UK Borrowing Overshoots Forecasts Ahead of Healey’s First Budget
UK borrowing reached £18.3 billion in August, while borrowing in the first five months of the financial year ran £8.1 billion above the OBR forecast.
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Xi Expected to Press Trump to Halt Taiwan Arms Sales as $14 Billion Package Remains on Hold
Xi Jinping is expected to press Donald Trump to halt US arms sales to Taiwan as a $14 billion weapons package for the island remains on hold.
Alibaba Plans 5–10 Trillion-Parameter AI Model and Unveils New Chinese Chip
Alibaba plans a 5–10 trillion-parameter AI model, 500,000-chip accelerator clusters and more than 20 GW of global data-centre capacity by 2032.
Merz Under Pressure After CDU Collapses to 4.9% in German State Election
Friedrich Merz faces renewed pressure after the CDU won just 4.9% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, while the AfD finished first with 38.3%.
UK Agrees to Refuel Saudi Combat Aircraft After Houthi Attacks
Britain will deploy an RAF Voyager tanker to provide air-to-air refuelling support for Saudi combat aircraft following recent Houthi attacks.
China Slows Humanoid-Robot IPOs as Regulators Question Whether Demand Is Real
Chinese regulators are slowing some humanoid-robot IPOs as they examine whether soaring valuations and state-backed revenue reflect genuine commercial demand.
OpenAI Calls for Global Standards for AI That Can Improve Itself
OpenAI is calling for international technical standards covering frontier AI, including systems capable of recursively improving themselves.
Spain Reinforces Ceuta and Melilla Ahead of Feared New Mass Crossing
Spain has reinforced Ceuta and Melilla amid warnings of a possible new mass crossing from Morocco on 23 September.
United Russia Wins Record 355 Duma Seats as Kremlin Tightens Grip
United Russia is set to secure a record 355 of the State Duma’s 450 seats after winning 57.83% of the party-list vote.
Aikido launches cyber AI designed to inspect sensitive code without sending it to the cloud
Belgian cybersecurity firm Aikido has launched Altar, an open-weight AI designed to inspect proprietary code locally without sending it to an external cloud model.