Day: May 27, 2026

Charities urge people to take precautions after at least nine people died after getting into difficulty in water during the warm weather. ...

The Labour mayor and by-election candidate rejects the former PM’s call to embrace the “radical centre”. ...

British Medical Association resident doctor members in England announce new strike for four days from 15 June. ...

Shanice Brookes, 30, worked for a charity and was studying for a university degree, her family say. ...

South Korean memory chipmaker SK Hynix became the latest industry titan to top $1 trillion in market capitalization, as AI-driven demand propelled a sector-wide boom. Fellow Korean giant Samsung and semiconductor maker Micron also recently crossed the threshold, the latter just yesterday, while an exchange-traded fund of AI chipmakers has ...

Mounting concern in Europe over Russia’s military ambitions — and a lack of confidence in US support — is driving new defense alliances across the continent. With Moscow’s war in Ukraine languishing, European leaders are worried that the Kremlin “will try next to reshuffle the cards by expanding the conflict,” ...

Israeli forces intensified strikes in Lebanon and killed the military chief of Hamas in Gaza, moves analysts said were driven by fears a potential US-Iran deal may curtail Israel’s ability to hit its enemies. The attacks in Lebanon killed at least 31 people; Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah, and ...

The US and Iran appeared still willing to reach a peace deal despite American strikes and Tehran’s threats of reprisals — but the global economic fallout from the conflict deepened. Bangladesh pressed the IMF for new financial support, while the African Development Bank forecast slowing growth across the continent this ...

Artificial intelligence may be transforming the classroom, but teachers aren’t getting a lot of training on how to use this fast-moving technology. Only 18% of K-12 teachers reported receiving formal guidance from administrators on how AI tools should be used across various classroom tasks, according to new polling from the ...

Impunity breeds popular cynicism, and cynicism undergirds autocracy As his mentor Roy Cohn counseled, Donald Trump never admits wrongdoing or apologizes. But he occasionally evinces something resembling a qualm. In October, considering renewing claims against the government for $230m in compensation for federal investigations against him, he reflected on his ...