Champions League: Lyon in trouble after defeat in preliminary round – Sports
Olympique Lyonnais lost 2-1 away to Sparta Prague in the first leg of the third qualifying round. The return leg will take place on August 11 in Lyon. Also in this edition: Arsène Wenger has distanced himself from Gianni Infantino. Hervé Renard is back…
Perez Hilton recovering in hospital after self-harming during TikTok livestream
US blogger Perez Hilton is recovering in hospital after members of the public reported that he had appeared to self-harm during a TikTok livestream. Emergency services were called to his home in Miami on Tuesday after concerned viewers reported a man…
Ukraine live: Russian strikes kill more than a dozen in Kyiv region, Zelensky says
Home Europe Live Issued on: 05/08/2026 – 07:24Modified: 05/08/2026 – 10:40 Firefighters put out a fire after Russian missiles hit a warehouse in Kyiv, Ukraine on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. © Dan Bashakov, AP Photo Russian strikes on Kyiv and…
Afghan boxer arrives at Greek court in connection with death of Scottish woman
The man suspected of killing a Scottish aid worker in Greece has appeared in court in Athens. The body of Elisabeth Jane Ross was found in a suitcase at an abandoned building on 18 July, days after she had been reported missing. Sharif Ahmadzai, who is…
AI before AI: The legacy of Norbert Wiener’s cybernetics (3/3)
The story of the founding fathers of artificial intelligence almost always features British mathematician Alan Turing and his computing machine. John von Neumann is often presented as the mastermind behind programmable computers. Names from the Dartmouth…
Police raid Starbucks Korea headquarters over ‘Tank Day’ fiasco
South Korean police have raided the national headquarters of Starbucks over defamation claims surrounding a controversial marketing campaign. Starbucks Korea had in May launched a coffee tumbler promotion called «Tank Day» on the anniversary of the 1980…
Michigan Democratic primary seen as latest test for party’s progressive wing
Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed held a narrow lead over US Representative Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic US Senate primary on Tuesday, though the outcome of a race viewed as a major test of the Democratic Party‘s future remained…
Nirmal Purja: How a generation of record-setting guides died in a disaster which klled a climbing legend
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…
‘Europe passed the test’ of Ceuta crisis, says EU commissioner
The EU’s migration chief said Tuesday the bloc successfully met a «test» of its border security and «resilience to disinformation» in the handling of a migrant rush into Spain’s North African territory of Ceuta. Last Thursday, more than…
How AI is changing jobs in the Philippines’ outsourcing industry
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…