What a visit to a French clown school reveals about clowning
A visit to the Gaulier clown school – home to alumni including Sacha Baron Cohen and Emma Thompson – reveals that clowning is all about the art of failure.
Day: January 17, 2026
Plane mysteriously vanishes after losing contact with air traffic control as residents ‘hear loud explosion’
A PLANE has lost contact with air traffic control after locals heard a loud explosion. The aircraft mysteriously vanished in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, as it was flying to Makassar. The ATR 42-500 had left Yogyakarta and was on its way to Makassar toda…
OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all have new AI healthcare tools – here’s how they work
Concerns about data privacy and hallucination aren’t slowing the healthcare industry’s embrace of automation.
Gaza humanitarian crisis ‘far from being over,’ UN aid coordination office warns
Three months into the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the UN and partners have delivered tonnes of assistance items and carried out critical repairs, but this is only a temporary “Band-Aid” solution, a veteran aid worker has warned.Read the full story, “G…
Secretary-General on UN at 80: Humanity strongest when we stand as one
Powerful forces are lining up to undermine global cooperation, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned at a landmark event in London on Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the General Assembly, but he urged that “humanity i…
Google Vertex AI Flaw Lets Low-Privilege Users Escalate to Service Agent Roles
Security researchers have discovered critical privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Google’s Vertex AI platform that allow attackers with minimal permissions to hijack high-privileged Service Agent accounts. The flaws affect the Vertex AI Agent…
Prize Fight
In the run-up to the Oscar nominations, a chat with a reporter who has followed every twist and turn of the race.
Ukraine’s peace negotiators arrive in US for talks with Trump officials
The Ukrainian delegation would meet with White House envoy Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll.
US DOJ launches criminal probe into Minnesota governor – media
The DOJ has accused Minnesota Governor Tim Walz of possible obstruction of federal law enforcement
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Uganda’s President Museveni Is Declared Election Winner
Bobi Wine, the main opposition candidate, accused the government of vote rigging and has called for street protests.