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Prediction markets are turning Washington into a casino
In a city where almost everyone is privy to some kind of inside information, betting on politics has jumped ahead of mid...
At least 10 killed in collision of high-speed trains in Spain
Crash near Toledo south of Madrid follows death of 46 in Andalusia rail accident in January...
Why even America’s ‘haves’ are feeling the squeeze
Rising costs everywhere from insurance to lawn care mean almost half of US homeowners lack financial breathing room...
Bolsonaro lands in US after fleeing Brazil following election defeat
Rightwing politician and son of jailed ex-president Jair Bolsonaro arrived in Florida on Tuesday evening...
European bank profits beat expectations in third quarter
Major lenders reporting on Wednesday include Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Santander and Standard Chartered...
Healey puts UK energy reform at centre of his ‘do no harm’ Budget
Chancellor to pledge extra support for businesses, entrepreneurs and households during ‘difficult moment’...
No clear winner in Israeli parliamentary election, exit polls suggest
Neither Benjamin Netanyahu nor Gadi Eisenkot forecast to secure majority, according to TV surveys...
Flávio Bolsonaro’s passport cancelled as reports say he has fled Brazil
Defeated rightwing presidential candidate is under investigation by federal police over alleged corruption and money lau...
Law firm Weil prepares for possible wind-down as crisis deepens
Big Law powerhouse working with Davis Polk on options that also include last-minute merger or slimmed-down entity...
Anthropic and the AI cluster effect in fundraising
$95bn equity issue plan by Meta as rival conducts IPO shows the Hotelling effect...
GM to switch listing from NYSE to Nasdaq as it accelerates AI push
Move marks another blow for Big Board as tech-forward rival attracts some of world’s most valuable companies...
Lula faces a fiscal reckoning after Brazil’s market rout
Concerns about management of economy trigger worst day for currency in more than 25 years...
Putin speaks with Norwegian and Finnish leaders
Call is first contact at this level in more than a year as Russia and Ukraine prepare for US-brokered peace talks...
Israelis go to the polls in historic election
First vote since October 7 2023 attack pits Netanyahu’s far-right coalition against opposition bloc in knife-edge contes...
Bolsonaro says he was forced to surrender passport as his party concedes election
Hard-right Brazilian candidate is under criminal investigation related to an alleged money-laundering scheme...
Tech stocks rally as AI trade revives
Asia follows Wall Street higher in wake of Anthropic’s long-awaited IPO filing...
HSBC shares slide as results disappoint
Third-quarter profits and revenues at Europe’s biggest bank narrowly miss expectations...
‘Bold but sane’: what we learnt from Anthropic’s 240,000-word IPO filing
Prospectus details AI lab’s ‘mission’, $800bn data centre commitments and extraordinary governance structure...
Brazil’s markets tumble as investors bet Lula will add to fiscal pain
Investors had been positioned for victory by rightwing Bolsonaro, seen as more willing to tackle budget deficit...
Who are the students set to govern Serbia?
Amorphous Student List movement has yet to nominate a prime minister candidate after Aleksandar Vučić’s election defeat...
Anthropic publishes long-awaited IPO prospectus
AI company sets out its pitch to investors as the debate over the safety of the technology intensifies...
Iran hosts regional powers for talks to prevent renewed escalation
Senior security officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey to meet Iranian counterparts in Tehran on Monday...
Lula is re-elected Brazil’s president in knife-edge vote
Victory of 80-year-old leftist over Flávio Bolsonaro is blow to Trump’s plan for greater US influence in Latin America...
Why students in a Pennsylvania midterm battleground fear AI is about to kill their future
Young people are increasingly anxious — and angry — at a Big Tech revolution and what it means for their job prospects...
Ukraine military says Starlink service restrictions have been removed
Slowdown in drone communication system hampered Kyiv’s ability to defend itself against Russian strikes...
Gadi Eisenkot, the Israeli ex-military chief challenging Netanyahu
The grizzled 66-year-old who heads the centrist Yashar party is in a knife-edge race to oust the premier...
Zuckerberg’s deal to stay in California cheered by wealth tax campaign
Supporters of the tax say many billionaires threatening to leave the state will not go...
Trump administration moves to block certification of Alaska Senate election
Candidates’ similar names could ‘taint’ the result, argues the US Justice Department...
Gold drops below $4,000 as ‘haven’ asset joins market sell-off
Price has plunged this week even as investors rush to safety of US Treasuries...
Netanyahu threatens ‘aggressive’ offensive after West Bank shooting
Two soldiers killed and three injured by Palestinian gunmen in attack that has stoked tensions before Israeli elections ...
Ukraine says Starlink speeds still throttled
Kyiv accuses Washington of intentionally slowing technology crucial for intercepting Russian attacks...
Oil hits $114 for first time since May as global stocks knocked by AI fears
Markets face twin threats of surging crude prices and concern over durability of AI boom...
Anthropic strikes deal to launch European consultancy
New company backed by Anthropic and UK buyout group Hg will advise companies on how to deploy AI...
Trump ordered to face BBC questioning in $10bn defamation lawsuit
President must appear by December 11 after attending campaign rally on date previously set for his deposition...
US to fund speculative fusion venture backed by investors with ties to Trump
Commerce department to take $175mn equity stake in start-up that is financed by brother of the president’s son-in-law...
Macron warns some protests will be banned
French president says labour unions can hold marches on Saturday but not other activists, in an effort to prevent more l...
‘Know Your Agent’ will be the new rule of the AI age
As autonomous software does more, we need to focus on how to control its behaviour and establish accountability...
Europe’s moderates must stop treating politics as a spectator sport
While centrists have retreated to myriad bubbles, extremists turn up, join up and organise...
Global stocks tumble as oil prices rise
Crude prices jump 3% while Eurozone bond sell-off deepens...
NSA warns on ‘critical’ cyber vulnerabilities detected using AI
Researchers used OpenAI models to find severe faults in software used on majority of websites around the world...
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