Andy Burnham will spend the weekend preparing to become British prime minister with allies saying he intends to make a “dynamic start” with measures to ease the cost-of-living squeeze. The Labour leader will become prime minister on Monday but will begin the process of moving into Downing Street over the weekend. He said he is […]
Continue ReadingA landslide on Friday on the outskirts of the south-western Chinese city of Chongqing killed at least eight people and left 34 missing, burying residential buildings and forcing more than 1,100 people to leave, according to local officials and state media reports. The landslide occurred at about 9.08am in Pengshui county on the outer edge […]
Continue ReadingThe development and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) should be a global effort, Chinese president Xi Jinping said, while reiterating China’s objections to what he called the “overstretching” of national security concerns. Speaking at a conference in Shanghai, Mr Xi said AI should not be dominated by any single nation. American-led restrictions have blocked China […]
Continue ReadingThe United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early on Friday by increasingly hitting bridges, part of President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran launched new missile attacks against US-allied nations in the Middle East and warned that its attacks […]
Continue ReadingHeavy, pungent smoke from Canadian wildfires darkened skies in the US on Thursday, from the Great Lakes to parts of the East Coast, reducing visibility for commuters and prompting warnings about air quality that made outdoor activities dangerous. Detroit’s air quality was among the worst in the world for major cities, as a lingering high […]
Continue ReadingA man has been arrested on suspicion of sending threatening communications to an MP over an X post threatening to shoot British politician Nigel Farage. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday over the social media entry from May, at the time of the local elections, that said: ‘I am going to shoot you in the […]
Continue ReadingRescuers were still searching for three people missing after a boat involved in a memorial service sank in the cold waters and strong currents of San Francisco Bay near Alcatraz Island, authorities said Wednesday. One person was plucked from the water by rescue crews but later died, and 16 people were saved after the vessel […]
Continue ReadingA US-Russian space crew has arrived at the International Space Station after launching from the Russia-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and Russian crewmates Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off as scheduled at 7.47pm local time aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 for an eight-month stint on the orbiting outpost. Their spacecraft […]
Continue ReadingThe writer E Jean Carroll has collected more than 5.6 million dollars (£4.18 million) that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump, court records and her lawyers said. The payment, representing the five million dollar jury award, plus interest, was made on Monday from an account where […]
Continue ReadingReform UK has been accused of trying to criminalise the use of Gaelic and Scots election materials in Britain. The SNP said Reform’s amendment to the UK Government’s Representation of the People Bill was “despicable” and “anti-Scottish”. The amendment, by Reform deputy leader Richard Tice, states UK election materials, including placards, posters or other literature, […]
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