Michelle Obama with her family. (Instagram/@Barack Obama) Michelle Obama has never presented parenting as a popularity contest. In a podcast conversation, she offered a striking reminder that many parents may find uncomfortable: children do not always have to like their parents. For her, the job was never to become her daughters’ best friend. It was…
A former California podcaster has been arrested on charges he repeatedly threatened to kill the president. Benjamin Azariah Southworth, 40, of Los Angeles, engaged in repeated rants on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok in order “to publicly express his hatred toward President Trump and his supporters, and to publicly engage in and/or encourage the abuse, harassment…
More than 80 people, including a baby, are feared to have died in a boat which was adrift in the Atlantic Ocean for 27 days. Spanish Maritime Rescue teams located the vessel some 65 nautical miles southwest of Gran Canaria’s coastal town of Arguineguín on Wednesday and found 44 survivors, with five dead bodies also…
“Now Hiring” signage past recruiters as they speak to jobseekers during the WorkSource North Seattle Career Fair in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images The August jobs report set to be released Friday is expected to put the final touches on what has been a relatively…
For Ankur Bhattacharjee, table tennis was never the sport he first dreamed of playing. Like many Indian children, he was drawn to cricket. But a decision by his family when he was just nine years old changed the course of his life. Years later, that reluctant beginning has turned into a remarkable sporting journey. The…
Leon Black, a former Wall Street private equity investor, on Thursday sued the House Oversight Committee, seeking to stop the panel from enforcing its subpoenas against him in an ongoing probe of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. “The Committee is on a fishing expedition that oversteps its authority and completely ignores its responsibility. This…
On a rainy Monday night during a town hall event led by Greenpeace Australia Pacific at the Lane Cove library, locals say they were never consulted on their area becoming a data centre hub. One of the proposed centres from the cluster is 16m from the nearest home and 160m from a local primary school….
Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the G20 Innovation Ministerial in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on September 2, 2026. Matt Ramey | Afp | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced it will begin rolling out its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-6 Astra, which the company said is the product of “years of research and…
A name can be more than a distinctive choice for a child; it can also carry a meaning that reflects qualities parents value. Names linked with bravery and leadership can evoke confidence, resilience, wisdom and the ability to stand up for others. Whether parents prefer a timeless classic such as Alexander, a short name such…
OpenAI released its newest and most powerful model, called GPT-6 Astra, Thursday to a limited set of customers, labelling it the world’s most intelligent AI system and the first model to trigger advanced internal safety protections given its cyber capabilities. The company said the model sets a new high-water mark for its ability to autonomously…
