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✓ Verified More than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' - as Anthropic reveals another 'cybersecurity' incident
There is a more than 10% chance that "AI could kill all humans" in the next decade, according to a top safety researcher at Anthropic
86% agreement · 4 independent sources

August joint-hottest month on record as climate change and El Niño drive heat
82% agreement · 3 independent sources

Why gains by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen could push gas prices even higher
82% agreement · 3 independent sources
Trump bans some Canadian imports as North America trade war intensifies
80% agreement · 3 independent sources
At least 44 people injured after train derails in northern France
83% agreement · 3 independent sources
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The passport-size iPhone Duo serves as the first big test for John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook last week. Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, the company’s first foldable…
81% agreement · 3 independent sources
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✓Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if
Even if the legislation passes, tech companies may still find ways to frustrate its intent and keep Australians hooked on their feed. Social media could become a “choose your own…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Sweden’s PM channels Trump saying he wants to ‘make Sweden great again’ ahead of election – as it happened
Ulf Kristersson’s comments come ahead of the parliamentary election taking place this Sunday. in Brussels. The European Commission has said it is assessing whether Ukraine has a…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks
Anthropic says it has blocked efforts to use its artificial intelligence models to carry out cyber attacks and research which could have led to the creation of biological weapons
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Norway's Princess Astrid dies two days after funeral of her brother, the late King Harald
Norway's Princess Astrid, an older sister of the late King Harald, died on Friday at the age of 94, the royal palace said in a statement
82% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Iran-backed Houthi rebels seize a strategic port and island, opening a new battlefront
The rebel group took over Yemen's port of Mokha, an area vital to controlling shipping through the Red Sea, Houthi and Yemeni officials said. Mokha is about 50 miles from the Bab…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Russia's new jet-powered drones outpacing Ukraine's air defences with daily launches
The new models can travel at speeds of up to 300mph, faster than Ukraine's air defence interceptors
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Arrest made over the death of black woman found hanged from tree in Mississippi
Tasia Fortune's body was found in the lot of an abandoned home in Mississippi in August
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✓Lightning Houthi advance in Yemen may bring dangerous new dimension to Iran war
The capture by the rebels of a stretch Yemen's strategic coastline is the group's most impressive military coup for several years
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation
Crude jumps above $107 a barrel amid concerns over Middle East conflict and out-of-control government borrowing. Nervous investors across big economies have been dumping…
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✓Trump and Hegseth use 9/11 memorial remarks at Pentagon to defend war on Iran
President and defense secretary try to link worst terrorist attack in US history to current unpopular war. US politics live – latest updates. Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth used…
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✓US consumers faced more high prices in August as Iran war raised energy costs
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✓Hurricane Lowell’s fierce winds and rains knocks out power on Hawaii’s Kauai
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78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
Hong Kong used to be one of the only places in Chinese territory where people could gather to mark the 1989 crackdown
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Deadly Philippines ferry fire triggers search for scores of missing
Multiple search and rescue vessels deployed after blaze off Palawan island leaves at least five dead, says coast guard. A large-scale search and rescue operation is under way…
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✓Buddhist monk arrested in Thailand on suspicion of embezzling $2.8m
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77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Five dead and dozens injured in coach crash in Swiss Alps
The tourist coach was carrying dozens of Dutch passengers when it overturned in the south-eastern Swiss Alps
83% agreement · 2 independent sources
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CDC declares cyclospora outbreak over
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Albanese’s resources minister celebrating the Beetaloo carbon bomb is a hell of a choice. Labor can’t say it wasn’t warned | Clear Air
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Trump keeps touting $5,000 payments if Republicans retain control of Congress as some in his party question feasibility – live
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Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
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Playing With Fire review – like Disney’s Fantasia on steroids as a virtual Yuja Wang plays amid luminous dreamworlds
Southbank Centre, London Wang’s avatar performs music from Ravel and Debussy to Prokofiev and Liszt while dizzying virtual worlds take shape around her in this virtual reality…
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As China rises, Australia is increasingly enmeshed in the US war machine. Is the alliance still worth the risk?
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How the fate of a small furry animal reveals the ecological tragedy of Israel’s war on Lebanon | Hisham Younes
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Labor ditches new packaging laws to cut plastic waste, sparking unprecedented ‘scale and breadth of outrage’
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
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