‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight When Melania Trump returned to the White House as First Lady for her husband’s second term, few expected her to remain…
1. New START Treaty Expires, Freeing Russia and US from Nuclear Arms Limits Russia announced on February 4 that it is “no longer bound” by the New START treaty’s restrictions…
Pacific Fusion Finds a Cheaper Way to Make Its Fusion Reactor Work Fusion energy has long promised clean, limitless power, but high costs have kept it on the horizon. On…
Top world news stories as of February 5, 2026, include the expiration of the New START nuclear arms treaty, a new US-EU-Japan critical minerals partnership, French arrests for alleged Chinese…
‘Melania’: Watching a First Lady Vanish in Plain Sight In the shadow of her husband’s towering second presidency, Melania Trump has become a spectral figure—present yet profoundly absent, her public…
Stripe Alumni Raise €30M Series A for Duna, Backed by Stripe and Adyen Execs In a major boost for European fintech, Duna—a business identity verification startup founded by two Stripe…
1. Russia Launches Major Aerial Assault on Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure Russia conducted its largest aerial attack of the year on Ukraine, resuming strikes on energy facilities after a pause and…
Top world news stories as of February 5, 2026, include the expiration of the New START nuclear treaty, ongoing US-brokered Russia-Ukraine peace talks, a new US-EU-Japan critical minerals partnership, French…
1. U.S. Shoots Down Iranian Drone in Arabian Sea Amid Nuclear Negotiations The U.S. military shot down an Iranian drone approaching an American aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, escalating…
Arm Shares Plunge 8% After Licensing Revenue Misses Estimates, Qualcomm Outlook Adds Pressure Arm Holdings (ARM) shares tumbled 8% in after-hours trading on Wednesday following its fiscal third-quarter earnings report,…