The EU Commission is probing both Google and YouTube to see if the platforms are breaching the bloc's competition law by forcing publishers' content into search ‘AI Overviews’ and the video platform training its AI with user-content.

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The stories in the Museum of Austerity serve as a stark reminder of the human cost of pushing through cost-cutting legislation.

It’s the world’s rarest ape. Now a billion-dollar dig for gold threatens its future

A Beijing court has ruled Malaysia Airlines must pay 2.9 million yuan ($410,000) each to the families of eight passengers who went missing in the disappearance of Flight 370 more than a decade ago.

New York Catholic Church agrees to mediation for 1,300 sexual abuse claims reut.rs/48FtQ5d

Miss Universe contestant remains in ICU after falling off stage during evening gown competition

Naijil Paul, who was jailed for seven years and nine months, told one victim that she could lose her job if she told anyone about her ordeal ⬇️

What do you want to happen to your data when you die? Danny Snow’s digital donor card is meant to start a conversation about ownership and possible futures of social media, photos, health data, and more.

NUJ members at STV have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action (94% on turnout on 82%) and for action short of strike (98%) over plans for compulsory redundancies and to cut the STV North edition of the News at 6. Strike action is not yet planned www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

Chemical pollution affects sperm. Obesity affects testosterone. Age matters. But experts say the main driver of lower birth rates isn't male biology, it's women making informed decisions about careers, housing costs, and when to have kids.

No irregularities were reported at nuclear power plants in the region run by Tohoku Electric Power and Hokkaido Electric Power, the utilities said. Tohoku Electric did say, however, that thousands were without power reut.rs/4aAc1qH

A charming market town boasts one of Britain's finest independent high streets.

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M.F. Husain was driven out of his home country by Hindu nationalists

Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia as both sides accused the other of attacking first.

A young mum almost died in bed in front of her children - when a 'winter flu' turned out to be a deadly infection.

Increased rates of autism, ADHD, and other mental health conditions are evidence of decades of unmet need. Wes Streeting is missing the point, writes Rowan Humphries-Massey

This spiced wine has been drunk in Britain since the Romans introduced it.

The fines were due to the platform's misleading use of blue check marks to identify verified users and a lack of transparency over ads and data access for researchers. n.pr/3KutCpG

More pets have been rescued from the Wang Fuk Court housing complex, nine days on from last Wednesday's deadly blaze. In full: buff.ly/Rpvg9Mk

Wes Streeting has launched a review into mental health, ADHD and autism — but the BBC tied it directly to “rising welfare bills,” and ministers are pushing the idea of “overdiagnosis”. #WesStreeting #MentalHealth #ADHD #Autism #WelfareReform youtu.be/urKBE4KPtpo

Palantir teams with Nvidia, CenterPoint Energy for software to speed up AI data center construction reut.rs/3KEhUJ2

The European Commission is is launching an antitrust investigation into Meta's move to ban other AI companies from using WhatsApp's business tools to offer their own AI chatbots to users.

Clogged up Britain

[NEW] #EWHC at #BAILII: Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership [2025] EWHC 933 (KB) (16 April 2025) https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/2025/933.html

The economic miracle of China’s midday naps on.ft.com/3KxteGJ | opinion

So the PM has spoken… @swlstg-rd.bsky.social @swlstg-edi.bsky.social our complaint has gone to CQC + Pals . @swlstg.bsky.social have put us in danger. Ignoring victims the abuser is put back to carry on. 🚩🚩🚩

A growing body of evidence links antibiotic overuse in meat production to infections in humans.

Carol Potter, who is standing down as head of NHS Fife, signed off a statement that the nurse’s lawyers say blamed them for threats against health workers

Thames Water to decide on controversial £2m payouts to bosses

Charleston Animal Society pushes for adoptions as shelters reach capacity #chsnews

In most European countries getting hitched is easy if both partners are citizens, tricky if one is an immigrant and baffling if both are foreigners. Denmark is an exception

A senior police officer retired hours before a disciplinary hearing found he had pursued a young female colleague and texted her a photo of his penis.

Cat Goetze, who goes by CatGPT online, launched Physical Phones to help people spend less time on their smartphones.

Office for Budget Responsibility chief Richard Hughes has quit after sensitive Budget documents were released early.

Harrowing cases where threats and violence toward pets are used to trap domestic abuse victims show new laws are desperately needed, ministers have been told.

Electric vehicles need rare earth minerals. As demand soars, mining shifted from China to Myanmar. Workers earn $21 daily. Many suffer lung damage, chemical burns, and landslide accidents. Originally published by @yalee360.bsky.social 

A retired pilot who flew from Canada to Colorado to meet with a child for sex will spend up to 12 years in prison after he was caught in an Aurora child predator sting in April, according to court documents.

Drug gangs have been enriched by record cocaine profits while funding for anti-trafficking NGOs has plummeted because of Donald Trump’s foreign-aid cuts

Doctors in England have announced they will strike in the run-up to Christmas.

Journalists reporting on water scarcity often confront the same four barriers: lack of transparency, limited access to sites and sources, complex and unwieldy data, and a resistant media environment. More:

Breaking news: An appeals court ruled that President Trump unlawfully appointed his former attorney Alina Habba to serve as top prosecutor in New Jersey — a decision that could have far-reaching implications for other controversial Trump appointments.

VICTORIA – The Exxon Valdez disaster happened more than 36 years ago off Alaska’s coast, but the catastrophic oil spill still looms over plans for a pipeline from Alberta to the northern British Columbia coast. 

“This idea of ‘gamblification,’ they're actually tracing features found in casino games that are being reproduced in games for little children.” - Sarah Grimes, professor in communication studies and the Wolf Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill

The deadly fire in Hong Kong was followed by a threat by Beijing to arrest those who direct anger over the tragedy at the government.

MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.

Japan’s traditional corporate culture is quietly unraveling. As demographic pressures mount, a younger generation is reshaping work around flexibility and autonomy, even at the cost of security.