People are increasingly crossing paths with the wild animals as homes ring the outskirts of forests, sparking a new era of coexistence Every year, as summer draws to a close and fall begins, California’s bears get hungry. Black bears have long roamed the state, hunting for acorns, ants and pine ...
Month: September 2026
‘An out-of-touch Silicon Valley radical’: meet Trump’s AI whisperer pushing for limited regulation‘An out-of-touch Silicon Valley radical’: meet Trump’s AI whisperer pushing for limited regulation
David Sacks convinced Trump against any restrictions on AI – putting the White House out of step with its own party As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the US have joined together calling for the regulation of powerful artificial intelligence models, one of the few vocal naysayers ...
‘I suck at breaks’: a day in the life of an aerial cellist‘I suck at breaks’: a day in the life of an aerial cellist
Cellista, an aerialist who regularly performs upside down with her cello, shares what her life looks like training for the stage Mastering the cello is hard enough, but Cellista also regularly performs upside down. She’s based in Las Vegas, but the aerialist spoke to us while traveling in Germany, and ...
German Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay onGerman Chancellor Merz calls state election a ‘disaster’ for his party but vows to stay on
Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz’s centre-right CDU party in the states of Berlin and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. ...
Key takeaways from BBC interview as Earl Spencer defends claims about KingKey takeaways from BBC interview as Earl Spencer defends claims about King
Earl Spencer speaks to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg ahead of the publication of his book about his sister Diana, Princess of Wales. ...
Watch: Emotional Earl Spencer says he misses sister Diana every dayWatch: Emotional Earl Spencer says he misses sister Diana every day
“This is my swan song too. I’m not here to bang on about Diana, this is my final word, celebration of her”, Earl Spencer told presenter Laura Kuenssberg. ...
Largest attack on Moscow sees Ukraine fire hundreds of drones, mayor saysLargest attack on Moscow sees Ukraine fire hundreds of drones, mayor says
Moscow’s mayor says 450 drones were downed during the overnight barrage, in which two people died. ...
Burnham hails Greenland deal ahead of expected first Trump meetingBurnham hails Greenland deal ahead of expected first Trump meeting
While Burnham praised the agreement, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey called it a “pretend” victory for Trump. ...
‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
Coming midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’ Brian Leeland, a 79-year-old Democratic voter in Detroit, had enough. Frustrated by the way the US media covers this febrile political era, from Donald Trump’s Washington to political campaigns across ...
As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrailsAs White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails
It’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mounts Donald Trump’s sons, through a series of AI-linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up a $620m Pentagon loan, a Marine Corps robotics contract and an undisclosed air force drone deal ...