Politics
View all →Democratic rising star Ossoff projected to hold Georgia seat
Democrat Jon Ossoff won re-election to his Georgia Senate seat, defeating Republican Mike Collins. Polls had shown Ossoff with a solid lead, and Repub…
South Carolina elects Democratic senator for first time in almost three decades
Democrat Annie Andrews won South Carolina's Senate seat on Tuesday, defeating Republican Darline Graham. The victory marked the state's first Democrat…
Michigan US Senate race: Rogers, El-Sayed urge turnout for critical race
Michigan voters chose between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers on Tuesday in a race to fill retiring Senator Gary Peters' seat. El-S…
Business
View all →Can the EU make it harder to trick consumers online?
The European Commission proposed a Digital Fairness Act on Wednesday to restrict manipulative online practices that trap consumers into unwanted charg…
Healey pledges cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'
Chancellor John Healey will remove import tariffs on marmalade, gherkins and more than 100 other products ahead of Wednesday's Budget, aiming to reduc…
Data centre debate heats up ahead of US midterms - here's what you need to know
Data centre expansion has emerged as an unexpected political flashpoint in the US midterm elections scheduled for November 3, with both Republicans an…
Technology
View all →EU leaders urged to 'act now' to stay AI competitive with US, China
The European Union held its first-ever artificial intelligence summit in Dublin on Friday, with leaders hearing calls to accelerate development and in…
Australia to introduce mandatory AI safeguards
Australia will introduce mandatory safeguards for artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday. The country will require A…
Anthropic’s IPO filing shows explosive growth, risks and staggering costs
Anthropic filed papers Monday for what could become the largest initial public offering in history, potentially surpassing SpaceX's $86 billion IPO fr…
Science
View all →Nanotyrannus skeleton auctioned for $47.3m in New York
A mounted skeleton of Nanotyrannus, a carnivorous dinosaur once mistaken for a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, sold for $47.3m at Sotheby's in New York on…
AI makes discoveries in mathematics, computer science, physics, OpenAI says
OpenAI announced on Monday that its AI models have proved the local smoothing conjecture in all spatial dimensions for the first time, a result that h…
Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away
Astronomers have detected what they believe to be the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) ever recorded. The burst consists of radio waves that travel…
World
View all →Storm Charles causes floods and flight cancellations across southern Europe
Storm Charles brought severe weather across southern Europe this week, with heavy rain and strong winds causing widespread disruption. The system arr…
FAA ground stop disrupts NBA, NHL and college football weekend travel
A telecommunications outage knocked out the US Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control system for more than four hours on Friday, haltin…
Australia captain Pat Cummins denies involvement in ‘Sandpapergate’ scandal
Pat Cummins, Australia's cricket captain, denied on Friday that he knew about or participated in a plan to use sandpaper to tamper with the ball durin…
Health
View all →Why malnutrition can go unnoticed, and what that means for our health
More than 2 billion people worldwide experience nutrient deficiencies without knowing it, according to reporting by DW News. The condition, known as m…
French blood banks targeted by refrigerator cyberattack
A cyberattack targeted refrigeration systems at French blood banks on Sunday and Monday, attempting to raise storage temperatures to 110 Celsius (230 …
Ethnic minorities in England less likely to get breast cancer diagnosis from routine screening
Ethnic minority women in England receive breast cancer diagnoses through routine screening at rates up to one-third lower than their white counterpart…
Environment
View all →Low pressure in US midwest brings unseasonable heat to New York and Boston
Unusually warm air from the US midwest brought temperatures near 23C (73F) to New York and Boston this week, roughly 7-10C above early November norms.…
One dead and 82,000 properties without power as Storm Boelo batters UK
Storm Boelo brought severe winds across northern Britain on Saturday evening, killing a 60-year-old man and cutting power to over 82,000 properties. T…
Typhoon Champi kills one and injures more than 500 in Taiwan as it heads to China
Typhoon Champi swept across Taiwan on Saturday, killing one person and injuring more than 500, according to The Guardian. The storm uprooted trees, se…
Entertainment
View all →Sebastián Lelio, director of A Fantastic Woman and Gloria, dies aged 52
Chilean film-maker Sebastián Lelio has died at age 52 at his home in Santiago. His partner Amalia Kassai announced the death on Instagram without spec…
Barcelona’s Flick praises Yamal’s ‘mentality’ after missing out on Ballon d’Or
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said Lamine Yamal "reacted very well" after finishing third in Monday's Ballon d'Or voting, won by Harry Kane. Yamal, 19, …
Dónal Lunny, ‘colossus of Irish music’, dies aged 79
Dónal Lunny, an Irish traditional musician who shaped the sound of Irish folk music across five decades, has died at age 79 from cancer. Lunny first …
Opinion
View all →Europe and Canada Face a New Climate Reality: Governments Must Act Before the Next Storm Arrives
Storm Charles has delivered a stark reminder that extreme weather is no longer an occasional crisis—it is becoming our new normal. The devastation across southern Europe this week,
Australia's AI Regulator Must Learn From OpenAI's Breach to Prevent the Next One
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's decision to establish an AI safety regulator represents a necessary response to a troubling reality: an OpenAI agent accessed a government medical
India's Black Sea Mediation Offer Rings Hollow Without Real Leverage
When Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced after his Monday phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that 'India is ready to mediate in establishing corridor