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Tens of millions of people from Maine to Virginia found themselves in the path of the powerful weather system.

Thousands of white crosses have been displayed in Washington by an Afrikaner lobby group But South Africa's new ambassador Roelf Meyer says there is not a genocide.

Burnham said the fund would would support communities to transform derelict buildings and keep businesses open

Gali Baharav-Miara, Israel’s first female attorney general, has stopped many of the government’s efforts to remove constraints on its power.
David M. Halbfinger and Natan OdenheimerIsrael-Gaza War (2023- )Supreme Court of Israel

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.

The first known breach of a government website by rogue artificial intelligence agents has prompted global calls for more regulation of the technology.
Victoria KimArtificial IntelligenceRegulation and Deregulation of Industry

As her latest novel about Daphne du Maurier is published, the bestselling author reflects on age and creativity – and why at 83 she has no plans to stop My generation of writers is dying. Of Granta’s fabled list of 20 Best of Young British Novelists, 1983, six are gone, including our most princely satirist, Martin Amis. We’re all approaching birthdays where the cake is too small for the candles. Some of us are wounded: Salman Rushdie by an attacker’s knife, Julian Barnes lives with blood cancer, others with the fatal hurt of being forgotten.But what’s the likely fate of those of us who are surviving – for now? Do readers still love us? When Barnes announced that he was signing off because of illness, was he also intuiting that the younger generations had heard enough from us old birds and geezers who were young when Sean Connery had dimples, when David Hockney first coloured his hair yel
Rose TremainBooksRose Tremain

The pop star emerges as a great unifier in this in-depth yet heartfelt portrait of an Aussie icon‘There’s an anxiety in declaring oneself a Kylie fan,” wrote the late San Francisco poet Kevin Killian (who nonetheless once published an entire collection devoted to the singer). Despite her remarkable longevity, with record-breaking chart success across five decades, Kylie’s place in the pop firmament has often felt more precarious than that of other artists, perhaps because of her past as a soap star, and the schmaltz of some of her early material with Stock Aitken Waterman.But she has always displayed a canny self-awareness, alongside a willingness to push the envelope. It’s evident in her knowing rendition of I Should Be So Lucky as a bad poem at the Royal Albert Hall in 1996, and her many collaborations with experimental dance producers. Then there’s her instinct for giving fans what th
Jack ParlettPop and rockBooks

Three ministers lose their seats and Peel and Glenfaba elects the Isle of Man's youngest MHK.

Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

The hackers claim they have every agent's name, role, badge number and personal details including home address, phone numbers and spouse information.

What challenges face assembly members and ministers as Stormont returns after the summer recess?

With Argentina's President Milei promising "winds of change" over the Falklands, will Donald Trump shift his stance on British rule?

Millions across England and Wales received a wildfire alert on their phones earlier this month, but it partly backfired.
Ireland has been thrust into the global spotlight over two controversial Nations League football games against Israel.
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