Today’s headlines
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- GuardianWorld22m ago
Burnham expected to give mayors new powers over local planning decisions
<p>Move would allow mayors to greenlight large-scale developments and have more say on national housing funding</p><p>Andy Burnham is expected to give mayors new powers to take control of local planning decisions and greenlight large-scale
- GuardianWorld22m ago
British corporation continued trafficking of enslaved Africans to Guyana 40 years after abolition
<p>Letter written in 1847 to Sandbach, Tinne and Company’s Liverpool office reveals it engaged in practice after receiving taxpayer-funded compensation, book says</p><p>When Britain abolished slavery, plantation owners from powerful familie
- GuardianWorld44m ago
Two police officers killed in North Yorkshire crash named
<p>Watchdog launches inquiry into collision in which seven people died involving police car and another vehicle </p><p>Two police officers who died in a car crash near Middlesbrough in the early hours of Saturday have been named.</p><p>Poli
- GuardianWorld1h ago
Swans fans turn up to support women’s team – as it happened
<p>This blog is now closed</p><p><strong>Victorian Labor expands on free dental care election promise</strong></p><p>The Victorian premier, <strong>Ben Carroll</strong>, and health minister, <strong>Ingrid Stitt</strong>, have held a press
- GuardianWorld1h ago
Liberal plan to split Victorian appeals court attacked as ‘thought bubble’ that would politicise judiciary
<p>Opposition leader Jess Wilson says new dedicated court of criminal appeal would set precedents for tougher sentences</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a h
- GuardianWorld1h ago
The ‘ordinary’ woman accused of assassinating a Russian commander in Crimea
<p>Friends close to Margarita Reutt are shocked she could allegedly plant bomb that killed Ukrainian defector Robert Shageev, while others recall a stubborn grit to see any plan through</p><p>It was just after dawn in Sevastopol when a powe
- BBC WorldWorld1h ago
'We're not going to run from it': Sydney Marathon laughs off medal error
Runners will receive a medal at the 2026 Sydney Marathon with an engraving of a German stadium.
- GuardianWorld1h ago
Iran’s new security chief says neighbours who join US economic war will be considered ‘enemies’
<p>Hardliner Mohsen Rezaei also threatens American economic interests in first interview since appointment to supreme national security council</p><p>The new leader of Iran’s top security body has warned its neighbours against joining new U
- GuardianWorld2h ago
One Nation MP concedes party’s migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s once rural workforce included
<p>David Farley says party wants 100,000 migrant rural workers in addition to the 130,000 migration target it considers the ‘true’ number</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/23/australia-news-live
- TechCrunchTech2h ago
Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closing in on India’s quick-commerce leaders
Flipkart's quick-commerce venture is delivering 1.1 million to 1.2 million orders a day, nearly triple its November volume.
- GuardianWorld3h ago
Sydney Marathon admits ‘unfortunate error’ as finisher’s medal depicts Munich stadium as race highlight
<p>‘Landmarks’ side of the medal features the Allianz Arena in German city rather than Allianz Stadium in Sydney</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/23/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-sydney-
- GuardianWorld3h ago
Tropical Storm Moke poised to slam into Hawaii just days after Hurricane Lala
<p>Weather service warns of flooding and mudslides, particularly in areas strongly affected by previous storm</p><p>Tropical Storm Moke is poised to slam into the south of Hawaii’s islands, with forecasters predicting heavy rains and strong
- BBC WorldWorld3h ago
Swedish sword attack victim was 17-year-old girl, police say
Two boys aged 12 and 17 were also injured in the attack, while an 18-year-old suspect has been detained.
- GuardianWorld4h ago
Fur seal’s death marks first Australian mainland mammal fatality from spreading H5 bird flu strain
<p>Seal found dead at Beachport in South Australia presages ‘significant losses’, minister warns</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/23/australia-news-live-anthony-albanese-sydney-swans-police-inv
- GuardianWorld5h ago
Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’
<p>Exclusive: campaigners warn 600-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth could be ‘shaken to pieces’ by vibrations</p><p>Six hundred years after it was built, England’s largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn could now be “shaken to piec
- BBC WorldWorld6h ago
Did a goat herder's lucky $200 nugget spark a gold rush in western Kenya?
Prospectors have come to West Pokot county in the hope a gram of the precious metal can change their lives.
- TechCrunchTech7h ago
Harvard’s $699 startup bootcamp offers AI avatars of its instructors
In the HBS Foundry program, AI avatars provide feedback during practice pitches and board meetings.
- BBC WorldWorld7h ago
Syria says Israeli strike near Damascus violation of international law
The latest incident comes days after reports emerged Israel had struck a military airbase close to the Turkish border.
- TechCrunchTech8h ago
Will the DOJ’s investigation into a16z spook other VCs?
On the latest episode of Equity, we wonder why the DOJ is investigating startup board seats.
- BBC WorldWorld9h ago
Carney says Trump started trade war with fresh tarrifs 'attack'
Canada's prime minister said he was "reluctantly" announcing retaliatory tariffs as he accused the US of starting a trade war.
- BBC WorldWorld9h ago
Carney faces crucial test after walking away from Trump's deal
The Canadian prime minister will have to sell his gamble that walking away from talks with the White House will be worth the consequences.
- BBC WorldWorld10h ago
The hotel booking mix-up that could free mushroom murderer
A table tennis tournament and a throat lozenge could help Erin Patterson's lawyers overturn her convictions.
- TechCrunchTech10h ago
Inherent, founded by DeepMind alumni, says its AI ‘teammate’ just outperformed Anthropic and OpenAI at replicating research
Built by DeepMind alumni, British AI lab Inherent released Faraday, an AI agent whose ability to replicate scientific papers could be a stepping stone for innovation.
- BBC WorldWorld12h ago
Watch: Moment humanoid robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m record
The robot ran the distance in 9.39 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.
- BBC WorldWorld12h ago
US military newspaper editor voices censorship fears after being fired
Erik Slavin believes he was fired for saying in an interview that "in a hypothetical situation, censorship would be a red line".
- TechCrunchTech12h ago
OpenAI says California should strengthen its AI safety bill
OpenAI is calling for California to strengthen SB 53, an AI safety bill that the company previously opposed.
- TechCrunchTech13h ago
Frontier AI labs still won’t say how they’d contain a rogue model
A new study finds leading AI labs have few publicly documented plans for containing rogue models, raising questions about preparedness as AI systems increasingly demonstrate unexpected and potentially dangerous behavior.
- TechCrunchTech14h ago
US battery startups have found a lifeline in defense
U.S. battery startups pulled in $500 million in grants from the Department of Energy, throwing a lifeline to an industry that was on the ropes after EV incentives were slashed.
- BBC WorldWorld14h ago
Father leaves 7-year-old son alone on Mount Fuji to continue hike
The man had taken his two boys on the trip but is said to have left one behind when he got tired.
- TechCrunchTech15h ago
Pixel 11 Pro XL review: Snappier cameras can’t hide an iterative upgrade
Google’s Pixel 11 Pro XL brings snappier cameras and genuinely useful AI features like Rambler, but its iterative upgrades may not be enough to tempt recent Pixel owners.
- BBC WorldWorld15h ago
Fourteen killed in strike on Myanmar monastery
A rescue worker said the site had been struck twice as civilians gathered for a meditation retreat.
- BBC WorldWorld16h ago
Rescuers dig through Ukraine mall wreckage as Zelensky condemns 'despicable' Russian strike
Four people are still missing after Friday's attack which killed 16 and left 130 injured, including a number of children.
- CNBCMarkets17h ago
Warren Buffett Watch: It's Buffett, not Abel, who appears to be calling the shots on stocks
New Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel appears to be letting Warren Buffett and portfolio manager Ted Weschler make all the decisions on the company's equities.
- TechCrunchTech1d ago
Michael Polansky is training an AI model on skin that’s still alive
Michael Polansky — better known publicly as Lady Gaga's partner and a former top deputy to Sean Parker — has quietly spent years building an AI-driven startup that keeps living human skin tissue alive for weeks outside the body to discover
- TechCrunchTech1d ago
Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M
Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).
- TechCrunchTech1d ago
Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 is a smut-machine
Anthropic forbids its Claude models from generating sexually explicit content. But a series of tests conducted by TechCrunch found that it didn't take much to get past the restriction.
- TechCrunchTech1d ago
Nvidia partners with data center developer Cloverleaf
Nvidia continues to pour money into data center development — just as AI data centers bring lots of money into Nvidia.
- CNBCMarkets1d ago
Ray Dalio says Bessent move is sign that a debt crisis is getting closer; recommends gold and bitcoin
Billionaire investor Ray Dalio said the the debt buyback announcement this week fits into a larger pattern that could signal a forthcoming debt crisis.
- CNBCMarkets1d ago
Kalshi traders think the bitcoin rally could end the year near current levels
Speculators on the prediction market platform think it's most likely that the cryptocurrency will end 2026 close to where it's now trading.
- CNBCMarkets1d ago
Energy sector is in focus because of Iran, AI and California. Here are hedge funds' top plays
The favorite energy stocks of hedge funds - including one with a projected 65% upside
- CNBCMarkets2d ago
CFTC’s Innovation Advisory Committee meeting addresses emerging prediction market risks
The CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting discussed risks of mention markets, with members advocating for tighter consumer protection.
- CNBCMarkets2d ago
Call-buying bonanza around Trump's Hyperliquid comments includes some eyebrow-raising trades
President Donald Trump hinted that regulation may be in the works for Hyperliquid. Interesting trading activity followed.
- CNBCMarkets3d ago
Carvana shares are under pressure this week as Mark Walter probe fuels investor jitters
The scrutiny raised questions about what could happen to Walter's Carvana position if fallout from the investigation pressures him to raise cash.
- CNBCMarkets3d ago
Meta's legal troubles has options traders eyeing the 'jade lizard'
One of the many beauties of options trading is the ability to make money on a rangebound stock. Shares of Meta Platforms are presenting that opportunity right now.
- CNBCMarkets4d ago
Contrarian vs. the crowd: One trader made a massive bet against chip stocks
The biggest single options trade in the entire market Monday was a $129 million bet against the VanEck Semiconductor ETF.
- CNBCMarkets5d ago
Prediction market traders see roughly 1-in-4 odds Paramount’s bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery fails
The odds are higher than they were before 12 states sued to block the merger, but lower than after Paramount delayed the acquisition in late July.
- CNBCMarkets5d ago
Refiner stocks are on a nearly unprecedented run. History says it could end soon
Refining is a great business, but if you've had the good fortune to ride this trade this year, it's likely time to take profits.
- CNBCMarkets6d ago
Top Wall Street analysts like these 3 dividend stocks for steady income
Investors looking for steady income can add dividend-paying energy stocks to their portfolios.