The world remembers Dolly Parton, as star dies from cancer aged 80.

Fans and celebrities around the world have been paying tribute to Dolly Parton, who has died aged 80. Her management said the country superstar passed away on Tuesday following "a brief battle with cancer". "A true force of nature," says Barbra Streisand, …

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UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans.

The UK government has been accused of a lack of transparency and of acting irresponsibly for refusing to publish the emergency drought plans that are produced by water companies. Water firms are required to publish statutory drought plans every five years to detail the actio…

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Open-weight Chinese AI models gain foothold in Europe despite Brussels’ trepidation.

European businesses are increasingly weighing whether cheap but capable Chinese artificial intelligence systems represent a new threat to the continent’s technological sovereignty or a practical tool to strengthen it. While using Chinese technology might seem counterintuitiv…

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Herbicide banned in 70 countries to be pulled from sale in Australia by chemical maker.

Syngenta, the producer of a herbicide banned in more than 70 countries and which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, will stop selling paraquat in Australia, saying new regulations has made it “commercially unviable”. The decision to pull the product follows new restrict…

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13,000-year-old bones found near SoCal coast could rewrite human history.

Findings from a mysterious remote chain of islands off the coast of California are rattling bones in the science community as bone-pickers find traces of a “vanished world.” The Golden State’s Channel Islands, located several miles off the SoCal coast, are home to the remnan…

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Meta says it’s facing $1.4T in penalties in teen mental health case — a sum equal to tech giant’s valuation.

If four of the states suing Meta for allegedly fueling a teen mental health crisis prevail in their case, the company will be on the hook for a whopping $1.4 trillion in penalties, Meta says — a figure the tech giant blasted as “outlandish.” The Mark Zuckerberg-led company a…

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US government allows Anthropic limited release of AI model that sparked cybersecurity concerns.

The US government has allowed Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos AI model to select companies and organizations, revising license requirements after ordering an export block earlier this month in the wake of national security fears. Since the export ban earlier in June…

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Billionaire Adani Met Trump Jr. While Facing US Bribery Charges.

Donald Trump Jr., the president’s eldest son, held a private meeting with Indian billionaire Gautam Adani while visiting the country in November last year, as the billionaire faced federal fraud and bribery charges in the U.S.— dropped by the Trump administration last month…

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Mark Zuckerberg Directed Meta to Create a Prediction Markets App.

The experimental app, internally called “Arena,” would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. It could compete for attention with Polymarket and Kalshi, the biggest prediction markets. Polymarket and Kalshi, prediction markets where users can bet on outcomes as varied as …

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53% of Americans fear AI could take their jobs, poll finds.

More than half of Americans — 53% — fear artificial intelligence could cost them or someone in their household a job, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. The findings come as companies ramp up AI investments while trimming their workforces, fueling concern across demographics. A…

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US citizen convicted of running secret Chinese 'police station' in NYC.

A US citizen has been convicted of helping run what has been described as the first known secret police station in the US on behalf of the Chinese government. A jury found that Lu Jianwang, 64, opened and operated the station in Manhattan's Chinatown neighbourhood in ear…

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French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images.

French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok. The Paris pub…

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Israel built and defended a secret Iran War Base in Iraq.

Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who almost discovered it early in the war, people familiar with the matter including U.S. officials said. Israel built the i…

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Most Americans say Trump is mentally, physically unfit to serve effectively.

A new poll found that most Americans say they believe President Trump is mentally and physically unfit to serve as commander in chief.  The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found that 59 percent of U.S. respondents said that Trump does not have the mental sharpness it tak…

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Reuters wins two Pulitzer Prizes for national and beat reporting.

Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes ​on Monday, one for national reporting for stories on U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign of political retribution, and a second for beat reporting for investigations revealing how social-media behemoth Meta (META.O), opens new tab kno…

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Rectal cancer deaths rising rapidly among millennials: 'It's a medical crisis.'

Deaths from rectal cancer are rising rapidly among younger adults, an alarming trend that is confounding scientists trying to understand why millennials are so hard-hit. “The rate of rectal cancer seems to be increasing more than two to three times compared to colon cancer,”…

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Iran war revives European rooftop solar demand to cut energy bills.

Demand for rooftop solar systems across Europe has surged since the start of the Iran war, as households rush to shield themselves from soaring power prices triggered by the worst global energy disruption in history. The ​conflict has pushed oil, gas and electricity prices s…

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US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400,000 on Maduro raid.

A US special forces soldier involved in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested and charged for allegedly betting on that operation, netting him $400,000 in profits. According to an indictment unsealed Thursday, Master Sgt. Gannon Ken Van Dyke opened …

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US turns to Ukrainian counter-drone tech after Iran attacks.

The U.S. military has introduced Ukrainian counter-drone technology in recent weeks at a key U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia, according to five people with ​knowledge of the matter, as it seeks to stem attacks that have destroyed aircraft and buildings, and killed at least on…

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Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data.

Meta (META.O) is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and ​keystrokes for use in training its artificial intelligence models, part of a broad initiative to build AI agents that can perform work tasks autonomo…

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