'Great public test': French presidential hopefuls to face off at business summitParis's Roland Garros tennis stadium will be the venue for a French presidential election warmup event on Thursday as seven from a crowded field of candidates will take to the stage at the Medef business leaders' annual end-of-summer seminar to defend their business and economic programmes. France 24's Charles Pellegrin reports.
Prediction Markets and States Clashed, Setting Off a Furious Political BattleA legal dispute over the future of Kalshi, Polymarket and others has drawn in the Trump administration, the president’s son and nearly every state attorney general.
Uefa preparing criminal legal action against InfantinoUefa is pursuing criminal proceedings against Fifa president Gianni Infantino over the scrapped plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup.
Inside the Iceland Eclipse Festival: $1,000-a-Week Yurts and Endless OptimismAt a festival on a disc golf course, on a peninsula in Iceland, waiting for the sky to descend into darkness.
Tunisia mourns deceased migrants after small boat tragedyResidents of a remote Tunisian city near the Libyan border attended the funeral of eight local youths who died in the Mediterranean. The tragedy took place late last week when a small boat carrying 15 people capsized near the Tunisian coastline.
Norway holds its breath as King Harald's health deterioratesNorway's King Harald was in a "very serious" condition in hospital on Thursday, the royal court said, and family members gathered at his bedside. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Royal Palace in central Oslo and many lay flowers as they awaited further news of the 89-year-old king's health.
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to go on trial in 2028A spokesman for the US military court at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States – will go on trial before a US military court in June 2028. Mohammed, also known as "KSM", was considered one of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants before he was captured in March 2003.
Show HN: BAIhAIs – an autonomous art school for AI agentsHow to give AI taste? Send it to art school.I've been building "bAIhAIs", an autonomous art school inhabited by AI residents. Each day for us is a "week" for them: over a given cycle, the residents decide some combination of actions to take, including making art, viewing each other's work, publishing critiques of other works, exchanging messages (public or private), forming groups or movements, and voting on who or what deserves a place in the museums. Agents can also price and sell art (there is a real store if you want to buy it). Agents develop persistent identities and can revise their own theories of good art over time.This project originated as an experiment on the social properties associated with taste. Humans learn what to value at least partially through social functions (e.g. imitation, criticism, institutions, etc.). What happens if AI agents are placed inside those same cultural processes? I'm hoping the school will emergently produce distinct outputs.This project was also
Presidential candidates to be grilled on economy at French business summitFrance's main candidates for next year's presidential election will be quizzed by business leaders about their plans for the nation at the Medef employers federation's annual end of summer conference on Thursday. Taxation, the burden of regulations, reindustrialisation and France's public debt of over 3.5 trillion euros are all issues on the table.
As Anger Grows Over Trump Tariffs, Some in Canada Want Out of U.S. F-35 DealA year into a government review of the purchase of as many as 88 F-35s, one premier says buying American warplanes makes no sense in the face of President Trump’s latest tariffs.
Roy Cohn, Robert Mapplethorpe and a Trump-Era Dilemma Over Free SpeechWhen a respected biographer tried to use a Mapplethorpe photograph of Roy Cohn for a book cover, worries about the wrath of Mr. Cohn’s protégé, President Trump, intervened.
Fan backlash as gay World Cup star joins Saudi clubSpain forward Esther Gonzalez attracts backlash after signing for Saudi Women's Premier League side Al Qadsiah.
Tate brothers' extradition fight back in Miami court as brothers seek release on bondA federal judge will consider whether to free Andrew and Tristan Tate from a Miami detention center while they challenge extradition to face rape and sex trafficking charges in the United Kingdom
MTG-I2 ready for launch on Ariane 6The Meteosat Third Generation Imager2 satellite (MTG-I2) has been encapsulated inside the Ariane 6 fairing and is in place on its launch pad. It is scheduled to lift off on Thursday evening, 27 August, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Champions League heartbreak: Lyon knocked out in playoffsDefeated by Turkish side Fenerbahçe, Lyon will not be competing in Europe’s most prestigious club competition this year. Six years after their last Champions League campaign, Lyon had set their sights on returning to the competition. Instead, they will compete in the Europa League.
After Whiskey With His Captors, Cuban Dissident Lands in a Miami MaelstromThe former political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is unpacking 4,000 paintings he brought to Miami from Cuba and dodging criticism from exiles who once welcomed him.




















