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London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy
Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisisLondon’s investment bankers and lawyers have made more than £1bn…
‘Mum, where did my Robux go?’ The Roblox scam targeting children
Criminals are trying to glean login details to harvest players’ in-game currency and personal dataYour 10-year-old son has started playing Roblox, when he realises all of his in-g…
‘I turbocharged my career then pressed eject’: why couples are getting divorced later
Financial pressures, legal changes and shifting attitudes may help explain why couples are staying married for longer“We don’t know anyone whose marriage hit the skids after just …
Trump’s new Medicaid rules will kick in, and GOP states are tougher. Someone may be too frail to work but can’t afford to see a doctor to prove it
While federal regulations say the state can take the recipient's word for it for the first year, at least six states are requiring documentation immediately.
Faisal Islam: The two big calls the chancellor has to make ahead of the Budget
He must consider the longevity of Iran war economic pressures and how to sustain modest optimism, writes the BBC's Faisal Islam.
An 87-year-old woman was evicted via stretcher from a Madrid apartment she lived in for decades, sparking mass protest against Spain’s housing crisis
The Bank of Spain estimated that the country had a shortage of about 550,000 homes last year, with Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia accounting for a substantial share.
Here’s how much worse U.S. debt could get as Treasury yields surge to the highest levels in two decades
Publicly held debt would explode to 222% of GDP by 2056, under a scenario where interest rates rise by 1 percentage point.
The ecstasy of buying our first home was short-lived after we found 150 faults
Getting the keys to a new home felt like a dream come true, until this couple found 150 faults.
Trump stonewalls Iran as U.S. helps double oil volume exiting the Persian Gulf, with the military now guiding ships through Hormuz in broad daylight
Tanker Trackers estimated that the total amount of crude oil exiting the U.S. blockade line is now 13 million barrels per day.
Teams take precautions after coach said comms can go down when Trump ‘enters the stadium, leaves the stadium or changes locations within the stadium’
Both schools worked with the Secret Service on audio channels in hopes of keeping communications clear.
‘We are going to hold the crooks accountable.’ Democrats plan vast oversight of Trump administration after midterms—and impeachment is an option
“There is a cost to the American people of the out-of-control corruption,” said Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York.
Bitcoin ETFs Notch Seven-Day Winning Streak as 2026 Flows Turn Green
Bitcoin ETFs have drawn nearly $3 billion over seven straight sessions, erasing post-Clarity Act losses and pushing 2026 flows back into positive territory.
‘Godfather of AI’ explains how humanity could end: Even without a bad actor, AI ‘may derive subgoals that cause it to want to get rid of people’
"But at present, their main concern is not our well-being. Their main concern is to achieve whatever goal you give them."
‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conference
Exclusive: UK prime minister says delivering fiscal stability would be ‘crucial’ to be able to fix bigger problemsAndy Burnham has said he can deliver on his promise of radical ch…
Heathrow Airport warns third runway could be delayed by four years
The UK's busiest airport cautions it may miss the government target of 2035 as ministers say the deadline has "always been ambitious".
Andy Burnham 'prepared' to deliver radical change despite economic challenges – video
The UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, speaks to the Guardian's political editor, Pippa Crerar, about how to change the public's perception of politics after a difficult fiscal peri…
Andy Burnham announces new homes scheme for first-time buyers
Exclusive: Policy initiative for England will help more young people on to property ladder, prime minister tells GuardianA new help-to-buy scheme aimed at giving first-time buyers…
How Crypto Stopped Waiting for Congress and Learned to Love the Regulators
After the Clarity Act failed in the Senate, the SEC, CFTC, and the Fed moved within days to write crypto's rules themselves. Will it be enough?
OpenAI says its AI agents escaped a secure ‘sandbox’ again last weekend and is pausing training for a second time
The company is again looking to improve its test controls after a Sept. 20 incident showed its security upgrades after the Hugging Face attack were not enough to stop AI agents fr…
After Iran makes new offer to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump posts a map on social media calling it the ‘Trump Strait’
Iran’s pitch to President Donald Trump said a quick deal might help him in the midterm elections in November.
AI Agents Are Racing to Make Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Cheap—And Winning
An open competition run by StarkWare, Yukon Research, and Eigen Labs drove the estimated cost of building a quantum-safe Bitcoin transaction from about $320 to roughly $67, with A…
ICE raids in states that voted heavily for Trump are causing meatpackers to lose millions in revenue, and even Republican lawmakers are speaking out
Meatpacking industry groups raised concerns Friday that recent heightened immigration operations in Texas, Kansas and Oklahoma have caused employees to miss work.
New Mexico jury finds Facebook liable for over 43 million violations of consumer protection law—and Meta could owe over $200 billion in penalties
The jury also found Facebook misled the public about investigations into third-party app developers that harvest user data following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
China and the U.S. agree to set up a new AI safety channel and vow to keep working on pledge to cut tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods
The White House said China agreed to import at least 10 million metric tons of coal from the U.S. in 2027 and 2028.