California Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued an executive order aimed at reining in artificial intelligence before it is too late. Newsom and other potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidates have urged a more aggressive response to concerns about AI.

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With Claude as their tool, security researchers breached OpenAI’s systems through vulnerabilities, obtained control of staff accounts and entered an internal source-code repository. They reported the flaws afterward.

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Cybersecurity researchers used Anthropic’s Claude to gain access to an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account, allowing them to view private software information and suggest changes. The paid security-testing work highlights vulnerabilities at OpenAI as leading AI companies face growing scrutiny over safety.

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Police have begun transferring hundreds of migrants from Ceuta’s beaches to a new tented camp in the port area. Crowds struggled to secure places, and shots were heard amid reports that officers fired into the air. Spanish media said more than 3,000 migrants were moved on Friday; the camp can hold 1,700.

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Spanish riot police fired rubber bullets into the air and used batons on Friday as they began clearing thousands of migrants from beaches in the North African enclave of Ceuta. Some migrants are being moved to temporary accommodation.

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Spanish police began moving hundreds of migrants from beaches in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta to a new tented area on Friday morning. Thousands remain there after tens of thousands crossed the border from Morocco in late July.

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Thousands of migrants are being moved to a new facility in Ceuta, with officers firing warning shots. It is the fifth temporary reception space established to handle a crisis that began in late July, when more than 70,000 people crossed into Ceuta from Morocco.

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Warren Buffett, who ended his decades-long tenure as Berkshire Hathaway CEO at the end of last year, is giving up the chairmanship he has held since 1970.

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Warren Buffett announced that he will leave his position as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after six decades with the company. Investopedia editor-in-chief Caleb Silver examined Buffett’s influence on the investment world.

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Berkshire Hathaway said in a statement released early Friday that Warren Buffett had stepped down as chairman, a role he had held since 1970.

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Warren Buffett is stepping down as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway after holding the position for more than 50 years.

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Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday that Warren Buffett, its former CEO and one of the world’s most revered investors, had been named chairman emeritus with immediate effect.

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Warren Buffett is leaving his post as Berkshire Hathaway chairman after more than 50 years in the role. The company said Friday that the 96-year-old will immediately become chairman emeritus.

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sent its crypto asset rulemaking to the White House for review, moving forward even as Congress remains inactive on the matter.

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Organisers at the Asian Games in Japan mistakenly played North Korea’s anthem before South Korea’s men’s hockey match against Bangladesh. The players appeared confused, and a stadium announcer apologised. South Korea has also complained about other organisational problems at the games.

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Singer-songwriter and Broadway composer Duncan Sheik has died at 56, according to a post on his Instagram account.

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EU ministers meeting in Dublin on Friday and Saturday are considering a windfall tax on energy companies as continuing price volatility destabilises the economic outlook.

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Ukraine’s president unveiled the new eight-nation bloc at a summit in western Ukraine on Friday, pledging cooperation on security, energy and trade. Organisers hope the initiative will attract €9.4 billion in investment.

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On September 18, 2026, Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region was the site of a Carpathian Eight meeting attended by European leaders.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed European leaders on Sept. 18 to the inaugural Carpathian 8 Summit in Bukovel, western Ukraine. The forum brings together eight Carpathian countries, EU institutions and businesses to discuss security, energy, logistics and cross-border economic cooperation.

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At least 112,000 people have been forced from their homes within Yemen over the past two weeks as fighting persists along the western coast, while nearly 3,000 others have crossed the sea to Djibouti, the U.N. migration agency said Friday.

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An estimated 125,000 people, including more than 57,000 children, have fled since fighting began in July between Iran-backed Houthi rebels, Yemen’s government and its Saudi ally. The UN calls it one of Yemen’s fastest and most volatile displacement waves in years. Thousands are risking the Bab el-Mandeb crossing to Djibouti, often in extreme heat and without enough water.

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