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Aug 16, 2026 - World

Cami Clark, the wife of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, attempted to secure investments from Jeffrey Epstein for what she called a "revolutionary porn company".

Aug 16, 2026 - World

Housing secretary says developers will have to prove there is no way to save pub, as she prepares planning shake-upAll pubs will get protection from being turned into housing or offices under a shake-up of planning laws in England to be presented by Angela Rayner this week.The housing secretary will publish a new national planning policy framework aimed at loosening planning laws even further to help build 1.5m homes by the end of the parliament. Continue reading...

Aug 16, 2026 - World

US tariffs on Colombian products rose from 10 percent to 12.5 percent in late July, with a few exceptions including coffee and oil.

Aug 16, 2026 - World

Iranian President Pezeshkian extends Independence Day wishes to India and highlights deep historic ties

Aug 16, 2026 - World

Sale of one of UK’s top collections overseas prompts call new rules to help keep items in countryOne of UK’s best fossil collections sold in ‘loss to the nation’An MP has called on ministers to change export controls so that significant fossils can be classed as national treasures after one of the UK’s best collections, unearthed on Dorset beaches, was sold overseas.Last week, a Guardian investigation revealed that an unparalleled collection of fossils from the UK’s Jurassic Coast, comprising hundreds of specimens including ichthyosaurs, had been sold to the Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi for what one source described as an “eight-figure sum”. Continue reading...