Andy Burnham urged to set dementia waiting-time target
An 18‑week referral‑to‑treatment target has been backed by England’s former national cancer director.
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If You Think Your Product Could Wipe Out Humanity, It Shouldn’t Exist
A researcher at the AI company Anthropic, makers of Claude, recently resigned and went public to warn the world that AI companies are “gambling with…
Stuxnet Versus Skynet
The AI apocalypse may not require ‘conscious’ machines at all, but only supercharged digital attack worms like the one released against Iran.
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Trump Wants to Further Destroy the Clean Water Act
The new, updated proposal for America’s wetlands is even worse than the last one.
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Scientists are fighting a longer mosquito season with … more mosquitoes
Nearly half a million more of the insects are being released in California – they’re all male and carry a bacteriumThe box arrived in the…
Planet’s atmosphere breaks record for water vapour levels increasing risk of extreme heat and rainfall
Global heating contributes to record, with a warmer atmosphere able to hold more water, scientists sayThe planet’s atmosphere held more water vapour in August than…
Andy Burnham: UK must fully commit to reaching net zero by 2050
Exclusive: PM, who is facing pressure over whether to approve North Sea oil and gasfields, makes strongest comments yet on issueBritish people understand the climate…
Yemen escalation displaces more than 57,000 children: UNICEF
Renewed fighting in Yemen is deepening an already severe humanitarian crisis in a country where more than 12 million children depend on aid, after more…
US likely committed war crimes against Iranian civilians: Independent experts
Independent investigators appointed by the UN’s Human Rights Council found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the United States committed war crimes during “indiscriminate attacks” against…
World News in Brief: Winter aid for Gaza, West Bank; Haiti food production; migrant deaths at sea; human rights funding
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is seeking to raise $97.5 million to protect 540,000 children and their families in Gaza and the West Bank from…