Woman overserved on cruise given $300,000 in damages
A cruise passenger who was overserved alcohol and suffered a possible traumatic brain injury after falling down some stairs has been awarded £220,000 in damages.
OpenAI opens its cybersecurity model to thousands of defenders in race with Anthropic’s Mythos
In short: OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.4-Cyber, a model fine-tuned for defensive cybersecurity with lowered refusal boundaries and binary reverse engineering capabilities, and scaling its Trusted
Spotify is selling physical books now, and it makes more sense than you think
In short: Spotify has launched physical book sales in the US and UK through a partnership with Bookshop.org, letting users buy print copies via affiliate
Trump says Israel and Lebanon’s leaders will speak on Thursday
US president says the leaders of the two countries will speak for the first time in 34 years on Thursday.
Hopes grow for a breakthrough in US-Iran talks as Pakistan mediates
Pakistani sources say there has been a ‘major breakthrough’ over a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Russia fires missiles into Kyiv, killing a child and wounding several others, mayor says
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with missiles early Thursday, killing a child, injuring several people — including emergency crew members — and
Democrats clash with US Energy Secretary over Iran war and gas prices
Watch the moment a Democratic congresswoman tells the US Energy Secretary he is ‘living in a different world’.
Former US Marine pilot loses appeal against extradition from Australia
Daniel Duggan was arrested in 2022 over claims he illegally trained the Chinese military in South Africa.
Australia’s richest person must share part of her mining fortunes, court rules
The long-running legal dispute is over a lucrative iron ore project in the top west corner of Australia.
Man wins €1m Picasso painting in €100 charity raffle
“How do I know this isn’t a prank?” the winner asked when he answered a video call from Christie’s auction house in Paris.
Canada was once a dream destination for Indian students. Is that changing?
Tighter rules, rising costs and visa risks are forcing Indian students to rethink studying in Canada.
Epstein files don’t confirm debunked ‘pizzagate’ conspiracy theory revived by Vance
Vice President JD Vance falsely suggested an email in the Epstein files mentioning pizza and grape soda might verify the long-debunked rumor.
‘A window into a strange world’: Trove of Epstein files videos baffles CNN analyst
A CNN analyst was befuddled by the more than 2,000 videos he reviewed from the Jeffrey Epstein files that were released by President Tweety McTreason’s
Scientists warn climate-driven droughts may be worsening spread of superbugs
By Manal Mohammed, Senior Lecturer, Medical Microbiology, University of Westminster. Antibiotic resistance is often associated with hospitals and the overuse of antibiotics in agriculture. Both