My family group chat has been consumed by one particular question of late: “Do you think Mitch McConnell is still alive?” I’m an editor, not a clairvoyant. But for the record: I think he is alive, albeit probably in a bad way. Those close to McConnell have, in recent days,Continue Reading
A strengthening El Niño in the Pacific could soon be felt far from the ocean. Grocery aisles, insurance bills, utility costs and the budgets of tourism-dependent towns already strained by heat, drought, wildfire smoke and flooding face economic strain. The emerging climate pattern, sometimes described by forecasters as a possibleContinue Reading
Just as the smoke from OpenAI’s hack of Hugging Face was beginning to clear, another frontier artificial intelligence company revealed its systems had unintentionally hacked multiple companies. Anthropic on Thursday said OpenAI’s revelation the week prior spurred it to conduct a “retrospective review” of its own activities, searching for similarContinue Reading
Exclusives Ukraine’s Gen Z protested for their anti-corruption agencies last year. Now they’re protesting for one man. A leaderless crowd is reading the war more clearly than the command class that dismisses them—and letting one blogger tell them what it means. Russia’s weirdest armored vehicle was built to fight infantry.Continue Reading
Ukraine’s drone force is killing most of its targets close to the front, not in the deep strikes that make headlines. In July, fighters of the Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) struck 53,755 unique Russian targets, including 11,609 Russian personnel, SBS commander Major Robert “Madiar” Brovdi said on 1 August. TheContinue Reading
FIFA president Gianni Infantino came under increasing fire from continental governing bodies on Saturday despite scrapping a widely-derided plan to allow private investment in the World Cup., Read MoreContinue Reading
Clashes near Sheraro mark one of the most serious threats yet to the fragile 2022 Pretoria peace deal., Clashes near Sheraro mark one of the most serious threats yet to the fragile 2022 Pretoria peace deal. Fighting has broken out in western Tigray, in one of the most serious breachesContinue Reading
French wildfires show signs of easing, with containment efforts holding in Var and Gironde after destructive blazes., French wildfires show signs of easing, with containment efforts holding in Var and Gironde after destructive blazes. Gale-force winds have fanned flames across multiple parts of Greece, intensifying a new front in Europe’sContinue Reading
Maine’s Democratic Senate nominee Troy Jackson is launching his first general election ad, highlighting his own background as a labor organizer and going after Republican Sen., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Fifteen also injured in the blast in Kudrinskaya Square, authorities say., DEVELOPING STORY, Fifteen also injured in the blast in Kudrinskaya Square, authorities say. An explosion near a cafe in the Russian capital has killed at least three people, police said, without saying what caused the blast. The explosion tookContinue Reading
More than 58,000 children have lost one or both parents by Israel’s war, highlighting urgent humanitarian challenges., Khan Younis, Gaza Strip – As soon as the whistle blew, they all dashed off – and for a brief moment, nobody focused on the destruction surrounding them. Cheered on by relatives andContinue Reading
Anthropic’s Claude goes rogue and hacks three organizations while testing, Read MoreContinue Reading
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 1st, 2026 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.Continue Reading