Experts say action must be taken to control artificial intelligence tech Wanton proliferation of artificial intelligence technologies could enable new forms of cybercrime, political disruption and even physical attacks within five years, a group of 26 experts from around the world have warned. In a new report, the academic, industry ...

Growth will come mainly in India, China and Nigeria as rural dwelling declines and Delhi outstrips Tokyo to become biggest city by 2028 Two-thirds of people in the world will be living in cities by 2050 and the boom will be concentrated in India, China and Nigeria, according to United ...

President to meet with secretary general Jens Stoltenberg at White House to discuss Israel, Iran and Syria as inconsistent stance on international security raises concerns Donald Trump is set to meet with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, having regularly disparaged the military alliance in the past. ...

Coalition hopefuls Five Star Movement and League insist plans for massive financial relief in leaked document are no longer being considered Populist parties attempting to form a government in Italy have floated the idea of asking the European Central Bank (ECB) to write off €250bn (£218bn) of the country’s debt. ...

EU says it will refuse to negotiate with ‘sword of Damocles’ over its head French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela Merkel have rounded on Donald Trump over planned steel tariffs on EU producers, telling the US president to scrap his new policy if he wants to negotiate better ...

President brands special counsel investigation ‘the greatest witch hunt in American history’ Donald Trump has accused Barack Obama and the FBI of using an “imbedded (sic) informant” to spy on his presidential campaign. The US president made the claim following an earlier tweet branding the special counsel investigation into potential ...

CFCs have been outlawed for years but researchers have detected new production somewhere in east Asia A sharp and mysterious rise in emissions of a key ozone-destroying chemical has been detected by scientists, despite its production being banned around the world. Unless the culprit is found and stopped, the recovery ...

The ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano has opened up over twenty fissures in a residential neighborhood and resulting lava flows have destroyed dozens of homes and structures, but the threat to the Big Island extends beyond just the reach of emerging magma. On Wednesday, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled ...

Turkish Foreign Ministry told Israel’s consul general in Istanbul to return to occupied Palestine “for some time”, state-run Anadolu news agency said on Wednesday, after Israeli occupation forces killed more than 60 Palestinians during protests on the Gaza border. Ministry officials were not available to comment, Reuters said. On Tuesday, ...

European powers vowed to keep the 2015 nuclear deal alive without the United States by trying to keep Iran’s oil and investment flowing, but admitted they would struggle to provide the guarantees Tehran seeks. British, French and German foreign ministers, along with the EU’s top diplomat, discussed the next steps ...