With the hail of bad freebie stories echoing the Mersey downpour, this looked set to be a less joyous conference than was due a party that had just gone from its worst defeat since 1935 to a stunning majority in one jump. But that victory was still in the air:... More »
Social media owners, politicians and governments are the biggest threats to a trustworthy online news environment, according to an expert group studying misinformation whose work is modelled on the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.The Internation... More »
Rich countries could raise five times the money that poor countries are demanding in climate finance, through windfall taxes on fossil fuels, ending harmful subsidies and a wealth tax on billionaires, research has shown.Developing nations are asking for at lea... More »
A jumper worn by the late Matthew Perry has sold for more than six times its estimate at an auction marking the 30th anniversary of Friends.Friends: The One With The 30th Anniversary Auction featured costumes worn by the main cast and notable guest stars, furn... More »
In July, José Luis Rebordinos, director of the San Sebastián Film Festival, highlighted the growing prominence of documentaries at this year’s event. Among the notable examples he cited were Albert Serra’s “Afternoons of Solitude,” and the New Directors opener... More »
Sea Life MelbourneAmong the sea of glossy black and white penguins which call a popular Australian aquarium home, one baby bird stands out like a sore thumb. More »
Electric vehicles made in China could be banned in the US from 2027 if a proposed new rule is passed. The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would prohibit the import and sale of vehicles and components ... More »
A threat actor recently claimed that they had stolen 87 million customer data records from popular Chinese ecommerce company Temu. This claim has been denied by the company. It said that its security team checked the stolen data sample and it doesn’t match it... More »
NEWPORT, Ore. -- On a cloudy late August morning, Burke Hales was on a boat a mile off the central Oregon coast, pointing to a sandy beach along the forested shoreline. It was there, the Oregon State University oceanography professor said, that the subsea cabl... More »
Former President Donald J. Trump vilified the migrant population of a small western Pennsylvania industrial town during a rally in the swing state on Monday, likening a group of Haitians who have made it their home to those in Springfield, Ohio, another place ... More »
How often do you find yourself hitting “play” on an old favourite, reliving the same TV episodes you’ve seen before – or even know by heart?I’m a chronic rewatcher. Episodes of sitcoms such as Blackadder (1983–89), Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013–21), Doc Martin (200... More »
NEW YORK -- Caroline Ellison, a former top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried ’s fallen FTX cryptocurrency empire, faces the possibility of years in prison when she is sentenced Tuesday for fraud, but prosecutors said she deserves leniency for her “extraordinary c... More »