BBC News Chad le Clos says his apartment in South Africa was destroyed by a fatal fire – the night after the swimmer became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history. Le Clos picked up his 21st medal to overtake Australia’s Emma McKeon as the athlete with the most medals in Commonwealths history, when […]
BBC News Nepal’s mountain guides spend each spring leading international clients up Nepal’s highest mountains as guides or porters. When the monsoon comes around from June to September, some of them head towards Pakistan’s far north, home to some of the world’s highest peaks, including five eight-thousanders. International visitors to this rugged region are relatively […]
BBC News Mary, another former content writer whose name we’ve changed, says her employer encouraged the use of AI as a productivity tool. Instead of making her job easier, she says it created additional responsibilities. “We had to edit more, fact-check more because the data AI produced was inaccurate,” she says. “Technically it was more […]
BBC News I’m in my mid-20s. I had been posting about the protests from the beginning, but 20 July was the first time I attended one. After the baton charge that day and the internet shutdown around the protest site, I went home and started sharing first-person accounts on Instagram. I also helped organise food, […]
Tech CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday the biggest obstacle to technology stocks has finally been removed. “Ever since we found out that Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, Situational Awareness, blew up last week, we’ve seen tech stocks flying all over the place, unleashed, unbound and roaring higher, catapulted by the lack of sellers of any size,” […]
BBC News Turkish club Trabzonspor say they have begun negotiations to sign Mohamed Salah. The 34-year-old Egypt forward left Liverpool at the end of last season and is in talks with the club to join as a free agent. In a statement, Trabzonspor said Salah will arrive in Istanbul on Wednesday. “The player is planned […]
BBC News A care company has been prosecuted and fined for running illegal children’s homes in what has been called the first case of its kind. Catalyst Care Limited is the first unregistered children’s homes provider to be successfully prosecuted, according to Ofsted, which brought the legal action against it. Its directors pleaded guilty at […]
Tech Advanced Micro Devices reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday that beat expectations, but the stock slumped in extended trading after rising during regular trading hours. Here’s how the chipmaker did versus LSEG consensus estimates for the quarter ended June 27: EPS: $1.66, adjusted, versus $1.62 expected Revenue: $11.54 billion versus $11.28 billion expected Overall, AMD […]
BBC News The Hundred men’s competition, Headingley Sunrisers Leeds 241-2 (100 balls): Rickelton 94* (42), Marsh 76 (37), Brook 55 (18) London Spirit 204-6 (100 balls): Willey 83* (46); Topley 2-30 Sunrisers Leeds won by 37 runs Scorecard. Table Harry Brook shone with a sensational 15-ball fifty as Sunrisers Leeds posted the highest total in […]
Tech Pinterest shares fell 7% in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported better-than-expected earnings and revenue but issued lukewarm sales guidance. Here’s how the company did, compared to analysts’ consensus estimates from LSEG: Earnings per share: 43 cents adjusted vs. 36 cents expected Revenue: $1.18 billion vs. $1.15 billion expected Sales rose 18% […]
