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US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis Russian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after dignitaries passed through One dead and more than 30 missing after ferry sinks off Vanuatu coast in rough seas More than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' - as Anthropic reveals another 'cybersecurity' incident Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs call for AI development to slow down, OpenAI to delay IPO Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies Republican senator Mitch McConnell returns to Capitol Hill after months-long hiatus while recovering from fall – live Indonesian police investigate deaths of Australian man and two children in Bali as suspected murder-suicide DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks Putin ally paid for Trump Jr's wedding celebrations as 'extraordinarily generous gift' Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantic Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation US consumers faced more high prices in August as Iran war raised energy costs Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO Afghan woman deported in first-ever "Alien Terrorist" court case, DOJ says Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO's call to curb China's AI development Early results in Swedish election show one-seat advantage for left bloc Macklemore 'removed' from Ed Sheeran tour over 'Free Palestine' comment US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis Russian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after dignitaries passed through One dead and more than 30 missing after ferry sinks off Vanuatu coast in rough seas More than 10% chance AI 'could kill all humans' - as Anthropic reveals another 'cybersecurity' incident Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs call for AI development to slow down, OpenAI to delay IPO Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies Republican senator Mitch McConnell returns to Capitol Hill after months-long hiatus while recovering from fall – live Indonesian police investigate deaths of Australian man and two children in Bali as suspected murder-suicide DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks Putin ally paid for Trump Jr's wedding celebrations as 'extraordinarily generous gift' Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantic Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation US consumers faced more high prices in August as Iran war raised energy costs Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO Afghan woman deported in first-ever "Alien Terrorist" court case, DOJ says Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO's call to curb China's AI development Early results in Swedish election show one-seat advantage for left bloc Macklemore 'removed' from Ed Sheeran tour over 'Free Palestine' comment
US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis
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US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis

Trump’s EPA strips itself of regulation ability, gutting Clean Air Act in what experts say is a gift to planet polluters. On the heels of the hottest summer ever recorded in the…
94% agreement · 5 independent sources

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Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies

Gulf states postpone strait of Hormuz talks with Iran as Yemen conflict intensifies

Impasse comes amid growing Saudi anger with Tehran over Houthi advances and strikes on airbase and pipeline. Oil prices rise after drone attacks shut down Saudi Arabia’s east-west…
81% agreement · 3 independent sources
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Technology

Republican senator Mitch McConnell returns to Capitol Hill after months-long hiatus while recovering from fall – live

McConnell returns to Congress to vote for the first time in several months and says in a statement, ‘I’m really looking forward to being back on the Senate floor’. Sign up for the…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Indonesian police investigate deaths of Australian man and two children in Bali as suspected murder-suicide

Indonesian police investigate deaths of Australian man and two children in Bali as suspected murder-suicide

Police in Bali believe the two young children died as a result of violence, while a 57-year-old man is believed to have taken his own life. Indonesian police are investigating the…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says

DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says

Officers were instructed to search state voter databases and create federal records on suspected non-citizen voters despite concerns over the process. Department of Homeland…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA

Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’. ‘They know the house they are bombing is full of children’: NAZA’s…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Technology

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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World

Putin ally paid for Trump Jr's wedding celebrations as 'extraordinarily generous gift'

Donald Trump Jr and his wife have said a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin paid for two nights of their wedding celebrations as an "extraordinarily generous gift"
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantic

Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantic

Nobody could have predicted that today's main global headline would be Trump's desire to see a unified Ireland
72% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Global bond sell-off resumes as surging oil prices stoke fears about inflation

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…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
US consumers faced more high prices in August as Iran war raised energy costs

US consumers faced more high prices in August as Iran war raised energy costs

Annualized inflation rate was 3.4%, same as July, and core inflation, which omits energy and food prices, rose to 2.4%. US consumer prices remained stubbornly high in August as…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Serious2 min
Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO

Africa’s richest man aiming to make $23bn from continent’s biggest-ever IPO

Public offering of Aliko Dangote’s Nigerian oil refinery business could swell his net wealth by two-thirds. The fortune of Africa’s richest person could swell by two thirds to…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
World

Afghan woman deported in first-ever "Alien Terrorist" court case, DOJ says

An Afghan national who was the first-ever case before the federal Alien Terrorist Removal Court has been deported, the Justice Department announced Friday. The big picture: The…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO's call to curb China's AI development

Beijing hits back at Anthropic CEO's call to curb China's AI development

China's Foreign Ministry called the Anthropic CEO's warning about the dangers of Chinese-developed AI "fearmongering," as the Chinese and U.S. leaders prepare to meet in…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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World

Early results in Swedish election show one-seat advantage for left bloc

Preliminary results in Sweden's national election are indicating a narrow one-seat advantage for the left-wing opposition over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing coalition
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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World

Macklemore 'removed' from Ed Sheeran tour over 'Free Palestine' comment

US rapper Macklemore has claimed he's been removed as Ed Sheeran's tour opener after saying "Free Palestine" during a gig
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Carney gambles on the world's biggest investors betting on Canada

Carney gambles on the world's biggest investors betting on Canada

In the midst of a trade war with the US, the prime minister leveraged his connections in global finance to invite some of the world's biggest investors to Canada
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Serious2 min
Technology

August was world's joint hottest month on record, say scientists

August was the world's joint hottest month ever recorded - at 1.65C above pre-industrial times, according to scientists
80% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Trump downplays warnings of AI risks, citing rivalry with China

Trump downplays warnings of AI risks, citing rivalry with China

The US president said "negative forces" were airing concerns about "things that won't happen"
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher

Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher

The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal. Recently, I overheard a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
World

Australia politics live: university campuses would ‘shut down’ under One Nation migration policy; Marles weighs in on AI ultimatum

Follow the day’s news live. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. The South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas , says there is optimism that steel…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
We greet the news that AI could extinguish us with a glazed indifference. What is the way out of this nihilism? | Brigid Delaney

We greet the news that AI could extinguish us with a glazed indifference. What is the way out of this nihilism? | Brigid Delaney

There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing. Imagining the future as almost…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot

Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot

Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains. Pinch yourself, it’s happening again. Here…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Playing With Fire review – like Disney’s Fantasia on steroids as a virtual Yuja Wang plays amid luminous dreamworlds

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
World

UK politics: Farage hints that Reform’s £72m donations may not be legal under new elections bill - as it happened

In an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’. Andy Burnham has cancelled engagements today and tomorrow following the death of his father…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Serious2 min
How the fate of a small furry animal reveals the ecological tragedy of Israel’s war on Lebanon | Hisham Younes

How the fate of a small furry animal reveals the ecological tragedy of Israel’s war on Lebanon | Hisham Younes

The Syrian rock hyrax depends on the fragile landscapes of the border region. Alongside other environmentalists, I have been documenting the destruction of its habitat. Wars are…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min
‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Lenore review – incel’s obsession with online influencer turns into anatomy of dislocated digital-age mindset

Lenore review – incel’s obsession with online influencer turns into anatomy of dislocated digital-age mindset

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,…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Social media users could opt out of the algorithm if Australian government has its way – but that’s a big if

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Technology

UK government moves to acquire Speciality Steel UK; AI stocks hit by calls for slowdown – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news. AI-linked stocks fall after tech bosses call for slowdown in ‘reckless’ development. AI CEOs say they need to slow the…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
Disaster insurance, datacenters, right to repair: meet the midterm candidates running on green policies

Disaster insurance, datacenters, right to repair: meet the midterm candidates running on green policies

Some of the everyday struggles animating voters have a climate link lurking in the background. When Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed a law erasing the words “climate change”…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart

One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart

Pauline Hanson’s gas policy and the party’s relationship with Rinehart is examined in a new Guardian podcast series, The Populist. Listen: The Populist: Aeroplanes and bulldozers…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu

As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min

Most verified today

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US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis

✓ 94% agree · 5 sources
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One dead and more than 30 missing after ferry sinks off Vanuatu coast in rough seas

✓ 89% agree · 4 sources
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Russian drone hits train near Ukraine-Poland border soon after dignitaries passed through

✓ 87% agree · 4 sources
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Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs call for AI development to slow down, OpenAI to delay IPO

✓ 82% agree · 3 sources

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Republican senator Mitch McConnell returns to Capitol Hill after months-long hiatus while recovering from fall – live

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Anthropic blocks efforts to use AI to research weapons development and carry out cyber attacks

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August was world's joint hottest month on record, say scientists

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Playing With Fire review – like Disney’s Fantasia on steroids as a virtual Yuja Wang plays amid luminous dreamworlds

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