In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements UK politics live – latest updates Israeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband has said, as he ...
Day: September 8, 2026
Leaving OPEC won’t give Venezuela its oil backLeaving OPEC won’t give Venezuela its oil back
Amena’s view Venezuela is not just another member of OPEC. It is one of the group’s five founders, present when the organization was conceived in Baghdad in 1960 as a counterweight to the “Seven Sisters,” the Western oil majors that held the upper hand over much of the world’s oil ...
HUMAIN prepares to go publicHUMAIN prepares to go public
HUMAIN’s CEO kept himself in the news over the weekend after posting on LinkedIn that he was hiring a team to prepare the barely two-year-old company for an initial public offering. The state-backed AI firm is looking for “top-tier management consulting experience, strong financial and strategic depth, and experience working ...
Argentina to sue Israeli oil firm in Falklands rowArgentina to sue Israeli oil firm in Falklands row
Argentina said it would file criminal charges against an Israeli oil firm operating in the Falkland Islands, Buenos Aires’ latest salvo in its campaign to regain control of the UK-controlled territory. President Javier Milei has stepped up his rhetoric on the islands as he looks to boost his flagging approval ...
Australia deepens Pacific ties to guard against ChinaAustralia deepens Pacific ties to guard against China
Australia has reportedly agreed to a new treaty to deepen its relationship with the Solomon Islands, the latest in a series of deals Canberra is racing to finalize in order to guard against a rising China. The new agreement, which includes $700 million from Australia to the Pacific nation according ...
OpenAI and Anthropic eye credit ratings ahead of IPOsOpenAI and Anthropic eye credit ratings ahead of IPOs
Bankers for OpenAI and Anthropic — both of which are barreling towards IPOs — are reportedly pressing for the AI giants to quickly win investment-grade credit ratings, underlining the huge and growing role of debt in the tech infrastructure buildout. The AI labs’ bankers are keen to get access to ...
Houthis strike Saudi Arabian cities in significant expansion of Middle East warHouthis strike Saudi Arabian cities in significant expansion of Middle East war
Riyadh says it will retaliate after overnight attacks by Iran-backed Yemen group on oil facilities wound more than 70 Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have attacked four cities in Saudi Arabia, wounding more than 70 people and setting oil installations ablaze in what appeared to be a significant expansion of the Middle ...
‘I suggested maybe a lighter touch’: William Shatner on Star Trek at 60‘I suggested maybe a lighter touch’: William Shatner on Star Trek at 60
The actor and others involved with the phenomenon speak about the legacy and progressivism of a much-loved science fiction TV series as it reaches an important milestone ‘The mystery of time,” muses William Shatner, and for a moment we are back on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise listening to ...
‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
Scientists are battling over whether supposedly simple organisms should be considered ‘intelligent’. The outcome could reshape our understanding of the natural world – and our own place within it Forty years ago, as an undergraduate in Hokkaido, Toshiyuki Nakagaki came upon a lemon-yellow stain in a petri dish. That encounter ...
Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: what we learned from the year’s biggest rockumentaryOasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger: what we learned from the year’s biggest rockumentary
Capturing the band’s 2025 global comeback tour, this two-hour film reveals the tense first rehearsal with Liam, Noel being a big softie and the Gallaghers’ politics – just don’t expect any mention of ticket prices It was the reunion that many thought would never happen: Oasis re-forming for a series ...