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May 31, 2026 - World

OpenAI's AI model solved the famous unit distance problem, a question that had challenged mathematicians since 1946

May 31, 2026 - World

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firmFacebook whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was forced to sit in silence on stage at an event at Hay festival, after lawyers advised her not to speak because of ongoing legal action brought by Meta.Wynn-Williams, whose bestselling memoir, Careless People, details her years working at Facebook, was due to appear in conversation with the investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr and academic Tim Wu. Continue reading...

May 31, 2026 - World

The questions outnumbered solutions. Were the miners safe, or even alive? Could they be reached? How would they use regulators, gauges and oxygen tanks, diving equipment they probably would have never seen, let alone used?

May 31, 2026 - World

Renowned Indigenous leader Brooklyn River, who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 2023, has died

May 31, 2026 - World

Experts say capture is largely symbolic, but it complicates efforts to extend the ceasefire between US and IranIsraeli troops have captured a clifftop castle as they made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than 26 years, further shattering a nominal US-brokered ceasefire and complicating efforts to extend the separate truce between Washington and Tehran.After days of intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages, the Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said the military had captured Beaufort Castle, also known as Qalaat al-Shaqif, which it had used as a base during its previous occupation of southern Lebanon between 1982 and 2000. Continue reading...