UK government rejects ‘kill switch’ idea for dangerous AI
The UK government has rejected the idea of creating a so-called “kill switch” to stop a dangerous attack from rogue AI. The proposal to create a legal mechanism for the…
Can the Houthis close the Red Sea after seizing the Yemen coast?
EXPLAINER Can the Houthis close the Red Sea after seizing the Yemen coast? Some observers see a force that has improved impressively in the past years, but others doubt Houthis…
Israel says it has destroyed major underground Hezbollah base
Israel’s military says it has destroyed a large underground complex operated by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. It said it used more than 1,000 tonnes of explosives to destroy two tunnels…
Ebola case detected in seventh DR Congo province
Ebola case detected in seventh DR Congo province Case found in northwestern province of South-Ubangi bordering the Central African Republic and Congo-Brazzaville. Medics attending to patients sanitise their hands as…
Hull City’s Sorba Thomas unharmed as car overturned in crash
Hull City’s Sorba Thomas unharmed as car overturned in crash Premier League club, Hull City, confirm car accident involving their player Sorba Thomas, but say no injury sustained. Wales’s Sorba…
The vanishing pharmacy of the Sundarbans
The Sundarbans stretches across 10,000 square kilometres of Bangladesh and India. Its green canopy shelters the Royal Bengal tiger, saltwater crocodiles and more than 300 plant species. Nearly 2.7 million…
The dystopian legal architecture of the ‘war on terror’ must be dismantled
Opinion The dystopian legal architecture of the ‘war on terror’ must be dismantled A quarter-century after 9/11, we are still living under the security order it unleashed. By Karsen Trull…
Arsenal manager Arteta ‘very surprised’ at Jesus blast over Barcelona move
Arsenal manager Arteta ‘very surprised’ at Jesus blast over Barcelona move Gabriel Jesus claims he was forced to train alone before Barcelona move, but Arsenal ‘surprised’ by criticism. Gabriel Jesus,…
Russian strikes kill two in Kyiv as Moscow targets capital’s fuel stations
Russian strikes kill two in Kyiv as Moscow targets capital’s fuel stations Second day of strikes on fuel stations suggest a new campaign focused on civilian areas in the Ukrainian…
From hunger crisis to ‘obesity’: how Gaza’s UN data is being twisted
US and Israeli officials are using a drop in acute malnutrition cases to claim Gaza has no hunger.