President Donald Trump has awarded Boeing a multi-billion dollar contract to build the US Air Force's most advanced fighter jet, the Next Generation Air Dominance aircraft. Trump described the high-speed stealth aircraft, dubbed the F-47, as the "most lethal aircraft ever built" and said a version has been secretly flying for the last five years. read more
Counter-terror officers from the Metropolitan Police are leading the investigation into a major fire that has closed Heathrow Airport. read more
Chinese stocks have outpaced their American counterparts in recent weeks, credited to increased optimism in the country's tech sector and tariff-related volatility in the United States. Since the day before President Donald Trump's inauguration, the CSI 300 Index, which tracks the top stocks on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, has risen 5.2 percent. The MSCI China Index, composed of Chinese equities across share classes, has risen nearly 28 percent over the same period, while the Hong Kong-based Hang Seng Index has gained 26 percent. read more
The US government has defunded one programme and left another that both document alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The Trump administration cut funding for Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL), which had detailed the mass deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. It has also withdrawn from a multinational group meant to investigate the leaders responsible for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir Putin. read more
US President Donald Trump's administration is working to bring back nearly 25,000 fired federal workers after judges ruled their terminations were illegal, court documents show. read more
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