Africa
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OpenAI ‘not racing to the bottom’ on AI safety, MPs told
The ChatGPT maker scrapped a recent AI model over safety concerns.
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All the UK companies targeted by recent cyber attacks
The owner of fashion brands Hobbs and Whistles, fashion giant H&M and fast fashion business ASOS are all investigating potential hacks in the past week
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The land's ability to store carbon has bounced back after two bad years
Carbon absorption by forests and grasslands bounced back in 2025 thanks to favourable growing conditions, but El Niño could lead to another sharp slump next year
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Environmentalists picket African Energy Week, urging an end to new oil and gas exploration
Climate activists in South Africa have picketed outside the African Energy Week conference, demanding an end to new oil and gas exploration across the continent
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Dinosaur fossil ‘sitting in a drawer’ for 100 years identified as new T-rex relative
Dinosaur would have been more dangerous for humans than a T-rex, scientists say
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The Monte Verde controversy is back: who first lived in the Americas?
The Monte Verde sites in Chile have been the source of arguments among archaeologists for decades. Columnist Michael Marshall finds the row is heating up again – and could change our understanding of the first peoples in the Americas
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Women's football: Billion-dollar boom is leaving players behind - Fifpro raises concerns
Women's football is on course to become a billion-dollar industry, but many professional players are still earning low wages, working on insecure contracts and experiencing rising psychological stress, a Fifpro survey indicates.
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Senegal's crackdown on LGBTQ+ people forces them to go into hiding, rights watchdog says
Human Rights Watch reports that Senegal has launched a harsh crackdown on LGBTQ+ people, leading to arrests and rights violations
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Chinese carmakers increasingly rely on overseas markets as September exports surge
A Chinese industry association says passenger car exports surged 64% in September compared to the same month last year
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China sanctions Paraguay and Belize officials over ties with Taiwan
China has sanctioned Paraguay’s communications minister and Belize’s foreign minister over ties with Taiwan, the island democracy Beijing claims as its own
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Mother's 3-day walk with sick daughter highlights Somalia's child malnutrition emergency
A Somali mother walked for three days carrying her severely malnourished 3-year-old daughter nearly 90 kilometers to a hospital in Kismayo
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Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport hit by second Houthi strike in two days
The Yemeni group says it carried out attacks that killed 13 people in Riyadh over the weekend and targeted two airports and oil facilities.
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Expedition hopes to find aviator Amelia Earhart's plane on remote island
The team en route to the suspected crash site aim finally to solve the mystery of her 1937 disappearance.
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Dozens injured and buildings damaged as tornadoes hit Sicily
Marsala on island’s west coast badly affected after powerful storm approached from Mediterranean
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Subway eyes major UK expansion with potential for more Bradford branches
Subway is overhauling its restaurants with digital kiosks, an evening menu and plans to double store numbers.
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Study explores links between 19th-century Manchester workers and enslaved Africans in Caribbean
Global Threads research project reveals how slavery hung ‘like a spectre’ over the Peterloo massacre and other Mancunian struggles for equality
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Taiwan's Lai calls on Indo-Pacific democracies to help maintain peace in National Day speech
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te says the island welcomes dialogue between China and the U.S. to manage competition but emphasized the need for Indo-Pacific democracies to help preserve regional peace
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Subway announces plans that could see hundreds of new shops across UK
Subway is overhauling its restaurants with digital kiosks, an evening menu and plans to double store numbers.
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Llanon 'tropical jungle' must relocate after neighbours complain
James Wale moved to the site two years ago and keeps animals including wallabies and rare birds.
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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
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Pro-Kremlin Russian military blogger Mikhail Zvinchuk arrested in Montenegro
Founder of influential Rybar blog detained after warnings of attempts to destabilise Balkan country, officials say
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Nationwide cashier to repay £12k after stealing from customers
Kelly Kershaw stole from vulnerable customers to fund a safari in Africa and a trip to Paris.
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Two Latvian men arrested for alleged trespass offences at RAF base released on bail
Commander Helen Flanagan, head of Counter Terrorism Policing London, said officers are still trying to ‘identify any potential motivation behind why the men were at that location’
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Two men bailed after security breach at RAF Molesworth
Police say the two Latvian nationals have been bailed with "strict conditions".
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Airtel Money kicks off £5.3bn IPO in biggest London float for five years
The group saw shares rise as much as £2 each from an initial price set at £1.96 in conditional trading, before the stock later eased back.
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Carlos Baleba is expected to make his Man Utd debut against Spurs
Manchester United's £70m summer signing Carlos Baleba is expected to make his debut against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford
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Young, pregnant and desperate: Aid cuts risk Mozambique’s teen pregnancy fight
‘When girls are not in school, they are vulnerable to early marriage, to pregnancy, to trajectories that are almost impossible to reverse,’ one expert tells Twanda Karombo
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Boost for London Stock Exchange as new firm launches biggest IPO in five years
Airtel Money is a rapidly growing payments firm out of Africa
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Google is losing veteran infrastructure talent to Anthropic
Anthropic keeps hiring Google infrastructure experts as its data center ambitions expand across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
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Vehicles torched in South Africa as protests over asylum ruling rage on
Clashes between South African and foreign nationals in Soweto have led to nine vehicles being set on fire
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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who's been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy
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The Nobel Peace Prize contenders who could beat Trump this year
Trump had his eyes on the peace prize in 2025 but was beaten by Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Alex Croft looks at who could scoop the prestigious title for this year
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Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray
Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war
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RAF Molesworth: Men arrested on suspicion of trespass at US base
Police say they apprehended two Latvian men at about 02:00 BST while they were inside the perimeter.
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Two Latvian men arrested on suspicion of trespass offences at RAF base
The pair, aged 36 and 32, were arrested after appearing to break into at RAF Molesworth on Wednesday 7 October
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US, Zambia sign $2.49B health financing pact after removing data and specimen-sharing terms
The U.S. and Zambia have signed a $2.49 billion health financing deal after removing clauses on specimen-sharing and patient data
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Andy Burnham to monitor suspected Russian plague case ‘closely’
Plague is no longer found in the UK but occurs in several countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas
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UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF
The tuna is one of several wildlife recoveries highlighted in a major new report from WWF.
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Thursday briefing: Why young people are taking to the streets across France
In today’s newsletter: A youth-led movement is protesting crumbling school buildings and teacher shortages while turning adult focus onto wider educational inequalities
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Deported to Central African Republic, a transgender woman who lived openly in Miami is hiding again
Daniela Fuentes is a transgender woman from Cuba who's been deported to the Central African Republic as part of a U.S. immigration policy
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EU sends envoy to Beijing as rising exports from China raise economic anxiety
The European Union is bracing for a confrontation with China as a trade deficit exceeding $1 billion a day heightens anxiety over potential job losses and pushes the bloc’s political leaders to take a more aggressive approach toward its second-largest trading partner
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The plague never went away. Cases are reported in parts of Africa and the US nearly every year
The plague, a rare bacterial infection known for its deadly impact in 14th-century Europe, still exists today
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Russia asks Vietnam for planes as seized Western fleet falls apart
Moscow proposed wet-leasing Vietnamese aircraft, crews and maintenance, but any transfer would involve Airbus or Boeing jets, exposing Vietnamese carriers to secondary sanctions. Nearly a fifth of Russia's largest airlines' planes are already grounded, double the normal downtime rate.
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Ebola creates new hot spots in Congo as responders describe ‘chaotic’ response
The Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading rapidly to new hot spots where patients have little or no support
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Spotify has huge audiobook upgrades on the way and bookworms will rejoice, but the platform won’t be giving me the one music feature I’ve longed for — it told me directly
Audiobooks are coming to over 180 markets, but all I want is my app to be a music-only experience.
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The Nobel Peace Prize contenders who could beat Trump this year
Trump had his eyes on the peace prize in 2025 but was beaten by Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. Alex Croft looks at who could scoop the prestigious title for this year
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What is pneumonic plague? A microbiologist explains the risk and how it spreads
Pneumonic plague is the rarest but most severe form of the disease
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What is the Plague? The deadly disease that killed up to 60% of Europe’s population
The Black Death struck vast swathes of Europe, Asia and Africa in the 14th century
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What is pneumonic plague and how does it spread?
The death of a worker from a Russian lab that researches plague has prompted questions about the disease.
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Harrogate fitness entrepreneur launches new wellness e-book
Harrogate fitness entrepreneur and endurance athlete Olivia Jarvis has launched a new recipe e-book after almost a decade working in the health and fitness industry.
