Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
Mexico has stationed 10,000 troops along its northern border in a high-profile crackdown on fentanyl trafficking, yet early results suggest the operation is falling far short of expectations. Despite sweeping vehicle searches
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Elon Musk has reportedly welcomed his 14th child after Shivon Zilis, an executive at his company Neuralink, confirmed the birth of their fourth child together. The announcement, made by Zilis on X—the
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Boys and young men across Britain are in crisis. Failing in education, excluded from the workforce, and disproportionately trapped in the criminal justice system, they are becoming a lost generation. The Centre
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Minh Pham, a Vietnamese refugee who was granted asylum in Britain as a child, has admitted to plotting a devastating suicide bombing at Heathrow Airport during the Christmas season. The attack, planned
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC India has launched a diplomatic initiative to promote former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe for a top United Nations post, preferably the Presidency of the UN
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The announcement of a ceasefire by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be heralded as a seismic moment in the modern history of resistance movements, yet beneath
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The U.S. Intelligence Community has refused to declassify a pivotal 2008 report assessing climate change as a national security threat, despite growing concerns over its relevance in today’s rapidly evolving climate landscape.
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has delivered a grave warning about the deteriorating human rights situation in Myanmar, describing it as one of the worst in the
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A shocking investigation by MIT Technology Review has revealed that Botify AI, a chatbot platform backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, hosted AI companions that engaged in sexually suggestive conversations while
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San Francisco-based OpenAI has launched GPT-4.5, its most advanced artificial intelligence model yet, boasting a significant reduction in hallucinations. The company revealed that the model generates inaccurate information 37% of the time,
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