6 h. ago OpenAI eyes world’s largest valuation for private company in stock sale talks

Maker of ChatGPT reported to be considering $6bn share sale that would boost valuation to $500bn – above SpaceXThe maker of ChatGPT is on the cusp of becoming the world’s most valuable private company. OpenAI is in talks to sell $6bn in shares, which would boost its valuation to $500bn, according to multiple reports. The artificial intelligence startup’s stock would be sold to investors by current and former employees.OpenAI has seen exponential growth over the past year. Investors, including Microsoft and SoftBank, have poured at least $40bn into the startup, giving it a valuation of $300bn as of March. Last October, it was valued at $157bn. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Russia pounds Ukraine with largest aerial bombardment in a month hours after Trump

Moscow launched more than 280 drones and missiles at central Ukraine in its latest attack

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29 h. ago World's LARGEST cruise ship proves to be a navigation nightmare as monstrous boat sets sail for first time

The Star of the Seas is a 20-deck, 1,196-foot long vessel that accommodates a staggering 5,610 guests at a time - earning it the title of world's largest cruise ship.

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33 h. ago 'It's yachting, not cruising': why a SeaDream voyage provides one of the most unique luxury experiences at sea

As night time set in, spectacular bursts of orange light in the distance were drawing near as we stood portside on the moving yacht while enjoying the last few sips of champagne before bed.

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37 h. ago Hamas tells mediators it approves latest Gaza ceasefire proposal – Middle East crisis live

Hamas official tells Reuters news agency it has approved latest Gaza ceasefire proposalNorway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, said on Monday it had decided to exclude six companies with connections to the West Bank and Gaza from its portfolio, following a review of its Israeli investments.The $2tn wealth fund did not name the companies it had decided to exclude, but said these would be made public once the divestment was completed, Reuters reports. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago Inside the world’s largest sailing yacht set to launch in 2026

The ‘Golden Age’ of luxury travel is being brought out to sea with the Orient Express Corinthian due to set sail next year

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43 h. ago First look: New luxury night buses set to launch across Europe

Fear of flying or trying to be more climate friendly? This new sleeper bus service could be a comfortable alternative

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52 h. ago UK's biggest holiday park company to open four new sites in time for Christmas

This holiday park company is expanding the number of sites open during the festive period this year - with four new additions set to launch for Christmas and New Year breaks until 3 January, 2025.

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65 h. ago Government orders striking Air Canada flight attendants to return to work

Union criticises move less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers strandedThe Canadian government has forced flight attendants at Air Canada back to work less than 12 hours after they began striking and ordered binding arbitration over a dispute that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded around the world during the peak summer travel season.Since March, Canada’s largest airline and the union representing its flight attendants have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute over what the union has described as “poverty wages” and unpaid labour. Flight attendants are not paid for any work before or after the plane takes off. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Can crocodiles and canoeists coexist at Australia’s 2032 Olympic Games?

As world’s largest living reptile reclaims the Fitzroy River in Queensland, some say athletes shouldn’t worry while others warn against ‘running the gauntlet’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Miller is only minutes into a crash course on using a V8 ocean ski when he first drops the C-bomb.The former red beret paratrooper and current president of a Rockhampton canoe club is explaining to a first-time paddler why he won’t begin on a K1 – the kind of craft the world’s best canoe sprinters will paddle when and if they come here to central Queensland to compete at the 2032 Olympic Games. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Outrage as trans athlete exhibition backed by Nike appears in Smithsonian

With Donald Trump's White House cracking down on the tone of Smithsonian exhibits, the world's largest museum and research complex is now facing more outrage from the right.

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4 d. ago African Union joins calls to end use of Mercator map that shrinks continent’s size

Member states back Correct the Map campaign that urges governments and organisations to use more accurate mapThe African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa’s size.Created by the cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America. “It might seem to be just a map, but in reality, it is not,” the African Union Commission deputy chair, Selma Malika Haddadi, told Reuters, saying the Mercator fostered a false impression that Africa was “marginal”, despite being the world’s second-largest continent by area, with more than 1 billion people. The union has 55 member states. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Man with 'world's largest' manhood warns blokes who dream of getting a bigger willy

Matt Barr, 41, has warned other men against penis injections as they are 'too dangerous'. The bloke, from London, boasts the 'world's largest' todger measuring 14.5 inches

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5 d. ago Princess Anne looks regal in new photo released for her 75th birthday

Notoriously private, Anne and her husband Sir Tim Laurence are said to be sailing their 42ft yacht Ballochbuie around the Western Isles of Scotland to celebrate the day.

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5 d. ago Man with world's largest penis seriously injured in accident caused by genitals

WARNING: SOME OF THE FOLLOWING IMAGES MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS. Matt Barr, the owner of the world's biggest penis, found himself in peril after his member blocked his vision in the shower

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7 d. ago Central hub for screening women's rugby opens in Shoreditch as thousands of pubs pledge to screen Women's Rugby World Cup 2025

England rugby star Ellie Kildunne has teamed up with fan group Set Piece Social to launch The Asahi Open Arms — a new fan-focused venue in Shoreditch

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7 d. ago Royal Caribbean passenger at center of viral broken slide video plans to sue company after suffering injury

Cruise passenger was hurt while using a slide on the Icon of the Seas, one of the largest cruise ships in the world

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7 d. ago Tuesday is World Elephant Day. 5 things to know about the world's largest land mammals

Tuesday is World Elephant Day

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7 d. ago World's largest airport terminal leaves pilot floored as he shares reality inside

Beijing Daxing International Airport opened in 2019 with the hope that it would one day become one of the world's busiest airports

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8 d. ago U.S. and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies

President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies

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