Panama traded on a reputation as a solid US ally and thriving hub for global business — until US President Donald Trump took office demanding the return of the shipping canal built by the Americans more than a century ago. Now the Central American nation, whose cultural links with the US include a passion for […]
Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek rocked markets this week with claims its new AI model outperforms OpenAI’s and cost a fraction of the price to build. The assertions — specifically that DeepSeek’s large language model cost just $5.6 million to train — have sparked concerns over the eyewatering sums that tech giants are currently spending […]
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This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters here Good morning and happy Friday. In today’s newsletter: Chinese citizens doubt official growth claims Has China already reached peak oil? […]
Russia claims that its forces have captured the front-line town of Kurakhove in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region. The town has borne the brunt of Russian advances in recent months and is a stepping-stone to the key logistical hub of Pokrovsk. Ukraine has not acknowledged the fall of Kurakhove, which is 35km (21 miles) south of […]
Five months after storming across the border into the Kursk region of southern Russia, Ukrainian forces were making a renewed push on Monday to drive deeper into Russia, even as they appear to have lost a strategic town in eastern Ukraine. While the scale of the renewed Ukrainian offensive in Kursk remains unclear, both Russian […]
L’Oréal is hoping its latest beauty gadget can demystify skincare. At CES 2025, the company announced Cell BioPrint, a device that’s designed to analyze your skin and give personalized advice on how to slow down signs of aging. The device is the result of a partnership with NanoEntek — a Korean startup that specializes in […]
Chile’s president visited the South Pole on Friday in a bid to fortify his country’s territorial claims to part of Antarctica, as competition in the region is growing bit by bit. Gabriel Boric, the president, and a delegation of officials visited Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, a U.S. research base; the first time, his office saidthat […]
Getty Images Blake Lively says there was a campaign to “destroy” her reputation Actress Blake Lively was arguably the internet’s public enemy number one for a couple of weeks in the summer. She’s now filed an explosive legal case that she claims lifts the lid on “hostile work environments” that are created to harm reputations […]
Getty Images Justin Baldoni accepted the women’s solidarity award in New York roughly two weeks before allegations were lodged by his co-star Blake Lively A women’s solidarity honour that was recently awarded to Justin Baldoni has been rescinded after the actor was accused by his It Ends With Us co-star Blake Lively of sexual harassment […]
