Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda

A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it.

On scraps of land and under constant threat, Gaza farmers struggle to survive

As Gaza’s population of 2.1 million has been hemmed into an ever smaller slice of the territory, farmers are using every last remaining patch of unspoiled earth, no matter how tiny, in their struggle to survive.

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Woolworths profit soars to $1.14bn as Ooshies continue to drive sales boom

Luca Ittimani

Woolworths’ net profit has boomed 18% to $1.14bn as customers face cost-of-living pressures, the company has reported.

As Ukraine hits Russia's refineries, Russia targets Ukraine's petrol pumps

"Fill up quickly and move on," Mayor Ihor Terekhov warns drivers in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.

Two petrol stations in the city in Ukraine's north-east were hit by Russian drones on Monday, which local officials say wounded two people. In another attack on a petrol station outside the city of Kryvyi Rih last week, three people were killed.

Nicotine vapes best chance to quit smoking, major review finds

ByMichelle Roberts

Digital health editor

Smokers who want to quit have the best chance of doing so if they use nicotine e-cigarettes, a review has found.

Trump threatens to demolish Kennedy Center if $250m renovation not done

The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts could be demolished if repairs are not carried out, the Trump administration warned in a court filing on Monday.

Lawyers for the US president said the national arts complex in Washington DC must undergo a $250m renovation or risk facing the wrecking ball.

Winter energy prices expected to rise to three year high

Energy bills for millions of households are expected to rise this winter to the highest level for three years, under a price cap to be announced by the industry regulator on Wednesday.

Chinese teens are turning to mind-numbing drugs to 'run away from reality'

Brazil fines TikTok $30m for child data privacy violations

Owner ByteDance ordered to erase illegally obtained child data in Brazil as crackdown on tech giants intensifies.

Brazil’s data protection authority has fined TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, nearly $30m for the alleged mishandling of children and teenagers’ personal data, in the nation’s latest move against social media companies.

US judge blocks Ohio law requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote

The amended law was an attempt by state Republicans to crack down on unproven claims of voting by noncitizens.

A United States federal court has temporarily blocked an Ohio law that required proof of US citizenship from residents who wanted to register to vote while they obtained a driver’s license.