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The challenges facing Elon Musk and NASA in sending humans to Mars

Ever since American astronauts landed on the Moon, there’s been an appetite to visit Mars. But a number of daunting challenges stand in the way.

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Nvidia CEO: If I were a student today, here's how I'd use AI to do my job betterβ€”it β€˜doesn’t matter’ the profession

If Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang were a student again, he'd immediately learn how to ask better questions in order to craft the best AI prompts. Here's how you can do the same.

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump wants coal to power AI data centers. The tech industry may need to make peace with that for now

President Donald Trump's push to revive the coal industry is running up against the tech sector's environmental goals.

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Moody's downgrades United States credit rating, citing growth in government debt

Moody's had been a holdout in keeping U.S. sovereign debt at the highest credit rating possible, and brings the 116-year-old agency into line with its rivals.

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Does Moody’s US downgrade matter?

What a one-notch cut means for the market, the banks, and the White House

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Iran steps up mass deportation of Afghan migrants

Islamic republic wants to return millions of refugees who entered country before and after the Taliban takeover

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Grok's 'white genocide' auto responses show AI chatbots can be tampered with 'at will'

Elon Musk's Grok chatbot is showing yet again why generative AI has a trust problem with users.

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

UK charges three Iranians under National Security Act

Accused allegedly assisted a foreign intelligence service, Metropolitan Police say

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

French nuclear company Orano explores sale of Niger uranium assets

Process to sell subsidiaries follows breakdown of ties with west African country’s military government

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Crypto traders who won dinner with Trump also made big profits

Some wallets that scooped up large chunks of the president’s token have already transferred them

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Long-term care costs can be a 'huge problem,' experts say. Here's why

Long-term care can cost well over $100,000 but households aren't prepared, experts say.

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

HTSI editor’s letter: the travel issue 2025

What do we gain on a journey? Our writers go in search of something more

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Democracy at stake as populists battle mayors in EU’s troubled east

Romania and Poland’s votes could impact rule of law, Ukraine support and embolden the bloc’s eastern awkward squad

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The deal that has spurred Apollo’s plan to remake Wall Street

Acquisition of securitised asset business from Credit Suisse has become a cornerstone of private asset group’s strategy

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UK overtakes China as second-largest US Treasury holder

Fall in recorded Chinese holdings highlights Beijing’s push to diversify its reserves away from America

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Trump’s Hollywood ambitions

The US president wants to say he saved Tinseltown β€” which may give the studios leverage

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

BT nears deal to sell TNT Sports stake to Warner Bros Discovery

Deal could be announced as early as next week that would bring telecoms group’s involvement in sports rights to a close

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The β€˜Taco’ factor has spurred markets higher

The notion that Trump Always Chickens Out on difficult policy resulted in a strange, shaky rally

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Primal, elemental and unpredictable β€” the magic of open-air theatre

Actors and directors on their experiences of drama al fresco

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Portugal’s centre-right pitches β€˜humane’ migration stance ahead of vote

Governing Democratic Alliance seeks to stave off anti-immigrant Chega party in Sunday’s parliamentary election

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

How India’s most notorious gangster declared war on a Bollywood legend

The tentacles of the Bishnoi gang reach from India to Canada

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

What management theory tells us about Trump’s β€˜team of rivals’

Elected for a second time on the promise of corporate-style government, the US president is already recasting his cabinet

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Novelist Daniel Kehlmann: β€˜I wanted to write about complicity’

The Austrian-German writer’s new novel The Director explores totalitarianism through a fictionalised account of the Nazi-era filmmaker GW Pabst. It couldn’t be more timely

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

The super-prison next door

The controversial plan to build a vast new jail in rural Yorkshire

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Japan assets saw record inflows in April as investors fled U.S. markets β€” their promise still holds

Japan markets saw a record month of foreign purchases of its equities and bonds in April, but some market watchers believe this to be a one off occurrence.

Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Trump returns from Middle East dealmaking to domestic economic gloom

After his high-profile foreign tour, the president comes home to a ratings downgrade and warnings on inflation

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Moody’s strips US of top-notch triple-A credit rating

Agency warns of strains caused by rising government debt and a widening budget deficit

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Nvidia, Cisco, Oracle and OpenAI are backing the UAE Stargate data center project

President Donald Trump traveled to the United Arab Emirates as part of his first state visit abroad in his second term. Trump also visited Saudi Arabia.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Qatari cybertrucks, elite camels and trillion-dollar vows: Why Gulf countries are going all out for Trump's visit

"We appreciate those camels," Trump told the Qatari emir. "I haven't seen camels like that in a long time."

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Nvidia and Tesla ripped higher this week, boosted by Trump's Middle East tour

Easing trade tensions between the U.S. and China and the axing of the Biden administration's chip export rule helped the sector.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

CoreWeave pops almost 60% this week on AI growth momentum, big Nvidia stake

CoreWeave's stock price has had by far its best week since joining the public market in March.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Putin’s peace theatre keeps Trump watching β€” and Kyiv waiting

Russia’s president slow rolled negotiators and failed to attend talks. But his gamble met little US resistance

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

UK rich explore β€˜10 years out, 9 years in’ to escape inheritance tax net

Expat Britons are no longer liable for death duties after spending a decade abroad under last year’s Budget changes

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Tech IPO market is finally showing signs of life

After an extended drought, the tech IPO market appeared to be opening up earlier this year until Trump's sweeping tariffs announcement in April.

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Keir Starmer considers partial retreat on winter fuel cuts

UK government figures say the policy was widely blamed for Labour’s losses in this month’s local elections

Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World