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Emirati-linked firms’ ownership of Manchester land ‘up 39%’ in ten years
Economic ties face scrutiny after scandal over Manchester City’s financial rules‘That’s the way the city works’: how the UAE changed the face of Andy Burnham’s ManchesterEmirati-l…
I gave my ex our house and half my savings, but now I feel resentful | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
Your feelings are understandable. Exploring and accepting them may help you move onI was with my ex-partner for more than 20 years. We were mostly happy and I expected us to be to…
Four ways Labour could raise money in the Budget without hiking income tax
Chancellor John Healey may need to raise money to boost his fiscal headroom - BBC Verify examines what options could be on the table.
Budget to include £1bn for social and affordable housing
The move will take funding for the 10-year programme to more than £40bn.
Israelis hold final rally against Netanyahu ahead of what may be the most consequential election in the country’s history
The crowd heard calls for a commission of inquiry into the security failures that led to the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war in Gaza.
Rosebank: Life on the oil field at the centre of a political storm
Scotland editor James Cook finds out what life is like on board a ship in an untapped oil field awaiting its fate.
French police use tear gas and water cannons after some protests turn violent as shopkeepers board up storefronts across Paris
Clashes erupted in Paris as a mass march drew to a close Saturday, with more than 400,000 people rallying across France over school funding and soaring living costs.
The world’s biggest producer of maple syrup has nearly exhausted its strategic reserves after Americans hoarded supplies ahead of Trump’s tariffs
The Quebec Maple Syrup Producers, which oversees the strategic syrup reserve, predicted the stockpile will be completely empty by February.
Healey’s first budget to include big devolution package to boost growth
Chancellor will build on Burnham’s promise that local leaders in England will no longer have to ‘come cap in hand to Westminster’Andy Burnham has promised that local leaders in En…
Here’s the ‘core economic flaw’ in the AI bull case as stock and bond trades unravel, according to a top economist
"So far, the AI payoff for firms has been slow to materialize, implying a growing reluctance to pay for AI services."
Every child will get AI. Not every child will get a teacher
Today, you hear concerns that AI tools will be a privilege for wealthy kids only. But soon every child will have an AI tutor, just maybe not a human one.
Georgia’s ‘foster care to billionaire’ GOP gubernatorial candidate calls his fortune ‘God’s money’ while spending $200 million on his campaign
“I have lived in poverty,” Jackson says. “When you have not eaten, you never forget that, and you don’t forget the people that are struggling.”
France’s latest debt warning describes a country where governance is breaking down — and even doing too little, too late is barely possible
"The negative outlook reflects the increased risk that the fragmentation of France's political landscape will continue to impair the functioning of the country's legislative insti…
Google Quietly Updates Privacy Policy to Let Gmail and Photos Data Feed Ads
A policy change effective Oct. 16 carves out an exception to Google’s long-standing pledge—letting connected Gmail, Drive, and Photos data personalize ads through its Personal Int…
Sweden's Government Offices Block ChatGPT and Claude, Keep Microsoft Copilot
Sweden's Government Offices will block ChatGPT and Claude on staff computers from Monday, steering civil servants to Microsoft Copilot as the only AI that passed its security revi…
Strategy, Strive face balancing act between bitcoin buying and preferred stock dividends
The securities have financed purchases of nearly 136,000 bitcoin, opening a funding channel that analysts expect to complement the larger ETF market.
Sam Fender tells fans high ticket prices for Proper Massive tour are ‘getting changed’
Fender criticises stadium pricing, calling it ‘bollocks’ and says it ‘won’t be happening’ on his tourSam Fender has responded to criticism by fans about ticket prices for his 2027…
Block's new voice AI sounds eerily human, sparking awe and scam fears
Reactions split between amazement at how human it sounds and fears it could fuel scams and deception, with CZ eyeing uses in children’s education.
It’s not just France — Protesters are marching across Europe as part of the newly formed ‘Oct. 17 Movement’
Milan is among the many other European cities, from Tirana in Albania to Madrid in Spain, that are rocked by protests Saturday.
Crypto under weekend pressure, bitcoin slides below $80,000 on U.S. Middle East evacuations
Bitcoin has sunk to its weakest level in more than one month.
Game Publishers Have Pushed to Cut Discs Since 2007, Infinity Ward Veteran Says
Robert Bowling, who spent six years working on Call of Duty, told Decrypt that Activision suggested cutting discs nearly two decades ago.
Why McDonalds, Microsoft and Google saying no to tokenized stocks isn't a dealbreaker
Some of the world's biggest companies objected to being listed on the first tokenized securities trading venue under the SEC's innovation exemption. But the early pushback may say…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will face off in orbit next year, NASA confirms. ‘As a rocket nerd, it’s going to be pretty awesome’
Administrator Jared Isaacman said Friday that the space agency is still on track to launch Artemis III next summer on a docking exercise with Elon Musk's and Jeff Bezos' lunar lan…
Trump suggests U.S. warships ‘do a little stopover’ in Cuba after Iran war, while Rubio pushes Cubans toward a ‘discrete partnership with the CIA’
Both Rubio and Trump have been bullish on action in Cuba, with Trump previously suggesting the country would "be next” in terms of intervention abroad.