Month: December 2025
Trump Meets Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago
The high-stakes meeting in Palm Beach, Fla., comes after days of intensified Russian attacks on Kyiv and other cities, underscoring the urgency and fragility of the diplomatic effort. Zelensky, who arrived in Florida Sunday morning, has said the talks will focus on security guarantees, economic support, and unresolved territorial disputes, particularly over eastern Ukraine’s Donbas
Copper hits record high during london session
Copper rose in a volatile trading session, with London Metal Exchange futures jumping on their reopening after the Christmas holiday, extending a strong end-of-year rally as global availability tightened. Prices increased as much as 6.6% in the initial minutes of trading — the biggest intraday gain since 2022 — to near $13,000 a ton, before
China stages military drills around Taiwan
China’s military on Monday dispatched air, navy and missile units to conduct joint live-fire drills around the island of Taiwan,Taiwan’s aviation authority said more than 100,000 international air travelers would be affected by flight cancellations or diversions. The drills came after Beijing expressed anger at what could be the largest-ever U.S. arms sale to the
Zelenskyy says foreign troops in Ukraine are necessary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday he considered the presence of foreign troops in Ukraine to be a necessary part of security guarantees for Kyiv as part of any deal to end the war.The leaders of the UK, France, Germany and eight other European countries said troops from a “coalition of the willing” with
Google Business Profile Optimization
Markham Seo Company launches it’s Google Business Profile Management Service, offering Markham small businesses a dynamic new solution to improve local search visibility and customer engagement. As competition in local markets escalates and online discovery becomes a pivotal revenue driver, Markham Seo Company launches it’s Google Business Profile Management Service to ensure businesses can manage,
NASA astronauts fly around the moon again
If all goes according to NASA’s plans, 2026 will finally be the year that astronauts once again launch to the moon. In a matter of months, four astronauts are poised to fly around the moon on a roughly 10-day mission — the closest humans will have gotten in more than half a century.Returning to the
OpenAI Is Hiring Head of Preparedness
The ChatGPT firm has announced it’s hiring a Head of Preparedness. In a post on X, CEO Sam Altman said the position would work on mitigating the growing threat of AI being used aggressively by bad actors in the world of cybersecurity.The CEO’s statements about LLMs posing growing risks to cyberdefenders are backed up by
Myanmar Junta Seeks Legitimacy in Elections
The military junta whose 2021 coup plunged Myanmar into civil war controls less than half of the country. Resistance groups have bombed polling stations to stop people from voting. The party that won in a landslide in the last election has been banned from running.Parliamentary elections in Myanmar that kicked off on Sunday have been
Trump, Zelenskiy to Meet
Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Donald Trump will meet at 1 p.m. local time Sunday at the US president’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, looking to advance a peace proposal. En route to the US, Zelenskiy met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Saturday. The pair held a video call with
Charging EVs on the Move
As the current decade unfolds, more and more solutions are being introduced to help eliminate what’s known as “range anxiety” in electric vehicles. Over in Florida, the state is constructing a new expressway built with an integrated charging capability, allowing EVs to receive power without needing to stop and plug in.While the concept sounds promising,