AI company Anthropic announced this week it is giving $20 million to a political group campaigning for more regulation of the technology – but its main rival, OpenAI, is telling its employees it won’t be making similar donations. In a memo to staff on Thursday, OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane said that while OpenAI allows its employees to “express their ideological beliefs in terms of who they support,” the company itself won’t be making similar moves anytime soon. OpenAI is not yet contributing to political action committees or 501(c)(4) social-welfare nonprofits because OpenAI wants to retain control of…
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Prominent American agent Casey Wasserman is reportedly set to sell his talent company after documents linking him to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were published in the US. Several high profile clients, including singer Chappell Roan, quit the firm this week after it emerged he flew on Epstein’s private plane and exchanged flirtatious emails with Maxwell in 2003. US media reported Wasserman told employees he had “become a distraction” as he announced his intention to sell the major LA-based agency. The 51-year-old, who has also resisted calls to stand down from his role as chair of the 2028 Los Angeles…
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin, the UK and European allies have said. Two years on from the death of Navalny at a Siberian penal colony, Britain and its allies have blamed the Kremlin following analysis of material samples found on his body. There is no innocent explanation for the toxin, called epibatidine, being found in samples taken from Navalny’s body, the UK Foreign Office said. Speaking from the Munich Security Conference, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “Only the Russian government had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this…
The rules-based world order “no longer exists”, the German Chancellor has warned at a major security summit. Opening the annual Munich Security Conference, Friedrich Merz told other world leaders that “our freedom is not guaranteed” in an era of big power politics, and that Europeans must be ready to make “sacrifice”. He also admitted that “a deep divide has opened between Europe and the United States”. The conference is taking place on the backdrop of US President Donald Trump threatening Denmark’s sovereignty over Greenland by pledging to annex the Arctic territory and his tariffs on imports from European nations. US…
The Pentagon is sending a second aircraft carrier group – the USS Gerald Ford – to the Middle East, according to a senior administration official and three sources familiar with the matter, a move that puts pressure on Iran even as President Donald Trump has said talks with Tehran will continue. The Ford carrier strike group – the US’ most advanced – has been positioned in the Caribbean Sea for several months amid Trump’s campaign in Venezuela, which has included strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean and culminated in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.…
A tycoon from the United Arab Emirates whose intimate friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was revealed in the latest release of files by the US Justice Department has been replaced in his post as head of one of the world’s largest port operators. Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem emerged as a powerful force in global trade as the former chairman and CEO of Dubai’s DP World, which has a footprint in more than 80 countries, over the past three decades. Without naming bin Sulayem, Dubai’s Government Media Office announced Friday that DP World had appointed a new chairman…
A local petroleum exploration and production firm has pledged to maintain international best practice in the production of crude oil resources in Turkana County. Appearing at a Joint Parliamentary Committee of Energy meeting, Gulf Energy E&P BV Chairman Francis Njogu, while describing the project as the single most significant private-sector-driven upstream petroleum investment in Kenya’s history, said the firm will maintain world-class standards with a target to produce crude oil by 1st December this year. While updating Members of the National Assembly and the Senate, in a session jointly chaired by National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Energy Chairman David Gikaria…
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) assured the public that air transport services across the country remain normal and safe following a court order suspending a planned industrial action by aviation workers. In a statement issued Friday, KCAA said the Employment and Labour Relations Court of Kenya sitting at Milimani, Nairobi, on February 12, 2026, certified as urgent an application filed by the Authority in a dispute involving the Kenya Aviation Workers Union (KAWU). As an interim measure, the Court directed that the strike notice dated February 9, 2026, should not be acted upon pending the hearing and determination of…
The FBI has released the first physical description of the man believed to have kidnapped Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US news anchor Savannah Guthrie. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared in the middle of night from her Tucson, Arizona, home and was last seen two weeks ago. The authorities believe she was taken against her will. The FBI has analysed footage from a doorbell camera outside her home and believes she was kidnapped by a male who is between 5ft 9in (175cm) and 5ft 10in tall, with an average build. It is first time the man in the video has been…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken of a defining moment and a “new era” as he travels to Europe for a major speech to the Munich Security Conference. Rubio will lead the US delegation at the first major global event since President Donald Trump threatened Danish sovereignty with a pledge to annex Greenland. French President Emmanuel Macron has insisted Europe must prepare for independence from the US, while Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has stressed that transatlantic bonds are as close and important as ever. The war in Ukraine, tensions with China and a potential nuclear deal between…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to help the police fight criminal gangs and illegal mining in the country. Gang violence is a major problem in South Africa, which has one of the world’s highest murder rates. “Organised crime is now the most immediate threat to our democracy, our society and our economic development,” Ramaphosa said in his annual State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Thursday. “I will be deploying the South African National Defence Force to support the police,” he added. Last month, Police Minister Firoz Cachalia said the country’s police were not…
The best days of the traditional copper-wire telephone system are light-years behind it: it can no longer support the mobility or speed of present-day commerce. Communications have shifted from a simple dial tone to a more central cloud-managed stream of video, voice, and data, a priority for today’s organizations. Meanwhile, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has now officially become the primary spine of international enterprise operations, a major move away from its early “budget-friendly” days. Navigating this landscape depends on an organization’s ability and discipline to move past flashy feature lists to evaluate the underlying infrastructure. Whether you are running…
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Thorbjørn Jagland has been charged with “gross corruption” over his ties with the US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, police have said. The charge was brought after the Council of Europe lifted Jagland’s immunity, which he enjoyed because of his past diplomatic role. He denies criminal liability and is willing to cooperate, his lawyer says. Emails released by the US government are thought to show that Jagland planned solo and family visits to Epstein’s homes in Paris, New York and Palm Beach after the billionaire was convicted of a child sex offence. Three of Jagland’s properties were…
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja Thursday ordered an immediate inquiry into a security incident that occurred on Wednesday during the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) event in Wajir County. The event was attended by President William Ruto. During the event, a man breached the security guards’ cordon and dashed to the main dais as the president gave his speech. It took the efforts of the hawk eyed security officers to grab him and fall to the ground inches from the president. The president was heard telling both the security man and intruder sorry because of the presumed injuries.…
SportPesa injected Sh20 million into the 2026 Magical Kenya Open, marking its official entry into golf sponsorship and reaffirming its expanding footprint in Kenya’s sports ecosystem. The sponsorship will support the 57th edition of the Magical Kenya Open, one of Africa’s most prestigious golf tournaments and a key fixture on the DP World Tour calendar. The event attracts elite international golfers, global media attention, and significant sports tourism opportunities. Speaking during the announcement at Karen Country Club, the tournament’s host venue, SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri described the move as a long-term strategic investment. “This is our grand entry into golf,…