months after the supreme court ruled that the president had no legal authorit

Apple announced on Monday that it had named a replacement for Tim Cook as CEO after nearly 15 years, with head of hardware engineering John Ternus succeeding him on 1 September. Cook will stay at the

A judge is expected to sentence the OxyContin maker, Purdue Pharma, to forfeit $225m to the US justice department on Tuesday, clearing the way for the company to finalize a settlement of thousands of

Billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the “Uber for nursing” industry in an effort to expand gig work in the healthcare sector, according to a report published on

Donald Trump’s nominee for US Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, faced a tumultuous hearing in Washington on Tuesday, fielding scrutiny over his wealth and his ability to operate independently of the

The White House is finalizing a financing package to help ailing US budget carrier Spirit Airlines, which could receive as much as $500m in loans as rising costs continue to plague the company. News

Amazon, one of the world’s largest employers, has for years faced scrutiny over its safety record. When Billy Foister, a 48-year-old worker, died after a heart attack inside one of the tech giant’s wa

A second round of peace talks between the US and Iran has begun amid renewed attacks on oil tankers in the strait of Hormuz and a US blockade on Iranian vessels through the crucial trade route. The f

A manager at the hospital where Lucy Letby worked has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in connection with an investigation into the child killer. They were detained as p

A fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the death of a lone fisherman who was dragged overboard after getting caught in a rope, and drowned. Hugh MacLachlan, 58, was fishing on his boat Nista whe

The Prince and Princess of Wales have marked Louis's birthday with a post to social media. A picture of a grinning Louis, leaning with his arms folded, in a blue textured quarter-zip style jumper, wa

Image: French authorities on the beach in Gravelines, France, where migrants are boarding small boats in an attempt to cross the Channel. Pic: PA

The number of cancer cases in the UK has reached a record high, according to a report. More than 403,000 people are now diagnosed with a form of the disease every year, the report says. That is the e

It has been 50 years since toddler Sandy Davidson disappeared from his grandmother's garden in North Ayrshire. The blue-eyed and blonde-haired three-year-old vanished on 23 April 1976 and has never b

The NHS has announced every maternity service in England will have to upend clinical standards to reduce the number of women who die during or after pregnancy. Increasing numbers of women have been r

Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests. Scientists believe the dirt helps the monkeys line the gut to stop irrit

The British Army has used a civilian ferry to send troops to mainland Europe en masse for the first time in a generation. It comes as the soldiers prepared for drills on the continent over how to res

A robot has become so good at playing table tennis that at times it defeated elite human players, in what has been hailed as "a longstanding milestone for AI". The robotic arm, built by Japanese elec

????Listen to The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim on your podcast app???? With Trump saying the ceasefire with Iran is now "extended", how could this conflict end? And what are the long-term

The deaths of two US officials in a counter-narcotics operation in northern Mexico have sparked uncertainty over the extent to which the Mexican government knew about Washington's involvement. The tw

A widow died in a car crash in Ghana after losing up to £1m in several romance frauds that saw her lose her life savings and home, an inquest heard. Janet Fordham, 69, suffered fatal injuries in the

Pope Leo's four-nation Africa tour has pushed towards ​a dramatic close, with the pontiff braving a heavy rainstorm to greet prisoners in Equatorial Guinea. He told inmates they are not alone, as he

Israel has again been accused of targeting journalists after the death of a reporter working in southern Lebanon. Amal Khalil, who worked for the Al Akhbar newspaper, was killed on Wednesday. War la

Five people have been left in a critical condition after two trains collided in Denmark. The crash happened around 40km (25 miles) north of the capital Copenhagen at around 6.30am on Thursday. At le

The UK's unemployment rate has taken a surprise fall, according to official figures, released amid warnings of a spike in job losses to come. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that th

The UK's top cybersecurity official has told Sky News that AI models such as Mythos are "warning shots" for the UK about the danger of powerful AI. Richard Horne, the head of the National Cybersecuri

Lufthansa has said 20,000 short-haul flights are being cut from its schedule this summer, allowing it to save on the soaring cost of jet fuel. Most of the cuts come from closing its loss-making CityL

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Inflation figures covering the first month of the US-Iran war have fired a warning shot across the bows over what may lie ahead for the UK economy. The data from the Office for National Statistics (O

Vlad Iordan knew going to university meant borrowing money he'd eventually have to pay back, but he didn't think he would face an £18,000 bill while he was still studying. He is in his second year of

Tesla defied expectations, profiting more and spending less than expected in closely watched results as the company shifts focus from electric vehicles to artificial intelligence (AI). The company, c

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Thousands of Samsung Electronics' workers have staged a rally to demand a greater slice of profits from the boom in artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The South Korean company's computer chip f