The death toll in a weekend highway bombing in Colombia has risen to 20, with another 36 people injured, amid a surge of violence ahead of presidential elections next month. Buses and vans were left mangled in the blast on Saturday on the Pan-American Highway, in the restive south-western Cauca department. The governor, Octavio Guzmán,…
Yanis Varoufakis speaks to Redi Tlhabi about Palantir’s new manifesto, AI weapons, and big tech’s ideological drive. Technology firm Palantir has sparked global outrage after publishing a 22-point manifesto envisioning a future of autonomous weapons and deep integration between big tech and government. The doctrine has intensified debate about the growing power of Silicon Valley…
EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the Cannes market next month, Warner Bros. International Television Production Sweden has appointed Greek outfit Heretic as international sales agent for Adult Supervision, the upcoming Scandi drama starring Swedish stars Gustaf Skarsgård (Vikings), Fares Fares (The Nile Hilton Incident) and Linus Wahlgren (Crimes Of Passion). Known locally as Arkipelag, the project marks…
Sabastian Sawe made history at the London Marathon by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race. The 31-year-old Kenyan crossed the line to win in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, more than one minute faster than the late Kelvin Kiptum’s previous record of 2:00:35, set in 2023. The…
KitKat’s new wrapper is a pouch designed to block signals to your phone. KitKat’s newest invention isn’t a chunky bar, or an F1 car-shaped chocolate, or even a branded ice cream. It’s a KitKat wrapper that blocks your cell phone signal.
King Charles delivers, U.S. President Donald Trump and Catherine, Princess of Wales attend the state banquet for the US President and First Lady Melania Trump at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, on day one of their second state visit to the UK, Wednesday Sept. 17, 2025. Aaron Chown | Via Reuters The U.K.’s King Charles III and…
The shooting in the White House correspondents’ gala has prompted questions over security with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior administration officials were gathered and many others praising the actions of law enforcement that swiftly stopped the attack. As details about the shooting…
Megan Thee Stallion and Klay Thompson dated for well over a year. They seemingly dated in secret for months, then they became official all of a sudden. Megan and Klay even hard-launched on the red carpet for her foundation’s fundraiser last July. Since then, she’s given glimpses of their life together – he took her…
Chinese public statements do not spell out military goals in the domain as bluntly as the US’s — Beijing’s 2022 white paper on its space programme emphasises the country’s peaceful approach. But the papers by PLA-affiliated scientists reveal a research and development push in many of the technologies needed for military operations in space. PLA textbooks…
Motor sports betting has become a significant market for sportsbooks in the last few years, so here’s a look at what to know when wagering on racing events
