Trump Believes Putin Wants All of Ukraine, White House Chief Says
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has disclosed that President Donald Trump privately believes Russian President Vladimir Putin ultimately wants control over all of Ukraine, not just the eastern territories currently under Russian occupation. This assessment, shared during a wide-ranging interview, offers a rare glimpse into Trump’s internal thinking and sharply contrasts with his […]
Interstellar Comet Makes Closest Pass by Earth Thursday
The rare interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS reaches its minimum distance this week, staying far from Earth but giving scientists a valuable observing window. Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest pass by Earth late Thursday in the Americas (and early Friday, Dec. 19 in UTC), remaining about 1.8 astronomical units away—roughly 270 million km (168–170 million miles). […]
OpenAI GPT Image 1.5 Launches as ChatGPT Scales Back Automatic Routing for Free Users
OpenAI has rolled out GPT Image 1.5 via an upgraded “ChatGPT Images” experience and, separately, removed automatic routing into “Thinking” for free and Go users—defaulting them to GPT-5.2 Instant unless they choose otherwise. What OpenAI launched: GPT Image 1.5 through “ChatGPT Images” OpenAI’s newest image push is delivered to users as ChatGPT Images, which OpenAI […]
What Regulators Might Do About Green Technology in the Coming Years
For the past decade, corporate sustainability was largely a game of “setting goals.” Companies promised to be carbon neutral by 2050, bought cheap offsets, and used vague marketing terms like “eco-friendly.” Those days are over. As we move into 2026, the global legislative landscape is shifting aggressively from ambition to enforcement. We are entering the […]
On This Day: December 17 — History, Famous Birthdays, Deaths & Global Events
Some dates feel like quiet calendar squares. December 17 isn’t one of them. Across continents, it carries the rhythm of liberation and state-building, the drama of political rupture, and the quiet shock of technological firsts that permanently altered how humans move, trade, and imagine the future. For Bangladesh and the wider Bangalee sphere, December 17 […]
