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NurPhoto via Getty ImagesAnthropic has suspended its powerful new AI model after US authorities raised security concerns just days following its public release.In a statement published on its website, Anthropic said it was ordered to suspend foreign nationals from using Claude Fable 5, a program that the company self-described as “too powerful”.”The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance,” the company wrote. Anthropic and the Trump administration are involved in a separate ongoing lawsuit over an order to stop government agencies using the company’s…
LIVEUSA dominates Paraguay 4-1 in US World Cup openerThe US took on Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in the opening match of Group D at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Truth SocialTrump posted footage of what appears to be the airstrike, showing a green building with a nearby shed being blown upThe US military has killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in an airstrike, President Donald Trump announced on social media.”At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero,” Trump wrote.Niño Guerrero, whose full name is Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, was the longtime leader of Tren de Aragua. The gang is one of the most notorious criminal groups in Latin America and has been a…
BBC and Getty ImagesElon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire on Friday, following the record-breaking stock market debut of his company SpaceX.With a current estimated net worth of about $1.11tn, according to Bloomberg, Musk sits well above wealthy billionaires topping rich lists, including Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and boss of French luxury goods group LVMH, Bernard Arnault. Musk – who first made waves in the tech industry in the late 1990s – hasn’t always topped the rich list though. In January 2020, he was only the 35th richest person in the world, with…
Getty ImagesParamount Skydance’s $111bn (£828mn) acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has been approved by the US Department of Justice.The approval marks a key development in the merger that will reshape media, allowing a takeover of the Hollywood studio, which owns CNN and HBO, to continue.The sale has been filled with contention, from Paramount’s battle with Netflix over the company to scrutiny over industry consolidation and worries about politics. David Ellison, the leader of Paramount, is the son of Larry Ellison, a major donor to President Donald Trump.But it’s not a done deal yet, as states like California are reviewing the…
Getty ImagesFinnish authorities are investigating an agency which had offered to help some 350 Burmese students enrol in vocational schools across FinlandWhen *Ma Naw Phaw was given the chance to go to a vocational school in Finland, she took it immediately. “It didn’t matter what I studied,” the 19-year-old says. “I just knew I needed a degree to find a good job and earn a decent salary to support my family.”She had been living as a refugee in Mae Sot, a Thai border town, after fleeing the devastating war in Myanmar. Ma Naw Phaw had just started secondary school when…
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ReutersElon Musk on Friday became the world’s first trillionaire after shares in his SpaceX rocket company soared during the biggest-ever stock market debut.The Tesla and SpaceX founder comfortably cemented his status as the world’s richest man, with his total net worth standing at $1.11tn (£828bn) according to the Bloomberg rich list.It came as the rocket, telecommunications and artificial intelligence (AI) company listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2tn.The company said its shares would be offered at $135 each, but trading opened at $150 and briefly reached $176.50 in a show of investor enthusiasm for potential business…
LIVECo-hosts Canada face Bosnia-Herzegovina in their opening game at World CupCo-hosts Canada face Bosnia-Herzegovina at Toronto Stadium.
EPAAn 11-year-old girl called Lyhanna, murdered two weeks ago in south-western France, has been buried amid persistent public anger at failings that left her suspected killer at large.Fellow residents joined the girl’s family for a funeral ceremony before she was interred in the cemetery of the small town of Fleurance, 50km (30 miles) west of Toulouse.Mayors across the broader Gers region called on people to gather in support of the family outside town halls, where flags were flown at half-mast.Lyhanna’s murder provoked a wave of revulsion across France after it emerged prime suspect Jérôme Barella, 41, was denounced nine months…