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Pakistan’s defense minister says that there is now 'open war' with Afghanistan after latest strikes
Feb 27, 2026 - World 
Pakistan’s defense minister says his country has run out of “patience” and considers that there is now an “open war” with Afghanistan, after both countries launched strikes following an Afghan cross-border attack
Sudan's war puts charity kitchen workers feeding displaced families at risk
Feb 27, 2026 - World
Charity kitchens are a lifeline in Sudan after nearly three years of war but the community-led public kitchens have been targeted and some of their workers abducted, robbed, beaten or killed
Burger King cooks up AI chatbot to spot if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
Feb 27, 2026 - World 
OpenAI-powered assistant will help to ‘understand overall service patterns’, company says, as move sparks backlashFrom hospitality workers to retail employees, the exaggerated “customer service voice”, often mocked in internet memes as wildly different from someone’s real voice, has long been a cultural trope. Fast-food giant Burger King is now taking that voice one step further, saying it will detect whether employees are using words like “please” and “thank you” through the assistance of artificial intelligence.On Thursday, Burger King announced it is rolling out a new AI chatbot connected to employee headsets at hundreds of locations in the US as part of a platform called BK Assistant, powered by OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Continue reading...
Netflix declines to match Paramount offer for Warner Bros Discovery
Feb 27, 2026 - World
Company walks away from planned takeover as co-chiefs say deal ‘no longer financially attractive’Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxNetflix has walked away from its planned takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, declining to raise its offer for the media conglomerate’s storied Hollywood studios and streaming business after it determined a sweetened rival offer from Paramount Skydance to be “superior”.In a statement on Thursday evening, Netflix co-chief executives Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said that “at the price required to match Paramount Skydance’s latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive”. Continue reading...
Britain’s Green Party wins a special election for a seat in Parliament
Feb 26, 2026 - World
Britain’s Green Party wins a special election for a seat in Parliament in a blow to Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer
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