Who actually has power at the United Nations?
Every country at the United Nations gets a vote. But five countries have a power the other 188 don’t.
Meloni promises to ban burqas, niqabs in Italy’s schools
Italy is planning to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap the number of foreign students per class.
Iran’s military says US preparing to resume strikes
Tehran threatens retaliation as Trump weighs military action while Qatar pushes to revive talks.
Watch: Dramatic moment a cargo ship crashes into another vessel
Verified footage appears to show a cargo ship colliding with a fishing boat near Singapore, with investigators still working to establish exactly when and how
Watch: BBC tracks down abusive teacher secretly released early
BBC Eye has discovered a teacher who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a student in Indonesia has been secretly released early.
Microsoft exec called AI scraping the “largest theft of labor in human history”
For years, Microsoft and OpenAI have fought to keep certain information out of the public eye in their fight with news organizations that have accused
Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites
US Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has proposed a law that would require Internet service providers and other network operators to block foreign piracy websites. Issa’s
ICE agent shoots man in Texas after traffic stop, city officials say
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer has reportedly shot a man in Texas after a traffic stop – leading to an anti-ICE protest
Amodei wrote that coordinating on pace would need an antitrust waiver. Altman said OpenAI would not wait for one. Both lines are now in a lawsuit.
Four consumers filed a class action in the Northern District of California on 18 September, naming Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google. Buist v. Anthropic PBC alleges a
Imran Khan’s family says three sisters detained ahead of Islamabad march
Imran Khan’s family says three of his sisters have been detained in Lahore ahead of a march demanding his release.
Y chromosome loss creates hidden cancer vulnerability in men
A study initiated by a University of Arizona Cancer Center physician-scientist Dr. Dan Theodorescu revealed that the loss of the Y chromosome in men’s body
Powerful explosions at Syrian army site near Aleppo injure at least four
Officials urge civilians to stay away from the site in al-Eis near Aleppo after a series of explosions.
SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF8 drives macrophage infection and lung inflammation
In the sickest COVID-19 patients, the SARS-CoV-2 virus doesn’t just cause severe damage by directly infecting airway cells.