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May 20, 2026 - World

Republican Congressman defeated by Trump-backed challenger in most expensive House primary in historySign up for the Breaking News US emailGeorgia mayor who fired town’s entire police force resigns, citing family ‘health concerns’The mayor of Georgia has resigned shortly after firing his community’s entire police department, a step that the local governing council ultimately reversed – but that he nonetheless took amid a political spat pitting him and his wife against members of the force. Continue reading...

May 20, 2026 - World

A purported leaked audio clip of Mark Zuckerberg has reignited fears that Meta employees may be unknowingly training the AI systems poised to replace them.

May 20, 2026 - World

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says Superhuman AI is close

May 20, 2026 - World

Dr Peter Stafford’s wife and four children are also being monitored for symptoms amid Ebola outbreak in the DRCAn American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been flown to Germany for treatment, along with his wife and four children, as the World Health Organization warned of the “scale and speed” of the outbreak.Authorities have reported at least 134 suspected deaths and more than 500 cases of the hemorrhagic Bundibugyo virus, which has no approved treatments or vaccines. The outbreak, which has spread into urban areas, has been declared a public health emergency requiring international response. Continue reading...

May 20, 2026 - World

A senior US Air Force official has warned that AI-powered autonomous fighter aircraft could eventually outperform human pilots, highlighting the Pentagon's accelerating push toward drone warfare and artificial intelligence-driven combat systems.