Video: Russia launches rocket into space with military satellite

Russia says it has launched a military satellite into space on the back of a Soyuz-2.1 rocket from Arkhangelsk.

Valor, Point72 back General Intuition at $6B valuation as AI startup pushes into robotics

General Intuition, the startup building a foundation model that trains generalized AI agents how to move through space and time, is in talks to raise at a $6 bi...

Media freaks out because Burnham wears polo shirt

On Sunday 23 August, Andy Burnham visited Ukraine. And his first trip to the besieged nation has given the UK media the perfect opportunity to once again demons...

Manchester United mauled by The Tigers in Hull

Hull City marked their Premier League return with a controlled, confident and fully deserved 2-0 win over Manchester United at the MKM Stadium, delivering a jol...

UK to help Ukraine build Storm Shadow long-range missiles: Why it matters

The UK's willingness to share classified missile-production knowledge sets a potentially important precedent.

Samuel Eto’o urges support for embattled FIFA President Gianni Infantino

Former star striker, now head of Cameroon's FA, backs Infantino despite mounting pressure on him to resign.

AI blamed as UK graduate jobs supposedly half

According to newly released data, graduate jobs have dropped by nearly 50%. AI is among the given explanations for this drop; as are rising costs. Regardless of...

Bessent threatening Iran with an ‘economic D-Day’ shows he’s panicking as US bonds sell off

The US Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, wrote an opinion piece for the Financial Times in which he threatened an “economic D-Day” for Iran, but Yanis V...

Why Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in West Bank are pogroms

Waves of settler attacks, aided by Israel's military, increasingly fit the definition of a pogrom.

OpenAI is building AI agents for everything. Will everyone use them?

Inside the frontier lab’s push to bring AI agents from software engineers to the masses.

Houses set on fire as fresh violence erupts in India’s Manipur

Several houses were set ablaze in India’s Manipur state, followed by gunfire between two groups.

Trump tried to curb clean energy. It’s booming anyway.

Capacity will rise by a record 45GW this year, according to S&P Global Energy.

Brake problems in GM EVs draw greater federal scrutiny

In one crash, the driver of a 2024 Blazer EV said they had to "deliberately steer the vehicle into a concrete curb" to slow it down and avoid a "catastrophic in...

Syrian court sentences former Grand Mufti to life imprisonment

A Syrian court has sentenced former Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun, one of the most prominent religious supporters of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, to life imp...

Algeria’s schools put Shakespeare before Molière in break from France

Algerian primary schools will begin teaching English before French for the first time, signalling a drift from France.

Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B

Hugging Face has reportedly been fielding acquisition offers that would value the company at around $13B. But with the founders' feeling of responsibility to co...

US nutrition startup Berry Street merges with India’s Healthify as GLP-1 trends upwards

Berry Street founder Noah Kotlove and Healthify founder Tushar Vashisht will act as co-CEOs of the new entity.

More than three in four school menus breach food standards

New research has exposed widespread apparent violations in published secondary-school menus. This comes as parents say stronger standards need backing with prop...

Trade unions voice criticisms and vow resistance to transphobic EHRC code

Several major trade unions have reportedly pledged that they’ll resist the EHRC’s transphobic code of practice, which came into force on 5 August. While the new...

The champions set the tone on day one for everyone else to follow

Arsenal began their Premier League title defence with the kind of clarity and control that has become their trademark under Mikel Arteta, easing past newly‑prom...

Rain and flooding from Typhoon Narra hits China and Vietnam

Rain and flooding from Typhoon Narra hits China and Vietnam

Suella Braverman’s attack on the Tories backfires spectacularly

Reform UK has found itself in a strange position this year. On the one hand, it’s very keen to criticise the actions of the past Tory government. On the other, ...

‘Barrel bomb mufti’ sentenced to life in Syria

‘Barrel bomb mufti’ sentenced to life in Syria

Zillow and Redfin settle FTC antitrust case over their rental listings partnership

The FTC and Zillow have announced a settlement that ends the case alleging that a 2025 "partnership" between Zillow and Redfin violated antitrust laws. The FTC ...

Saudi Arabia’s MBS visits Macron in France: What to expect

Saudi crown prince and French president are set to sign several agreements on health, transport and energy.

German extremist-right AfD plans segregated education for disabled and refugee children

Germany’s ‘Alternative für Deutschland‘ (AfD) is classified as an extremist right-wing organisation even by German security services. And the party is determine...

Four arrested over fatal shooting of South African boxer Zolani Tete

Tete, who won world WBF flyweight and WBO bantamweight titles, was killed outside his home in Eastern Cape last week.

Robotaxis are real now — so is the pushback

Robotaxis are expanding. So is the fight over the rules governing them. In New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a proposal earlier this year that would have ope...

“Bile and venom”: vindicated Greenstein describes judge’s “determination” to convict

Jewish anti-genocide activist Tony Greenstein was dramatically acquitted on Friday as the UK state attempted to brand him a terrorist. Greenstein triumphed afte...

South Korea says US cancelled upcoming joint marine exercises over Iran war

The cancellation follows Trump's surprise order last week to scale back a separate annual joint military drill.