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Riyadh postpones flagship investment conference until 2027, orders government staff to work from home.
Riyadh postpones flagship investment conference until 2027, orders government staff to work from home.
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<p>Enthusiasts like Grimes and A$AP Rocky may embrace AI-generated content, but they won’t produce it themselves</p><p>Streaming services, notable musicians and fans are confronting the growing presence of AI-generated music and drawing lines in the sand.</p><p>On Tuesday, Spotify announced it had removed about 50m songs considered AI slop from its recommendations to users over the past year.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/21/artificial-intelligence-music-grimes-asap-rocky">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Coordination by Democratic officials overseeing elections includes Zoom calls and in-person tabletop exercises</p><p>Democratic state attorneys general, other top state officials and civic groups have accelerated planning to thwart any federal meddling in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-midterm-elections-2026">November midterm elections</a> by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/donaldtrump">Donald Trump</a> as he continues his false charges of widespread voting fraud and veiled threats of interfering in the process.</p><p>Since early this year, 24 Democratic attorneys general have expanded coordination with about a dozen Democratic secretaries of state and several civic groups using weekly Zoom calls and in-person tabletop exercises to strategize about countering any federal intervention in the elections.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/21/midterms-attorney-general-trump-election-interference">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Exclusive: Officials say Miatta Fahnbulleh minded not to give approval in victory for climate campaigners</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/oct/21/jackdaw-gasfield-labour-andy-burnham-zack-polanski-uk-politics-latest-news">UK politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Miatta Fahnbulleh is leaning towards rejecting the giant Rosebank oilfield, the Guardian understands, in what would be a blow for the North Sea energy industry but a major victory for climate campaigners.</p><p>Officials say the energy secretary, is minded to refuse approval for the field, which would be one of the biggest in the North Sea. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/jackdaw-gasfield-in-north-sea-approved">Fahnbulleh approved the smaller Jackdaw gasfield</a> on Wednesday, prompting protest from some in the green movement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/21/energy-secretary-leaning-towards-rejecting-rosebank-oilfield">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Wearing hi-vis and carrying selfie sticks, livestreamers watched over an animal that was trapped for a month and drew more than 1.6m visitors before being guided out</p><p>In <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/south-korea">South Korea</a>, they call them <em>jagyeongdan</em>, a word whose meaning sits somewhere between vigilante group and neighbourhood watch. Each night they put on hi-vis vests, picked up their selfie sticks and gathered around the harbour in Busan to keep watch over an unlikely charge: a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/29/large-shark-stuck-city-canal-south-korea-rescue">stranded shark</a> affectionately known as Bukang-i.</p><p>On Wednesday, after more than a month in the canal and at the third attempt, the shark was successfully guided out, South Korea’s oceans ministry said. Officials expect her to move into open water in time.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/youtube-watch-over-shark-stuck-south-korea-canal-busan-bukang-i">Continue reading...</a>