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Top mathematicians are outraged by OpenAI’s methods
24 Fields Medal winners have written a letter of objection
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How global trade and oil prices could be hit by Houthi advance
Yemen's Houthis have seized territory near the Bab al-Mandab Strait - a key trade gateway for oil and global shipping.
Surging bond yields presage pain—and not just for bond investors
Stubborn inflation, corporate demand for capital and big public debts are squeezing holders of government bonds
Why Republicans might lose the midterms
Our weekly podcast on America. This week, whether to blame Donald Trump if his party does badly at the polls
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Out-numbered: AI’s contentious maths milestone
Also on the daily podcast: assessing post-9/11 counterterrorism law 25 years on and a tribute to Guo Lanying
When will Israel stop treating its Arab citizens as guests?
It’s time Jewish political leaders acted on promises to work with moderate Arab parties, argues Yonatan Touval
Has Trump won over voters with his midterm convention?
The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith breaks down the main takeaways from the first-ever Republican convention held in the middle of a US presidential term.
Brother of Muslim police cadet killed in 9/11 'disappointed' by calls for Mamdani to sit out memorial
Zeshan Hamdani speaks out after push back against New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who is Muslim, attending 9/11 events.
Watch: Americans remember what they were doing on 9/11
The BBC asks people in Washington what they were doing on that day and how 11 September 2001 changed the country.
Where prediction markets struggle
They misfired during America’s primaries—but not in the way you might think