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Chinese Man Goes To Hospital With Blood In Urine, Doctors Find 36mm Needle In His Heart
A CT scan of his chest, abdomen and pelvis then revealed several metallic objects lodged in different parts of his body.
US Lawmakers Agree AI Needs Regulation, Differ On How To Do It
US House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the top Republican and Democrat in the House, said on Sunday that Congress needs to address the risks linked to AI.
Asian Shares Decline As AI Stocks Fall Amid Calls To Slow Development
U.S. futures edged lower, while oil prices gained more than 2% as worries grew over global oil supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a major oil pipeline used to help bypass the Strait of Hormuz after it was attacked.
Iran Steps Up Attacks On US Targets As Trump Focuses On Midterm Polls
Iran said it attacked 10 ships this week, including two US vessels, near the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran claimed the ships had violated the rules it was trying to impose on the waterway.
Swedish centre-left opposition widens lead to three seats with 95% of votes counted – Europe live
The parliament isn’t set to meet until late September to elect a new speaker, and then prime ministerJennifer Rankin in Brussels and Charlotte Higgins and Amy Hawkins in KyivCatching up with other news from across Europe, the head of Nato has said a Russian drone attack on a train close to Ukraine’s border with Poland would not deter Kyiv’s western backers. Continue reading...
OpenAI urges UK lawmakers to rein in technology amid growing safety fears
Warning follows series of safety incidents, with parliamentary committee saying threats include public face-scanning and deepfakesUK politics live – latest updatesOpenAI has urged British lawmakers to capitalise on renewed fears over AI safety and impose legislation reining in the technology.The company behind ChatGPT said the UK government should act immediately, following a call by its arch-rival Anthropic to curb AI development. Continue reading...
The London hospital funded by donors who invested in the slave trade
St Barts is one of many UK institutions whose benefactors were involved in the trafficking of enslaved AfricansInside the Great Hall of St Bartholomew’s North Wing, alongside stately portraits of the apostle from whom London’s oldest hospital takes its name and King Henry VIII, extravagant commemorative boards adorn the walls.The Great Hall was a grand, formal space where governors weighed their philanthropic donations and drafted their wills, many while investing in the stock of companies built on the trafficking of enslaved Africans. Today, many of those donors are commemorated in acrylic gold paint on the boards. Continue reading...
Andy Burnham cancels engagements as his father’s death is announced
Prime minister had been due to speak at the TUC conference in BrightonUK politics live – latest updatesAndy Burnham has cancelled his engagements for Monday and Tuesday after his father, Roy, died.Among other plans, the prime minister had been due to speak to the TUC conference in Brighton on Tuesday. Continue reading...
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-thirdsThe fortune of Africa’s richest person could swell by two thirds to nearly $60bn (£44bn) after his refinery in Nigeria listed publicly in the continent’s biggest-ever initial public offering.If Monday’s flotation of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals on the Nigerian exchange goes to plan, then Aliko Dangote will add a further $23bn (£17bn) to his $35bn net worth. Continue reading...
Oil prices soar above $108 as Houthis strike Saudi infrastructure
Iran-linked rebels force closure of east-west pipeline and capture strategic island in Bab al-Mandab straitBusiness news – live updatesOil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline.Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, surged to more than $108.5 a barrel on Monday – a 3.7% increase on the day. Continue reading...
Blog: Let It Stand: America's Deleted Sikh Poster And The Weather Ahead For Migrants
What we should attend to is the untidy sentiment it briefly let slip into daylight, because that sentiment has a home, and it is not confined to Washington.
Opinion: Opinion | For China, BRICS Is The 'Poster Child' For All Its Grand Ambitions
The grouping offers China something Trump can't easily sanction away
