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Iranian Hackers Shut Down British Power Plant for Four Days in Landmark Cyber Attack

Security officials quietly alert energy leaders after a small-scale UK generator was taken offline in a breach coinciding with widespread cyber intrusions on US water infrastructure.

Novak Djokovic Reveals Relentless Self-Doubt and Rejects Retirement in New Documentary

In an Amazon documentary, the 24-time Grand Slam champion details the wartime childhood that shaped his career and confirms plans to target the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

Trump Imposes 50% Tariffs on Canadian Goods After Bilateral Trade Talks Collapse

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pledges dollar-for-dollar retaliation starting September 8 after negotiations over twenty billion dollars in trade break down in Washington.

Australia Combines Indigenous Fire Knowledge With Satellite Tech to Combat Catastrophic Wildfires

Researchers and Aboriginal land managers merge sixty-thousand-year-old cultural burning practices with orbital mapping and drones as global demand for Australian firefighting expertise surges.

Father and Son Jailed in Scotland Over £900,000 Airport Cannabis Smuggling Operation

Border Force officers intercepted the Staffordshire pair at Glasgow Airport with four suitcases of vacuum-sealed drugs following an inbound flight from Thailand.

UK Fraud Reports Surge Sevenfold as Criminals Exploit QR Codes in Parking Meters and Phishing Emails

National cybersecurity officials warn consumers against third-party scanner apps as 'quishing' schemes harvest bank details through fake payment stickers and disguised web links.

Brighton Thrash Aston Villa in Four-Goal Opening Half as Manchester City Trail Bournemouth

Unai Emery's side suffer a disastrous start featuring a red card and an own goal, while the defending champions fall behind at the Etihad.

Erin Patterson Appeals Triple Murder Convictions After Hotel Mixed Sequestered Jury With Prosecution

Lawyers for the Australian woman convicted in the fatal poisonous mushroom lunch argue accommodation shortages created by a regional sports tournament fatally compromised the trial's fairness.

The rise and fall of Hui Ka Yan, China’s richest man

The former richest man in Asia, Evergrande Founder Hui Ka Yan, lost his fortune and all remaining personal assets after a Shenzhen court Sentenced to Life in Prison, convicted him over large-scale financial fraud, bribery and misuse of f...

Woke: Britain Considers Plain Packaging for Cigars as Specialist Shops Warn of Industry Collapse

The government is consulting on extending cigarette-style packaging and picture health warnings to cigars, but no final decision has been made and claims that the trade will disappear remain industry forecasts rather than established fact.

Britain's Public-Service Productivity Remains Below 2019 as £80 Billion Output Gap Fuels WFH Debate

Official estimates put public-service productivity 2.5% below its pre-pandemic level in 2025, while EY calculates that UK GDP would have been 3% larger if public-sector productivity had kept pace with the private sector from 2019 to 2024.

Mandelson Epstein Case in Jeopardy as U.S. Files Stay Out of Reach

Scotland Yard's investigation remains active, but detectives may struggle to charge the former cabinet minister without original unredacted records from the United States, while the Justice Department says it has not refused cooperation.

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Prince Harry and Six Others Ordered to Pay £9.5 Million After High Court Defeat

The Duke of Sussex, Sir Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley and four other claimants face a major interim legal-cost payment after losing their case against Associated Newspapers.

Petrol Bombs Set Luxury Cars Alight Outside Birmingham Wedding as Police Hunt Three Men

No one was injured in the attack outside the Royal Shalimar in Sparkbrook, while police say three suspects fled in a white Volkswagen Golf and have not established a motive.

Bitcoin Surges Toward $80,000 as Short Squeeze and ETF Inflows Ignite Crypto Rally

Bitcoin touched $79,463 after a roughly 23% seven-day advance, while more than $4 billion in short positions were liquidated and U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs drew about $1.6 billion through Thursday.

Twenty-Nine US States Take Meta to Trial Over Alleged Child Addiction on Instagram and Facebook

State prosecutors are demanding an end to algorithmic features like infinite scrolling and seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties in a case that could force a fundamental redesign of social media.

Former Scottish National Party Executive Peter Murrell Jailed for Five Years Over £400,000 Embezzlement

The husband of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will serve more than five years after admitting to secretly using party funds to buy luxury vehicles, electronics, and designer goods over a 12-year period.

Moderna and Merck's Personalized Cancer Vaccine Succeeds in Historic Late-Stage Melanoma Trial

A Phase 3 study involving more than 1,100 patients shows the customized mRNA treatment, given alongside an immunotherapy drug, significantly reduces the risk of skin cancer returning or spreading after surgery.

Hundreds of Thousands of Students Receive GCSE and Vocational Results Across England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Results day determines the next step for pupils moving into sixth form, college, apprenticeships or work, while England faces renewed pressure over compulsory English and maths resits.

Here Is What Can Never Happen in Your Country: Taiwan Is Giving Money to All Its People Because It Collected Too Much Tax

President Lai Ching-te says Taiwan plans to give eligible citizens NT$10,000 each next year, sharing the gains of stronger tax revenue and the AI-led technology boom without increasing net public debt.

UK Inflation Rises to 2.9% as Energy Bills Jump

Consumer-price inflation reached a four-month high in July after a 13% increase in the household energy price cap reflected higher global gas costs linked to the war in Iran.

UK Issues New Conduct Guide for Asylum Seekers on Consent and Respect

The Home Office booklet explains British laws on gender equality, domestic abuse, sexual consent and public harassment, warning that criminal conduct can affect asylum support and claims.

A Sleepless Night on Wall Street: Nasdaq to Begin Nearly Round-the-Clock Trading

Nasdaq plans to add an overnight session from December, extending trading in U.S. shares to nearly 23 hours a day and moving closer to a 24/7 market.

"The First in the World": 69-Year-Old Protested Artificial Intelligence—and Went to Jail

San Francisco activist Wynd Kaufmyn was sentenced to 14 days in jail after helping block access to OpenAI's offices during a StopAI protest against the race to develop superintelligent systems.

Ukraine's Ousted Defence Minister Calls for Wartime Presidential Election

Mykhailo Fedorov's appeal challenges President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as martial law continues to bar elections during Russia's full-scale war. "Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia," he said.

China’s Lifelike AI Humans Move From Livestreams Into Real-World Service Roles

Digital presenters are already reducing the need for some human livestream work, while Chinese robotics companies are commercializing humanoids with synthetic skin, expressive faces, memory and emotion-focused AI; evidence of broad repla...

Sarah Ferguson Reportedly Retreats to Late Ex-Boyfriend's Swiss Chalet

The former Duchess of York is believed to have spent part of the summer at Paddy McNally's Verbier property as speculation grows over whether she could benefit from the Formula One tycoon's estimated £600 million estate.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez Sign Prenup Protecting Their Separate Fortunes

The newlyweds chose a separation-of-assets regime before their private Portuguese wedding, while a separate, long-reported agreement is said to guarantee Rodríguez about £85,000 a month if they split.

Thieves Steal Antonello da Messina Renaissance Masterpieces From Sicilian Museum

Three panels from the 1473 San Gregorio Polyptych and a double-sided devotional painting were taken in a Ferragosto heist in Messina, with experts estimating the stolen works could be worth €70 million to €80 million.

Better.com Founder Who Fired 900 Employees on Zoom Is Ousted as CEO

Vishal Garg, whose 2021 mass layoff became a symbol of brutal corporate management, was replaced by Daniel Lewis and is now fighting to regain control of the mortgage company he founded.

Italian Speed Camera Issues Nearly 32,000 Fines in 10 Weeks, Worth More Than €3 Million

The camera on the Paullese highway near Spino d'Adda averaged about 450 speeding tickets a day, with almost two-thirds involving drivers no more than 10 km/h over the limit.

AI Manager at San Francisco Store Recommends Firing Human Employee

Luna, an autonomous AI running Andon Market, moved to dismiss a worker who was late for 17 of 23 shifts; human supervisors reviewed and carried out the termination.

Google Launches Pixel 11 With Gemini AI at the Center of Its Hardware Strategy

Google Launches Pixel 11 With Gemini AI at the Center of Its Hardware Strategy

The new Pixel phones start at $899 alongside the Pixel Watch 5 and Google's first Pixel Tag tracker, as Google turns its devices into an increasingly integrated platform for Gemini.

Reform UK Unveils Plan to Cut Welfare Spending by More Than £50 Billion a Year

Robert Jenrick says the party would abolish PIP and the health element of Universal Credit for working-age adults, restrict cash disability support to severe cases and make employers insure workers against long-term sickness.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham Praised Extinction Rebellion for Doing a 'Great Service'

Comments from 2019 show Burnham crediting the climate movement with pushing the issue up the political agenda, while also warning that disruptive protests risked making climate action divisive.

UK Wildfire Phone Alert Triggers Backlash as Users Switch Off Emergency Warnings

Millions across England and Wales received the government's loud emergency warning after record wildfire activity, but critics say using the system for nationwide fire-prevention advice risks making people disable alerts they may need in...

Heathrow Roads Reopen After Burst Water Main Floods Access to Terminals 2 and 3

Saturday morning flooding blocked road access to Heathrow's central terminal area during the busy summer travel period, forcing passengers onto trains and the Underground before normal access was restored.

Former NBA Players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White Say They Will Enter 2027 WNBA Draft

The provocative declarations have pushed transgender eligibility into the WNBA spotlight even though no transgender woman has ever played in the league and neither former NBA player has been confirmed as eligible for the draft.

Former Cambridge Professor Jason Arday Found Dead Days After Resigning Amid Plagiarism Row

The 41-year-old sociologist was found unresponsive at his home in south London after weeks of scrutiny over his academic work and personal claims; police say his death is unexpected but not suspicious.

US Appeals Court Rules AI Agent's Website Actions Are Legally Attributed to the User

In a landmark dispute between Amazon and Perplexity, the Ninth Circuit ruled that a customer using an AI assistant to navigate Amazon is the party accessing the website under federal computer-access law, overturning an injunction against...

France's Constitutional Council Blocks Social Media Ban for Children Under 15

Judges ruled the nationwide restriction went too far in limiting freedom of expression and would have required age checks affecting every social-media user, dealing a major setback to President Emmanuel Macron.

Liechtenstein Changes Royal Succession Rules to Allow Women to Inherit the Throne

Hereditary Prince Alois says the ruling family has approved absolute primogeniture, meaning future first-born children will become heirs regardless of sex.

Women Allege Rape and Sexual Abuse at British Army College for Teenage Recruits

Former recruits describe sexual assault, harassment and misogyny at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate as official figures and parliamentary scrutiny raise wider safeguarding concerns.