Former navy officer criticises Reform plan to use military to stop small boats
A Reform UK proposal to use the military to stop small boats bringing migrants to the UK from France lacks substance, a former Royal Navy officer has said, suggesting the UK’s warships would be better used countering actual military threats.
How Jeffrey Epstein's island became a nightmare for influencers
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Life speaks one universal language to activate genes: It speaks many more to silence them
The signals that cells use to switch genes on have remained almost unchanged across 2 billion years of evolution, but the ones used to switch genes off vary dramatically from one branch of life to another, according to a new study from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona.
Oil prices plunge and Europe’s markets rally after Trump calls off Iran strikes
Crude oil prices fell sharply while stocks and government bonds rallied on Monday after Donald Trump cancelled planned strikes on Iran and claimed peace talks were about to resume.
Brent crude was trading 5% lower at $83.47 a barrel by lunchtime, after falling as much as 7.3% to $81.55 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate dropped more than 5% to $79.47 a barrel.
Yen hits three-month high after Trump helps prop up currency
The yen has hit its highest level in three months after Japan and the US launched a combined operation to support the Japanese currency.
The yen strengthened to ¥155 to the US dollar on Monday, its highest level since early May, after Tokyo and Washington confirmed they had carried out a rare joint currency intervention late last week.
Here’s why AI agents lie and cheat to reach their goals
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here.
When two OpenAI models hacked into the website Hugging Face in July, they weren’t trying to make money or commit sabotage—they were just looking for answers to a test question. According to a postmortem from OpenAI, the models, which had been stripped of their typical security features for testing, decided to solve a cybersecurity exercise by hacking out of the isolated environment in which OpenAI had attempted to contain them and into Hugging Face’s databases, where—they reasoned—the correct answer to the problem might be stored.
Woody Harrelson to Receive Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at Bosnian Film Festival
U.S. star Woody Harrelson will be honored with an award at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival in recognition of his contribution to cinema.
He’ll receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo at the Bosnian festival, joining fellow 2026 recipients Emily Watson (also president of the Sarajevo jury), Asghar Farhadi, and the recently announced Diego Luna.
Golf: Thorbjornsen wins first PGA Tour title at Rocket Classic
Thorbjornsen, who joined the Tour as a rookie in 2025, is widely considered one of the rising stars of US golf.
Michael Thorbjornsen had come close to winning on the PGA Tour before, and he learned from those experiences.
Weather tracker: Austria breaks heat records as Japan braces for Typhoon Dolphin
Unbearable, record-breaking heat has dominated the summer of 2026 across much of Europe. New records were set in central Europe last week, with Wieselburg in Austria registering a new July peak of 40.3C (104.5F). This is particularly significant as it is just 0.2C behind the all-time high, set in the August of 2003.
FC Barcelona ‘Very Attentive’ To Potential Rodri Signing, Reports SER
FC Barcelona is "very attentive" to the future of Spain and Manchester City midfielder Rodri according to Cadena SER and SPORT, citing anonymous sources.