Month: December 2025

7 December 2025

The attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 marked a decisive turning point in the Second World War, propelling ...

Swedish navy reports near-weekly encounters with Russian submarines amid rising Baltic tensions

Sweden’s navy has revealed that it now encounters Russian submarines “almost weekly” in the Baltic Sea, underscoring the rapidly intensifying ...

Trump receives inaugural Fifa peace prize during World Cup draw in Washington

Former US president Donald Trump was awarded Fifa’s first-ever peace prize at the World Cup draw in Washington, a decision ...

Global markets close the week on cautious footing as rate expectations diverge

Global markets ended the week with a mixed and cautious tone, as investors assessed diverging monetary paths, weakening consumer signals ...

On this day in 1921: Irish Free State established

The establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922 marked one of the most consequential constitutional shifts in ...

Lunar becomes first Scandinavian challenger bank to secure new EU licence

Lunar has become the first Scandinavian challenger bank to obtain the EU’s updated banking licence, marking a major milestone for ...

US investors turn cautious as appetite for crypto risk declines

A new report from FINRA shows that while the number of Americans invested in cryptocurrencies has remained broadly unchanged from ...

UK farmers hit with £800m losses as heat and drought trigger one of worst harvests on record

UK farmers have suffered an estimated £800m in losses after extreme heat and prolonged drought produced one of the worst ...

AWS declares the chatbot hype ‘dead’ as frontier AI agents take centre stage