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• Sunday newspapers are focusing on Andy Burnham's upcoming economic policy speech and the impact of a record-breaking heatwave. • Reports in The Observer indicate that Burnham is "actively considering" bringing David Miliband, the former foreign secretary under Gordon Brown, back into frontline politics. • The coverage highlights Burnham's potential trajectory and influence, specifically regarding his ambitions and what he might implement as prime minister.

• SCBX has enhanced its frontier research capabilities after having its AI research papers accepted at four prestigious global conferences, including ICLR, ACL, and EACL. • The research focuses on deepening foundational capabilities in reasoning for large language models (LLMs), which are the core technologies behind systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. • This achievement signals SCBX's growing influence in the fields of Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine learning, and deep learning.

• Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticized the BJP-led central government on Saturday, alleging that paper leaks and examination irregularities have become recurring events. • Speaking in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Yadav claimed the government consistently fails to learn from its mistakes, leading to systemic failures in the education sector. • The attack highlights growing political tension over the integrity of competitive exams and the impact of these leaks on students' futures.

• AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal criticized the BJP on Saturday following the postponement of an entrance examination in Maharashtra due to a suspected paper leak. • Kejriwal alleged that the BJP-led administration is failing in its governance, stating that the party is "sparing neither the exams nor the temples." • The incident highlights ongoing concerns regarding the integrity of competitive examinations and administrative transparency in BJP-governed regions.

• Former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav criticized the BJP-led central government, claiming that examination paper leaks will persist as long as they remain in power. • Yadav argued that the government's failure to learn from previous scams is jeopardizing the futures of students and job aspirants across the country. • Separately, Champat Rai and Anil Mishra of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust have resigned, taking moral responsibility for alleged embezzlement of Ram Mandir donations.

• Nigeria is facing persistent insecurity driven by Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, and widespread kidnapping, particularly across the Northern region. • The author argues that military action alone is insufficient to achieve lasting peace and advocates for a balanced strategy. • This proposed approach combines law enforcement with dialogue, social inclusion, education, and economic development to address the root causes of violence.

• Amazon has announced a total investment plan of USD 48 billion to expand and support its various business operations in India by 2030. • A specific portion of this funding, USD 13 billion, is dedicated to enhancing AI and cloud infrastructure within the local Indian market. • This initiative follows a previous announcement made six months ago where the company committed USD 35 billion to new investments in the region.

• Europe currently faces a massive AI infrastructure deficit, hosting only 5% of global compute capacity compared to nearly 75% in the United States. • McKinsey projects that European data center demand will triple from 10 GW of IT load in 2024 to 35 GW by 2030, driven primarily by AI requirements. • This gap is exacerbated by the fact that building equivalent infrastructure in Europe is substantially more expensive than in the US.

• Eurofiber forecasts its 2026 revenues to reach approximately EUR 361 million, representing a EUR 12 million increase over the previous year. • This growth is driven by the strategic expansion of the company's fiber optic footprint across France and Germany. • The company expects capital expenditure to decrease by an estimated EUR 8 million, bringing the total down to EUR 203 million.

• New research suggests that plasma from distant stars may interfere with and transform radio signals sent by alien civilizations. • This phenomenon could cause signals to be distorted or altered, leading scientists on Earth to overlook prime evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. • The study highlights a critical gap in current SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) methods, which may be searching for the wrong signal patterns.

• The National Stock Exchange (NSE) has identified regulatory, technological, and AI-related risks, alongside derivatives concentration, in its IPO draft prospectus. • The exchange disclosed a history of technical failures, including a February 2021 event that halted all trading segments for over five hours due to critical system glitches. • Cybersecurity threats were highlighted, specifically a massive DDoS attack in May 2025 that saw nearly 395 million hits within an 11-minute window.

Some titles that once backed the Tories now ‘flirting with Farage’ as they try to gauge where readers standIt was a Mail on Sunday headline with all the ferocity usually reserved for general elections, directed squarely at a political opponent. But in this case, the traditionally Conservative-supporting title was not targeting Labour.The party in its crosshairs was Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, the vehemently rightwing outfit that regards Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as too weak on deporting migrants. Continue reading...

But overall interest in news has increased, particularly among women and young people, 2026 Digital News Report findsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereThe majority of Australian adults under 25 have never used newspapers or radio as a source of news, according to the 2026 Digital News Report which tracks the changing habits of news consumers.However, overall interest in news has increased, in particular among women and young people, after years of decline. Since 2024, the interest of 18 to 24-year-olds in news has risen sharply (+12) to 47%. Continue reading...

Former victims’ commissioner says publication ‘deliberately came as close as possible to breaking the law’David Sullivan’s Sport newspapers used sexualised images of underage girls as “bait for predatory men”, the former victims’ commissioner has said.Vera Baird spoke amid scrutiny of the newspapers’ ’Countdown to 16’ feature, where during Sullivan’s tenure as owner, models were pictured in lingerie and bikinis in the weeks before their 16th birthdays, until they could legally be shown topless. Continue reading...

• A curated list of notable Large Language Model (LLM) research papers published between January and May 2026 has been released. • The collection highlights critical advancements in new model architectures, training methodologies, autonomous agents, and reasoning capabilities. • This roundup is significant as it synthesizes the latest efficiency improvements and technical breakthroughs shaping the current state of AI research.

• Imperative Business Ventures Limited has released a curated roundup of notable Large Language Model (LLM) research papers published between January and May 2026. • The list highlights a growing trend toward hybrid architectures that alternate between attention and alternative layers to optimize performance. • A key example cited is the Qwen3.6 open-weight LLM series, which utilizes Gated DeltaNet layers instead of Mamba-2 layers for its non-attention components.

• The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned that urgent action is needed to prevent a global food security crisis caused by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz. • FAO Director-General Qu Dongyan met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, WFP Executive Director Cindy McCain, and IFAD President Alvaro Lario in Rome to address these risks. • The warning highlights a period of "profound geopolitical and economic fragility," where instability in this critical shipping lane could trigger severe global food shocks.

• Tal Eliyahu's May 2026 AI Security Research update, sponsored by InnovGuard.com, highlights critical technical work for cybersecurity practitioners. • The report introduces the Dynamic Threat Detection Agent, an adaptive tool integrated into Microsoft Security Copilot designed to investigate Microsoft Defender incidents. • This agent enhances security by building activity timelines, generating attack-specific hypotheses, and creating explainable detections through schema and grounding constraints.

Emails and WhatsApp messages reveal string of exchanges with ministers when he was president of Global CounselPeter Mandelson, as president of his then advisory firm Global Counsel, lobbied hard for ministers to attend his events and to meet his firm’s staff in the months following Labour’s general election win, newly released documents reveal.Emails and WhatsApp exchanges show how active the Labour peer was in the wake of the election to work his contacts within government to the potential advantage of both his company and his then campaign to be chancellor of Oxford University. Continue reading...

• Author of the new book "Decolonising Disease: Pandemics, Public Health and Pathogenic Novels" explores the intersection of colonialism, imperialism, and epidemic disease. • The work draws critical parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and historical Ebola outbreaks, specifically those in Congo/Zaire and Sudan in 1976 and West Africa from 2014–16. • By centering transnational perspectives, the book aims to provide a meaningful intervention in how global health and medicine are understood through a colonial lens.

Discovery brings death toll from chemical tank rupture in Longview to nine, with two workers still unaccounted forCrews on Friday recovered the remains of one more victim of a massive chemical tank rupture at a paper mill in Washington state, bringing the death toll to nine people and leaving two workers still unaccounted for.Among the 11 workers presumed killed in the disaster were two brothers who worked there together, a trivia champ and an electrician who would help his farmer neighbors cut hay. Continue reading...

• A new arXiv paper introduces a multi-persona agent pod platform designed to support investment research using knowledge-graph memory and LLM-driven analysis. • The authors say the system separates deterministic skills from agent skills so data ingestion and KPI extraction remain reproducible while memo writing and thematic exploration use language models. • The work matters because it reflects a broader U.S. trend toward AI systems that are traceable, task-specific, and useful in high-stakes professional workflows.

• The German government has approved a draft law requiring streaming services and broadcasters to invest a minimum of 8% of their annual German revenues into local productions. • The bill establishes specific sub-quotas for German-language content, new productions, and investments directed toward independent producers. • This measure aims to strengthen the domestic media landscape by ensuring fair rights sharing and guaranteed financial support for local creators.

Authorities say no hope for survivors after tank containing a chemical solution ruptured and killed one personCrews were set to resume searching Wednesday for nine workers at a Washington state paper mill where a tank imploded, but authorities said there was no hope in finding any more survivors.One person was confirmed dead and nine people were reported injured on Tuesday after a tank at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co in Longview imploded, releasing a highly destructive chemical mixture called “white liquor”. But nine other workers remained missing. Continue reading...

Media company says it is ‘committed to good faith bargaining’ amid claims including contract violationWorkers at local newspapers owned by Hearst allege the company is trying to “destroy unions” amid claims of widespread anti-union tactics, including violating union contracts and bad-faith bargaining.The Albany Newspaper Guild, which represents the Times Union newspaper in Albany, New York, said it had been more than 17 years since the union had a contract and there had been little progress toward reaching a new one. Continue reading...

• Arsenal are reportedly targeting a move for Bournemouth's Eli Junior Kroupi following the player's role in helping the club secure a Premier League title win. • In other football news, Mikel Arteta is expected to become one of the Premier League's highest-paid managers after agreeing to a lucrative new contract. • Additional reports indicate that Enzo Maresca has started working behind the scenes at Manchester City, while Hansi Flick is keen for Marcus Rashford to remain at his club.

Tyrone Scott, who didn’t think he had a hope in the election, wants to help the Greens rebuild ‘community cohesion’ in HackneyYou would expect most political candidates who pull off a shock win to celebrate their victory, maybe with a glass of bubbly and excitement for the challenges of elected office ahead. But on Friday, as thousands of new councillors celebrated their triumphs, some surprise victors were less than pleased.Green party handlers apologised to one newly elected councillor in Finsbury Park, north London, put down as a “paper candidate”, who pulled off an unexpected win. “You’re going to be great, we’ll support you,” they said, according to the Islington Tribune. Continue reading...

La Nación has been critical of Costa Rica president and Donald Trump ally, Rodrigo ChavezThe US state department has canceled tourist visas for more than half the board members of Costa Rica’s leading national newspaper, La Nación, which has been a critical voice against the country’s president and Donald Trump ally, Rodrigo Chaves.During Chaves’s 2022 presidential campaign, La Nación published several articles documenting allegations of sexual harassment against him that had forced him out of his job at the World Bank. The paper also reported on allegations of illegal campaign financing, which Chaves denied. Continue reading...