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A Hungarian official has suggested the country's first cases of foot-and-mouth disease in more than 50 years could have come from a "biological attack".The World Organisation for Animal Health, citing Hungarian authorities, said the country reported an outbreak of the disease on a cattle farm in the northwest last month. Thousands of cattle have been slaughtered to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth, while neighbouring Austria and Slovakia have closed multiple […]

The amount of electricity needed to power the world's data centres is expected to double in the next five years, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).It will come as racks of servers hosting the latest AI models and cloud computing services use three times more electricity than the UK each year, the agency added. The rise in demand, predicted to be highly concentrated around the world's tech and population […]

Along the thin strip of beach and woodland known as the Vistula Spit which marks the northernmost demarcation between Poland and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, there is not much in the way of a border.Just some torn wire fencing and a few rotten posts which seem to stagger drunkenly into the shallows of the Baltic Sea. Beneath a sign barring entry, we find a couple of empty bottles of […]

Audio analysis of footage of an Israeli attack on an aid worker convoy last month suggests that some of the shots were fired from as little as 12 metres away.The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has admitted killing the unarmed medics, saying that the convoy was acting "suspiciously".A spokesman told journalists in a 5 April briefing that an initial investigation had found there was "no firing from close distance" during the […]

China has announced it is to impose additional tariffs on US goods.The tariffs will come into force from tomorrow, China's finance ministry said. It means tariffs of 84% will be enforced on US goods - up from the 34% China had previously planned.Tariffs latest: Trump claims world 'kissing my a**' for dealsIt signals an escalation of the global trade war and comes after the US hit Beijing with an extra […]

At least 20 people have been killed in a fire at a nursing home in northern China, a state news agency reported.The blaze broke out around 9pm on Tuesday in the city of Chengde, in Hebei province, Xinhua reported. The remaining people from the nursing home have been transferred to a nearby hospital for further treatment, Xinhua added. It did not say how many there were. Experts have been sent […]

Donald Trump's trade tariffs on what he calls "the worst offenders" come into effect at 5am UK time, with China facing by far the biggest levy.The US will hit Chinese imports with 104% tariffs, marking a significant trade escalation between the world's two largest superpowers. At a briefing on Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Donald Trump "believes that China wants to make a deal with the US," […]

The Israeli military has "nothing to hide" and is "thoroughly" investigating the fatal shooting of aid workers by its forces in Gaza, an Israeli government spokesman has told Sky News.David Mencer said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) opened fire "from a distance" at a convoy that was "moving suspiciously in their direction" on 23 March. Fifteen emergency workers were killed in the incident near the southern city of Rafah.When asked […]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says two Chinese soldiers have been captured while fighting in eastern Ukraine.He said his forces had fought six Chinese soldiers and two of them had been taken prisoner. He added he had ordered officials to obtain an explanation from Beijing. "We have information that there are many more Chinese citizens in the occupier's units than just two. We are now finding out all the facts," he added.Follow latest: […]