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The people building AI now want governments to slow down the AI race

Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta AI signed the petition following a major autonomous AI hacking scandal.

29/07/2026

USA

Trump hosts Netanyahu for White House talks on Iran war

The meeting was the eighth between Trump and Netanyahu since the US president returned to office in early 2025 and came ahead of elections in Israel and US midterms later this year.

28/07/2026

USA

Zelenskyy and Trump hold White House talks on war in Ukraine

Since returning to office early last year, Trump has halted direct US arms deliveries to Kyiv in favour of a programme allowing European countries to buy weapons for Ukraine.

28/07/2026

USA

Audio appears to show Biden discussing classified information

Biden was 74 when the interviews began and 81 when Hur released his report in early 2024, as he sought re-election.

28/07/2026

Europe News

US begins review of its military presence in Europe

The decision to do so comes a month after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said Washington would do so. The Trump administration has repeatedly criticised its European allies for their response to the war in Iran.

28/07/2026

USA

Trump prepares for high-stakes talks with Zelenskyy and Netanyahu

The meetings will showcase Washington's foreign policy balancing act as it tries to broker peace in Ukraine, despite being the instigator of military action in the Middle East.

28/07/2026

USA

Police say shooting at Seattle food festival may be gang related

The shooting incident killed three people, one of them now identified as one of the shooters, and injured four others, including a two-year-old boy, according to Seattle police.

28/07/2026

USA

Tate brothers to stay in jail at least two more weeks

The Tates promote wealth, male dominance and misogyny through their social media empire and are among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities.

27/07/2026

USA

Three killed and four injured in shooting at food festival in Seattle

Officials at a nearby medical centre said a toddler was among those admitted to the facility on Sunday after the shooting incident, where four people remain hospitalised.

27/07/2026

USA

Trump returns to White House Correspondents' Dinner

The president appeared to be in good spirits throughout the evening and joked about a third term in office.

25/07/2026

USA

Zelenskyy to meet Trump in Washington next week

Kyiv did not immediately confirm whether President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet President Donald Trump in Washington next week or attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham

24/07/2026

Business

US imposes sweeping new tariffs on dozens of countries

The newly-announced tariffs, ranging from 10 to 12.5%, will replace expiring global tariffs on Friday announced by Trump earlier this year.

24/07/2026

USA

White House: Trump won't stop Tate brothers' extradition to UK

According to US media, Andrew Tate has also sought to build ties with Trump's sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Barron Trump.

23/07/2026

Tech News

Forget Slack and Teams — your next work chat comes with AI co-workers

Block has launched an open-source rival to Slack and GitHub that gives AI agents their own identities and permissions, treating them as colleagues rather than tools.

23/07/2026

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Giant hot dog sculpture returns to New York Times Square

A giant hot dog sculpture returns to New York's Times Square as artists unveil a 65-foot installation marking America's 250th anniversary.

23/07/2026

Lifestyle

Did German-made boxer shorts help Spain's Lamine Yamal win World Cup?

Spain’s World Cup winning striker Lamine Yamal may not have scored during Sunday's final in New Jersey, but pictures of him sporting 6PM boxer shorts have hit the target for the trendy German brand which belongs to a Frankfurt influencer.

23/07/2026

USA

Trump links Saudi nuclear agreement to normalisation with Israel

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman formally signed the agreement, along with "bilateral safeguards" against non-proliferation.

23/07/2026

USA

US judge sets trial date for Nicolas Maduro in drug trafficking case

The US in April allowed Venezuela to pay for Maduro's and Flores's legal defence, something previously prohibited under US sanctions.

22/07/2026

USA

Trump's pick for UN chief? Gianni Infantino, reportedly

Trump and Infantino, who heads football's world governing body FIFA, have formed a close and somewhat controversial relationship in recent years.

22/07/2026

Tech News

'Unprecedented': OpenAI models autonomously hacked another AI company

OpenAI has admitted one of its models exploited a hidden flaw to escape a controlled test and break into Hugging Face's servers, in what its CEO called an autonomous, first-of-its-kind breach.

22/07/2026

USA

Mamdani says NYC lacks authority to arrest Israeli PM Netanyahu

Netanyahu's office has dubbed the ICC a "kangaroo court" and called the arrest warrant against the Israeli leader "bogus."

22/07/2026

USA

Trump says US has no interest in Iran talks as cost of war increases

The US entered its 11th consecutive night of strikes on Iran, while Tehran expanded its offensive against Gulf states. Meanwhile, Pakistan stepped up diplomatic efforts in hopes of salvaging the interim deal between the two.

22/07/2026

USA

Trump vows US support in talks with Lebanon's president

Lebanon and Israel have held rare direct talks mediated by Washington. Aoun’s visit was the first to the White House by a Lebanese president since 2009.

21/07/2026

USA

US appeals court rejects Biden bid to block memoir interview tapes

A divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit suspended its decision until 3 August to give Biden more time to consider a further appeal.

21/07/2026

Tech News

Anthropic to pay €1.3bn in biggest copyright settlement on record

A US judge has approved Anthropic's payout to authors whose pirated books trained its Claude chatbot, closing the first major settlement in a wave of copyright lawsuits against AI companies.

21/07/2026

Europe News

Andrew and Tristan Tate to fight UK extradition over rape charges

The US-born brothers were arrested in Miami, Florida and face a total of 59 charges from the Crown Prosecution Service, including rape, assault and human trafficking.

21/07/2026