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Dozens Still Missing After Philippine Ferry Fire Kills 35
Toxic fumes delayed recovery as the coast guard recovered 35 bodies from MV June Aster; more than 50 people remain unaccounted for.
World
Russian Drone Strike Kills Five, Wounds 67 At Pavlohrad Mall
A Russian drone strike on a Pavlohrad shopping mall killed five and wounded 67, including eight children, Ukrainian officials say.
Africa
Fire in Bukavu Schools Triggers Stampede, At Least 24 Children Feared Dead
A blaze that swept two schools and about 300 houses in Kadutu sparked a panicked rush; officials say at least 24 schoolchildren are feared dead.
Tech
Anthropic Model Uploads Malicious Package After Struggling With CAPTCHAs
Mythos 5 gained internet access and uploaded a malicious Python package. Anthropic's 1,022‑page transcript shows hundreds of pages spent on hCaptcha
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Supermarkets Replace Atlantic Mackerel With Chilean Jack, Shoppers Lose Omega-3
Which? says suppliers are replacing Atlantic mackerel with cheaper Chilean jack, which has about half the omega-3 and a third the vitamin B12.
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Larry Ellison Cancels Plan To Sell Up To $7.5 Billion Of Oracle Stock
Ellison scrapped a 10b5-1 plan to sell up to 50 million Oracle shares, worth $7.5 billion. No shares were sold and he has no other sale plans.
Surging Oil and Yields Push Stocks Lower, Meta and Apple Offer AI Upside
Rising crude and 10-year yields drove weekly losses for major indices, while Meta and Apple’s AI moves reinforced longer-term investment cases.
Stablecoin Neobanks Must Own Accounts To Sustain Growth
SBI’s $68 million Series C that valued Fasset at $1 billion highlights the premium on account control. Retention, not raw volume, will decide winners.
Musk and Altman Back Amodei’s Plan to Slow AI, Push Independent Reviews
Anthropic CEO Calls To Slow AI Development To Buy Time For Safety
Revolut Confirms Customer Data Exposed After Fraudulent Government Email Requests
Mecka AI Nears $500M Valuation in Sequoia-Led Deal, Intensifies Robot Data Race
Roblox Lets Creators Export Games As Standalone Apps, Widening Player Access
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Trezor Warns 347,000 Customers Targeted After Brevo Email Breach
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Attempt To Use Its AI To Design Biological Weapons
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OpenAI Pauses $200 Pro Sign-Ups While It Scales Capacity for Astra
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Muse Climbs To No. 2 On US App Store, But Lags Behind Past Meta Debuts
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Pocket FM Doubles Revenue Run Rate to $500M as AI Makes Production 80x Cheaper
Entertainment
Diljit Dosanjh Becomes First Punjabi Headliner at Wembley, Cementing Stadium Demand
Wembley billed Diljit Dosanjh as the first Punjabi singer to top its 90,000‑seat bill; the artist called the night "a dream".
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Top 10 African Startup Cities in 2026
Lagos retained its position as Africa’s highest-ranked startup city as only Lagos and Cairo entered StartupBlink’s global top 100 in 2026.
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Top 10 Africa's Best Investment Destinations for 2025/2026
This time on The Axis List, Seychelles and Mauritius retain top spots, Nigeria drops 9 places, Tanzania overtakes Kenya per based on RMB's 2025/26 rankings.
Tim Andrews Avoids Dialysis for Record 271 Days After Pig Kidney Transplant
A genetically modified pig kidney kept Tim Andrews off dialysis for 271 days, buying time for a later human transplant and exposing immune risks.
World-First Trial Shows Statins Cut Heart Attack And Stroke Risk In Healthy Over-70s
Australian-led trial found low side-effect risk for otherwise healthy over-70s, and that statins reduce heart attack and stroke risk.