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America's Fastest Spy Plane SR-71 Blackbird May Fly Again: Report
The US space agency has reportedly contacted several former engineers who worked on the SR-71A Blackbird spy planes.
Opinion: Opinion | India Has A 'Lobbying' Problem In Washington, And It Has Come Back To Haunt It
While the EU, Japan, the UK and South Korea secured quick deals, India's efforts were getting drained in prolonged negotiations and the wrong kind of lobbying.
AI Could Pose Existential Threat: Anthropic's Warning To Potential Investors
The company, which has positioned itself as a safety-first AI lab, devoted 80 pages of the 261-page main body of its prospectus to laying out risk factors.
From TV News Anchor To King Of Uganda's Tooro: Who Is Edward Rukidi Nyabongo?
King Edward Rukidi Nyabongo took over as the ruler of Uganda's Tooro after the death of its ruling monarch Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV at the age of 34.
Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – UK politics live
PM, in first speech to party conference as leader, insists his plans are a ‘good deal’ for older peopleBurnham to signal willingness to look at scrapping pension triple lock to fund social careAngela Rayner, the housing secretary, has apparently confirmed that Andy Burnham will float the prospect of getting rid of the pensions triple lock to help fund the creation of an NHS-style care service.Asked about the prospect on Sky’s Electoral Dysfunction podcast, Rayner said that Burnham was “absolutely right to start the conversation” and that he was being “brave”.The high principle on this is that people have paid in all their lives. They are willing, I think, to look at that.What they don’t want is what they consider to be, quite frankly, incompetent politicians that are going to take something from us to fill a black hole.When we met with Andy [Burnham] this week, it certainly wasn’t mentioned.But I do think that it’s important that Labour make sure that working-class people know that they’re on their side, and this would be a direction of travel that would say the opposite to that.What I understood the national care service to be was a universal benefit: everybody paid in and everybody gets out, and that is what actually the principle of that is.Going to a group of people who are getting around £12,500 a year in order to pay for it to take away their security is wrong. Continue reading...
US senator blocks bill to ban Trump from demolishing Kennedy Center without Congress’s approval
Mike Lee objected to the safeguard against the demolition of any presidential memorial Congress designatesUS politics live – latest updatesA Republican senator has blocked a bipartisan bill that would have prevented Donald Trump from demolishing the Kennedy Center without the approval of Congress.Mike Lee, of Utah, objected on Monday night when the Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley asked the Senate to pass the Protecting Presidential Memorials Act by unanimous consent. The bill, co-written with the Alaska Republican Lisa Murkowski, would have banned the demolition of any presidential memorial designated by Congress, including the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, unless lawmakers explicitly approved it. Continue reading...
Trump touts new AI tool he claims will streamline government information access – US politics live
President says he will ‘never stifle’ AI development while unveiling sweeping tool to access federal government sitesSign up to the US Breaking News emailFor some context, it’s worth remembering that Smith had a two-volume report of his findings as a result of his criminal investigations – that resulted in two indictments against the president after his first term. The first focused on Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, while the second on the president’s retention of classified documents.However, in February, a Trump-appointed federal judge permanently barred the justice department from releasing the second volume of Smith’s report. Continue reading...
Soho House launches investigation after out-of-date food mislabelled in kitchen
Private members’ club apologises after former employee exposes issue at its Shoreditch House venueThe Soho House private members’ club has launched an investigation after out-of-date food was mislabelled in one of its kitchens.The club, which charges up to £4,500 a year for membership, has apologised after a former employee made a video on TikTok exposing the issue. Continue reading...
Trump Escalates Trade War With Canada, Bans Nearly $1 Billion In Imports
The latest sparring began over the summer when Trump reached back to a Great Depression law to impose 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian imports
Anthropic's IPO Prospectus Shows Sweeping AI Vision, Surging Costs: Report
Anthropic reported a net loss of $42 billion in 2025, and plans to spend $518 billion on cloud, computing and infrastructure obligations in coming year, according to the prospectus.
Threatened By Climate Change, World Leaders Demand UN To Work
"Where are the United Nations?" Alexandra Hill Tinoco, the foreign minister of El Salvador, asked Monday. "Do we have an organisation that is still relevant?"
British broadcasters should merge into single platform to survive, says Jeremy Clarkson
Clarkson’s Farm star says broadcasters should make ‘bigger, fewer, better programmes’ in face of competition from streamers and digital platformsJeremy Clarkson has called on British broadcasters to merge into a single “Britflix” platform to survive, as he warned that senior producers were continuing to “drain away” from the cash-strapped TV industry.The former Top Gear presenter said that having just finished filming the sixth season of his Amazon Prime show Clarkson’s Farm, there were now many members of the crew wondering where they would find their next job. Continue reading...
