The Latest Breaking News from The Week

It’s always nice when a city is bijou enough to absorb in a few days – and Doha is a great example of this. Which is handy, as it’s often a stopover for travellers heading for far-flung destinations. 

A gang of cyber criminals, believed to originate from Russia, has targeted several high-profile British businesses, warning over 100,000 staff members that they plan to publish stolen data.

A growing list of big high-street lenders are launching 40-year mortgages for would-be homeowners seeking to lower their monthly repayments.

Benjamin Myers’ 2017 novel “The Gallows Pole” told the “true-life tale of the 18th century gang of coin clippers led by ‘King’ David Hartley, whose illegal work and attendant violence came to dominate Cragg Vale in West Yorkshire”, said Lucy Mangan in The Guardian. Now, it’s been turned into a…

A Mediterranean miniature donkey foal that was stolen from a community farm in Hampshire has been found by police and returned to its mother. Moon, who is three months old, and just 18 inches tall, went missing from Miller’s Ark in Hook on 15 May. An appeal to find her…

The information watchdog has warned that new “mind-reading” technology could be misused to reveal your private thoughts, said The Times. The Information Commissioner’s Office warned that new devices could be used to assess an individual’s mental health, their suitability for jobs and to access secret thoughts. “To many, the idea…

Thousands of people have united in Bangkok, Thailand to celebrate pride and to push for equal rights for LGBTQ+ individuals.

Like one of its countless precious heritage sites, the cuisine of Italy is best left undisturbed. Source good ingredients and people who respect them and the rest will usually take care of itself.

Rishi Sunak has put AI at the top of his agenda when he meets with President Biden later this week.