Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
Now we know why Open AI’s board fired him. Honestly can’t fault them. If Altman was going to leave with key staff anyway, why don’t just fire him? Its a lost cause.
‘Unthinkable cruelty’: Kenyan expert working at Bristol University denied visa for six-year-old daughter (www.theguardian.com)
Furious colleagues denounce decision that there are ‘no compassionate grounds’ to allow the child to join her mother
News outlets deny claims they had prior knowledge of Hamas attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
China ‘world’s biggest debt collector’ as poorer nations struggle with its loans (www.theguardian.com)
UAE calls emergency UN security council meeting to seek pause to Gaza fighting (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, called on the international community to cease funding the UN after Friday’s UN general assembly vote, which did not condemn Hamas....
Iran arrests lawyer at funeral of girl who died after metro incident (www.theguardian.com)
‘Make Amazon Pay’ Black Friday strikes planned in 30 countries including UK (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s endgame is to push Palestinians into Egypt – and the west is cheering it on | Sharif Abdel Kouddous (www.theguardian.com)
Russia halts circulation of new ruble note after complaints from priests | Russia | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
People diagnosed with ADHD as adults could be ‘at greater risk of dementia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Study does not establish cause and effect, and experts say it highlights need for further research...
Global electricity grid must be upgraded urgently to hit climate goals, says IEA (www.theguardian.com)
Ministers have been urged to “open their eyes” to the need to build a vast network of new electricity grids to allow countries to hit climate goals, the chief of the world’s energy watchdog has said....
Long-lost Star Wars X-Wing model auctioned for a record-breaking $3.1m (www.theguardian.com)
Spacecraft discovered in cardboard box belonging to late model-maker Greg Jein becomes the ‘most expensive Star Wars screen-used prop sold at auction’...
Israel confirms 155 people being held hostage by Hamas (www.theguardian.com)
School surveillance tech does more harm than good, ACLU report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Key details behind Nord Stream pipeline blasts revealed by scientists (www.theguardian.com)
Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness (www.theguardian.com)
Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospital...
Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions (www.theguardian.com)
Majority of offset projects that have sold the most carbon credits are ‘likely junk’, according to analysis by Corporate Accountability and the Guardian...
Letter suggests Pope Pius XII knew of mass gassings of Jews and Poles in 1942 (www.theguardian.com)
Letter from church source in anti-Hitler resistance reporting 6,000 daily killings undercuts Vatican’s claims of lack of knowledge...
Deadly humid heatwaves to spread rapidly as climate warms – study (www.theguardian.com)
Small rise in global temperatures would affect hundreds of millions of people and could cause a sharp rise in deaths
Swedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour (www.theguardian.com)
‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians (www.theguardian.com)
Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border
Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers (www.theguardian.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/4QzFt...
FBI arrest California police officers involved in racist text messages scandal (www.theguardian.com)
A grand jury had indicted officers from Antioch and Pittsburg for a wide range of offenses, including criminal conspiracy.