A Y Combinator-backed startup called Cambio is bringing AI to the banking world in a surprising way: it’s putting AI bots on the phone with companies and consumers. The startup began by offering an AI-powered service that negotiated debt collections on behalf of consumers. Now, Cambio is…...

🇷🇺 Russia is spending around one-third of its budget on defense, but is burning through arms, ammunition and troops at an unsustainable pace, said a report published today. The Kremlin will be able to sustain its war effort in Ukraine for "two to three more years," said International...

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin is preparing to tighten his grip on power in an election next month, as his war in Ukraine grinds on. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s threat to abandon NATO allies if he returns to the White House has made the question of how to handle Russia’s authoritarian leader…...

🇺🇲 US House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated that his Republican-led chamber will not take up a bill to provide billions in new assistance for Ukraine and others, despite its likely passage in the Senate with bipartisan backing. The $95 billion package includes funding for Israel's fight against...

🇮🇱 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped. CIA Director William Burns was due in Cairo for a new round of talks…...

Donald Trump on Saturday said he would "encourage" Russia to attack any NATO member country that didn’t meet its financial obligations to the defense alliance. "No, I would not protect you," he said. "In fact, I would encourage them [Russia] to do whatever the...