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Anthropic suspended its powerful new AI model after US authorities raised security concerns just days following its public release. In a statement published on its website, Anthropic said it was ordered to suspend foreign nationals from…
Workers have begun taking down US President Donald Trump’s name from the front of the Kennedy Center in Washington, a day after the court deadline for its removal. The president’s name had been added to the performing arts venue…
A retired Nigerian army general who had been kidnapped by gunmen in the country’s north-west has died while being held captive, the military has said. Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar, who had a high-profile job as military spokesman between 2015 and…
The ICE detainment of a US Army veteran’s wife on Wednesday marks the latest case of a US military spouse taken into custody over immigration status. Arelys Barahona Martinez was detained after a scheduled immigration appointment in…
A deal with the US to end fighting in Iran is close and includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister has said. Seyed Abbas Araghchi told state TV the deal also includes the lifting of a US blockade of Iran, but that…
The US military killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump has announced. “At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX made its highly anticipated stock market debut Friday morning, establishing him as the first person to ever be worth $1 trillion. The spacecraft and satellite communications company began trading on the Nasdaq with…
About a dozen people were shot Friday morning in the west Texas city of Midland, the mayor said, and the suspect is still holed up hours later. “We do have 11 known victims at this time,” Mayor Lori Blong said at a news conference Friday.…
Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has established an Ebola Simulation Centre for healthcare workers in Nairobi, Kenya, to reinforce regional emergency response capacity for the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak in the…
British painter David Hockney, whose vibrant portraits and sun-drenched depictions of the everyday made him one of contemporary art’s most beloved figures, has died at 88. The artist died “peacefully at home” on Thursday, one month short…
Armed groups operating in Nigeria must “surrender or face the full force” of the state, the country’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has warned. Speaking during a national broadcast marking Nigeria’s Democracy Day, he said that although the…
Facebook went down Friday in what appears to be a huge outage. The problems took down FacebookMessenger as well as the main app and website. Other Meta services such as Instagram and WhatsApp appeared to stay largely online, despite using…
The normal display of African unity in the early stages of a football World Cup was notably absent from social media as many fans from across the continent backed Mexico in the tournament’s opening match against South Africa. The memes…
Taylor Swift made an emotional 21-minute speech in which she tearfully thanked her family as she made history by becoming the youngest woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her family uprooted from Pennsylvania to…
SpaceX has raised $75bn (£56bn) from financial firms ahead of it becoming a publicly traded company on Friday, in what is expected to be the highest-value stock listing in history. In a filing with the US Securities and Exchange…
A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in jail for sending drones into North Korea. Prosecutors argued that Yoon ordered the operation in October 2024 to provoke Pyongyang and create a pretext for his…
China’s foreign ministry has confirmed the arrest of a US scholar, accusing him of spying and endangering Chinese national security. U Min Zin, a director at a think tank focused on Myanmar, was arrested in early June, sources had earlier…
US pop star Ariana Grande has asked the White House not to use her music, after it did so in a social media video promoting its immigration policies. The reel shared Monday on TikTok depicts border agents placing people in handcuffs, with…
US police are investigating a large imprint of the numbers 8-6-4-7 that were apparently drawn in the grass of the National Mall in Washington DC. “Eighty-six” is a slang term for “get rid of”, and Trump administration officials claim that…
A Toronto police officer was shot to death during a raid tied to a March shooting outside the US consulate. The officer was shot during a gunfire exchange at a high-rise building in the early hours of Thursday, the Toronto Police Service…
US President Donald Trump has named the top federal prosecutor in New York to be the nation’s most senior spy chief, after lawmakers in Congress objected to his previous choice due to lack of relevant experience. Jay Clayton is currently…
Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha, who has been in a coma for more than three years, has died, the royal household has announced. She was 47. She collapsed in December 2022 while exercising her dogs. Her doctors attributed it to a…
US President Donald Trump said he was calling off strikes on Iran that he had planned for Thursday, and flagged the signing of a possible deal with Tehran after top-level talks. Trump’s latest sudden reversal on the war came after what he…
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer suffered a fresh blow on Thursday after Secretary of Defense John Healey resigned over a budget dispute, saying the government is not willing to give the British Armed Forces the “resources they need.”…
