The Houthi movement in Yemen says it has struck a US merchant ship in the Red Sea in a fresh attack targeting commercial shipping. It named the ship as the KOI, which it said was US-operated. But industry journal Trade Winds quot...
Frederik X is now the King of Denmark, following the formal abdication of his mother, Queen Margrethe II. Tens of thousands of Danes gathered in Copenhagen to witness the historic succession. From the balcony, Frederik gave his first speech to the ...
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The recent chaos at artificial intelligence (AI) company OpenAI was not due to a disagreement over safety, the president of Microsoft has said. There were fears the sacking of OpenAI boss Sam Altman followed a "dangerous" discov...
HSBC has apologised after thousands of UK customers reported they were unable to access mobile and online banking for more than 24 hours. The bank was flooded with complaints on social media, with users saying they have been unable to...
Thousands of HSBC customers in the UK have reported that they are unable to access mobile banking. Downdetector, which tracks websites, showed more than 4,100 people had reported the banking app on their device was not functioning....
The world's oil and gas industry has been warned it faces a "moment of truth" at next week's UN climate talks. Dr Fatih Birol, head of energy watchdog the International Energy Agency, was speaking as the IEA published a new repo...
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Forty-five per cent of the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists have warned. Those under threat include orchids, varieties of pineapple, and many important crop species. Of the nearly 19,00...
Metro Bank has struck a deal to raise extra funds from investors that it said will secure its future. The deal was announced late on Sunday after days of intense speculation about the bank's financial position. The Bank of Englan...
Meta has announced a series of new chatbots to be used in its Messenger service. The chatbots will have "personality" and specialise in certain subjects, like holidays or cooking advice. It is the latest salvo in a chat...
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Reduction in sea ice in Antarctica has resulted in the deaths of an estimated 10,000 emperor penguin chicks. In 2022, satellites recorded a colony of emperor penguins disappearing into the Bellingshausen Sea as the ice they were living on melted awa...
The nights are drawing in, the schools are going back and a new Covid variant is circulating. It all sounds very familiar. But we are a long way from the autumn of 2020 when the coronavirus dominated our lives and there were different &qu...
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The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implications for our planet's health. The average daily global sea surface temperature beat a 2016 record this week, accordi...
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A shooting has left two people dead in the centre of Auckland, New Zealand, hours before the city opened the Fifa Women's World Cup. Six other people, including police officers, were injured and the gunman is also dead after the incident...