Residents raise $30,000 to bring first grocery store to Alabama neighbourhood in 70 years

Would a Democratic Crackdown on A.I. Hurt the Economy or Save It?

Voter backlash could threaten the data center boom. Some economists think that could be a good thing.

France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacking

The cyber-attack last month saw fridges and freezers in hundreds of supermarkets across France heated up.

U.S. Commerce Dept. Inquiry Into Megaspeed Was Halted After Nvidia Intervention

An investigation into Megaspeed, a Singapore company that was buying advanced Nvidia A.I. chips, was transferred to the Justice Department after a top Nvidia executive reached out to Commerce Department officials.

Poundland unable to buy new stock as fears over collapse grow

The discount chain is continuing to edge towards collapse and is said to be "running on fumes", according to one insider.

At least 39 die after Europe-bound migrant boat sinks off Senegal

The Atlantic crossing to Spain's Canary Islands remains dangerous for migrants seeking a better life

Residents raise $30,000 to bring first grocery store to Alabama neighbourhood in 70 years

After nearly 70 years without a grocery store, Birmingham's Fountain Heights neighbourhood has opened the We All Eat Market. Developed by a local farming cooperative, the $1 million project received $30,000 in grassroots contributions and $150,000 from the city. The market will sell locally grown food, support small farmers and offer discounts to eligible customers.

Mona Vale beachfront home fetches record $29 million

A Mona Vale beachfront house recently set a new record by selling for A$29 million in a private sale. The property was previously owned by McDonald's Australia's chief executive and sold for A$7.65 million in 2014. The sale was conducted discreetly without public marketing, ensuring privacy for the owners. The previous record for Mona Vale was A$13.5 million, established in October 2025.

Nvidia’s Stock Price Drops After Investigation Into CEO Jensen Huang

The chipmaker’s size and significance to the A.I. trade means that Jensen Huang’s admission of a relationship with a businesswoman suspected of spying for China could reverberate across Wall Street.

'Anybody believe this was honest?' Trump revives fraud claims after midterm results

Norway’s largest Viking hoard yields rare King Olaf coin not found in country since 1924

A rare coin minted during King Olaf Haraldsson's reign around 1025 has been identified in Norway's Morstad Viking hoard. It is only the second coin of this type found in Norway, the previous one dating back to 1924. The coin also offers clues about the king's use of Christian symbols and its circulation in commercial transactions.

French officials suspect Iran is behind refrigerator hacks, sources say

PARIS — French officials suspect that Iranian state-backed hackers were behind the cyberattacks that knocked out commercial refrigerators and freezers across France last month, two people familiar with the matter said Monday. That would make the hacks among the most disruptive cyberattacks of the war with Iran that began in February, a conflict that has been marked by scattered incidents of alleged cyber disruption. These have included disruptions to the Los Angeles transit system in March, to U.S. water treatment plants in July and to ships bound for the United States in August. The French foreign ministry and the Paris prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Iran's mission to the United Nations did not return messages seeking comment. Iran routinely denies carrying out malicious cyber operations. The October 11 cyberattack, which overrode the temperature controls on commercial fridges in hundreds of establishments, appeared to have been easy to pull off, cybersecurity experts previously told Reuters. The firm behind many of the stricken units said th

US stocks open up, shrugging off Nvidia woes

NEW YORK — Wall Street stocks advanced early Monday, shrugging off a big drop in Nvidia shares as oil prices retreated and other artificial intelligence stocks rose. Crude prices fell more than four percent on diplomatic hopes concerning the US-Iran war, while many tech giants like Google parent Alphabet and leading AI companies such as Micron were higher after the group badly sold off on Thursday. The "market implicitly decided that whatever happened last week was a one-day event," said Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers. About 25 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.4 percent at 52,009.10. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent to 7,499.41, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index jumped 2.1 percent to 25,087.25. Shares of AI leader Nvidia sank about five percent after the chip company said it launched an investigation on CEO Jensen Huang following reports he was targeted by Chinese intelligence. "Nvidia for now, is being treated as a one-off story," said Briefing.com analyst Patrick O'Hare, adding that investors are being driven more by "an inclination