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High-profile reporters reject accusations of revelling in drama, saying politicians are the people ‘addicted to crisis’Politicians, not reporters, are responsible for driving a decade of chaos in Westminster, prominent political editors have said, after accusations that the media have become addicted to political crises.Britain could yet appoint its seventh prime minister since the Brexit vote 10 years ago, after the turmoil that has engulfed Keir Starmer’s leadership since Labour’s May election results. Continue reading...

• Fundraising and potential IPOs from AI leaders like OpenAI, SpaceX, and Anthropic are prompting investors to seek new growth opportunities across Asia. • While chip giants like TSMC, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix have already seen massive gains, capital is now shifting toward components, servers, packaging, connectivity, and energy infrastructure. • Ken Wong of Eastspring Investments notes that these secondary AI-related sectors are becoming more attractive as some primary chipmaker valuations have risen too sharply.

• European Central Bank (ECB) Vice President Luis de Guindos has urged euro zone banks to increase their investments in cybersecurity. • The initiative aims to protect banking systems against the evolving risks and sophisticated threats posed by advancements in artificial intelligence. • This call to action is critical as AI-driven cyberattacks become more frequent and complex, potentially compromising the stability of the financial sector.

Rising heat in Saudi Arabia threatens millions of Muslim pilgrims – but cutting fossil fuels would keep it saferGlobal heating has “fundamentally altered” the climate of Mecca and is exposing millions of hajj pilgrims to extreme and dangerous heat even in months outside summer, new analysis has found.Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels means scorching temperatures of 40C (104F) are now regularly experienced in May, the study showed. In past decades, such peaks would only have occurred in summer. The researchers said that hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, would take place amid dangerous heat almost all year round by the end of the century without a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. Continue reading...

Volunteers head to Dorset countryside to restore the figure, but increasing heat means techniques have had to be adaptedFor centuries, the custodians of the Cerne Giant have clambered up the dizzyingly steep hill every decade or so to rechalk the outline, making sure the hulking figure can be seen far and wide across the rolling Dorset countryside.But the painstaking job, which involves hacking out the grubby old chalk by hand and packing in fresh, felt all the more urgent this week because effects put down to the climate emergency are making the giant a little duller and perhaps a touch more fragile. Continue reading...

• Blueflame published a May 27, 2026 analysis arguing that the next phase of the LLM market will be driven less by individual model quality and more by orchestration across AI tools. • The post says its platform routes each task to the model best suited to handle it, reflecting a growing U.S. enterprise focus on multi-model workflows rather than single-model dependency. • This matters because financial services and dealmaking teams are among the highest-value customers for LLM products, and orchestration could shape procurement decisions.

With a second investigation under way into his conduct, Paul Brereton tells estimates about concerns of workersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s federal anti-corruption body is filled with staff “terrified of making any mistake of fact or law”, the outgoing commissioner claims.Paul Brereton, the National Anti-Corruption Commissioner, also defended his actions and decisions as the watchdog’s first head explaining his resignation was due to “distractions”, including two ongoing investigations into his conduct. Continue reading...