Watch: How war in Iran may affect food and fuel prices
The BBC’s Nick Marsh examines how unrest in the Middle East will impact living costs around the world.
Did Jim Carrey use body double or clone to accept French award? Publicist denies conspiracy theory
Photographs and videos of Carrey at the César Awards also corroborate the actor attended the event.
DealFlowAgent raises $750,000 to automate small business M&A
A seed-stage investment bank for small business M&A raises $750,000 from the backers of Uber and SpaceX. The market they’re targeting is enormous. The question
Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup
InterPositive, a stealth company Affleck founded in 2022 and never publicly acknowledged, builds post-production AI tools trained on real footage rather than text prompts. Netflix
New video shows rescue of Iran sailors after US attack on ship
New video shows rescue of Iran sailors after US attack on ship
Epstein files with claims against Trump released by US Justice Department
Files summarise a woman’s accusations against Trump over alleged sexual encounter when she was aged between 13 and 15.
Is BRICS bloc divided over US-Israel attacks on Iran?
Since India took over as chair, the normally outspoken BRICS grouping appears to be more cautious.
The number 24 is considered very “gay” in Brazil. Here’s why…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and a longstanding homophobic taboo from Brazil collided this week with a wildly popular meme about the number “24.” Apparently, the number
This week in science: Prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the PNW, and teens’ sleep
Regina Barber and Katia Riddle of NPR’s Short Wave podcast talk about prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and how teens are sleeping less
RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine policies are “unreviewable,” DOJ lawyer tells judge
A lawyer for the Trump administration told a federal judge Wednesday that anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has such ample authority over the
Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems
Based on over 20,000 reports, Amazon appears to be experiencing an outage. According to Downdetector, reports of problems started increasing at 1:41 pm ET today.
Hungary confirms it is holding seven Ukrainian bank workers and $80m
The bank said they were in two vans carrying $80m (£60m) worth of cash between Austria and Ukraine.
Anthropic vows to sue Pentagon over supply chain risk label
The supply chain risk designation of the artificial intelligence firm is a first for a US company.
The young women who fought in Ethiopia’s last civil war and don’t want to see another one
Female fighters recall how the conflict in the northern Tigray destroyed their lives, as fears grow that fighting could resume.