Pope says concerns about AI going rogue are not 'fake news' after Trump 'hoax' claims

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a "stain on our national conscience"

Police arrest couple in their 70s after Jonathan McKinsey, 40, found dead in park in Bay Area city of Dublin. A married couple in their 70s have been arrested for allegedly…

Lawyers for Christa Pike, 50, convicted of killing classmate in Knoxville in 1995, ask supreme court to grant stay. Christa Pike, a woman who was convicted of murder 30 years ago,…

David Perdue’s remarks come after a Taiwanese minister spoke of the ‘severe’ military threat posed by Beijing to the self-ruled island. Donald Trump offered to sell weapons to…

The disclosure is the latest in a string of incidents in which the AI platform has been caught going rogue. OpenAI says it is reviewing the findings

As outrage grows over cases​ of sexual violence, activists are demanding a shift from controlling women to confronting men’s behaviour. Plus, Tony Klor’s ‘hella dope’ city vlogs.…

US president’s suggested 90-day export ban before midterm elections could bring even higher fuel prices across Europe. The EU has warned Donald Trump against plans to ban US…

President Javier Milei set a two-week deadline for the Sea Lion oilfield project to be scrapped

Capital city submerged in waist-high flood water, while elsewhere Hurricane Nolo threatens Hawaii’s Big Island. Bangkok was declared a disaster zone by its city officials towards…

US forces are set to pull out from their last bases in Iraq, leaving the country where 4,500 of their comrades died over more than 20 years of war

A judge on Wednesday appeared skeptical of Trump administration arguments justifying the White House barring CNN, MS NOW and Politico, but he did not immediately grant the news…

An 87-year-old woman, who was evicted from her home in Madrid last week, sparking protests, can return to the apartment she had lived in for decades, her lawyer has said

Vietnam says the men entered the country illegally and accused them of planning terrorist activities

Amanda Blanc says flooding threat is ‘absolutely increasing’, as she also warns ministers over ‘kite flying’ before budget. Business live – latest updates. The boss of Britain’s…

The Senate voted Monday evening to defeat an amendment sponsored by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) to cap ticket price increases for college sporting events to four percent a year,…

Jet-powered drones are increasingly targeting Ukraine’s capital, with medical centre also hit. A Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday,…

Seventeen people killed near Johannesburg in suspected ‘illegal goldmining turf war’, as 10 killed in separate incident at barbecue venue near Cape Town. Two separate mass…

Ping Ping and Fu Shuang to live at Atlanta zoo in Georgia as part of loan deal between Chinese and US governments. Two giant pandas from China arrived in Atlanta , Georgia, on…

President Trump is willing to give Iran sanctions relief and release Iranian frozen funds in return for concrete Iranian steps regarding the nuclear program, U.S. officials say.…

Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it reached orbit

The need for independent regulation grows more obvious by the day. We must keep this tech in check before it’s too late. OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns in…

Hundreds of thousands are expected to die, millions to go hungry. This is not just about weather patterns, but about injustice. Some warnings are so grave that it is almost…

As a business journalist, Nilsson began rigorously reporting on the power players of the adult industry, who prefer to remain in the shadows. Along the way, she uncovered how porn…

Secretary-general warns Russia ‘continues its reckless campaign of hostile actions against Nato allies’. Rutte begins by recalling a drone shot down in Lithuanian airspace by Nato…

OpenAI’s hack of Medicare suggests safeguarding civilisation is the task facing leaders in this extraordinary new era. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…

Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answer. Cape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently”…

Defend Our Juries welcomes ‘honesty’ from foreign secretary and says his remarks will help in its legal challenge. Burnham promises to roll back privatisation with…

New leader expected to be chosen imminently, with David Shoebridge, Faruqi and Hanson-Young among frontrunners. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get our…

It’s often thought of as the problem, but what if the right technology could help us switch off and live more in the moment?. • The best screen-free activities. With the continued…

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…

Digital-age Australian psychodrama tracks the shut-in mania of dangerously disaffected male fan, but doesn’t get inside his mind. If the parasocial phenomenon is a kind of hell,…

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…

Campaign broadcast across France encourages people to come forward even if they have little to no memory of attack. Gisèle Pelicot is the figurehead of a new campaign run by her…

A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…