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Image: Alexander Kardos-Nyheim/LinkedIn Most startup founders chase revenue charts, headline funding rounds and polished stage presentations. Alexander Kardos-Nyheim took a different route. While training as a solicitor at Allen & Overy, he built Safe Sign Technologies, a legal-specific large language model (LLM) startup designed to make artificial intelligence more reliable for legal work. Roughly two…

At the centre of the dispute is a garden in Tollers Lane, Coulsdon (Google Earth photo) A 24ft garden room built by a football club official in the UK in 2018 has led to a lengthy dispute with his upstairs neighbour, who now wants the entire structure demolished. Justin Salmon, who installed a bar, television…

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney attends a national unity rally in Red Deer, Alberta, alongside, from left, Monte Solberg, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, and former Premier Ed Stelmach. Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province have overwhelmingly rejected a move towards independence. They delivered a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national unity amid…

Peyton served alongside Guidry at St Peter Catholic Church in Morrow, Louisiana, where his son Oliver was an altar server. (AI image) A former Catholic deacon in Louisiana, who left the Church after a priest admitted sexually abusing his teenage son in 2018, has lost his appeal against excommunication. Scott Peyton, who resigned from Catholic…

France’s violent weekend: E-bikes torched, 3,000 shops damaged, 2,400 arrested Paris has witnessed scenes of violence as protests over rising living costs and underfunded public services spread across France. The unrest has turned violent in several cities, with the French capital emerging as one of the main flashpoints.Amid the chaos, burning electric bikes have become…

In 2011, the United States spent $861 million inspecting travellers and cargo for agricultural pests, but fees collected left a shortfall of more than $325 million. The funding gap stemmed partly from federal laws restricting which passengers and transport operators could be charged, alongside weaknesses in fee collection and differences between agency costs and revenue….

The USS Charleston has come under fire from China’s Southern Theater Command Navy for allegedly trespassing into contested waters near Sabina Shoal. (Pic Credit: Reuters) China’s southern theater command navy on Tuesday alleged that a US littoral combat ship had entered waters near Sabina Shoal in the disputed Spratly Islands without Beijing’s consent, describing the…

Warning of hostile US prez in future, Bibi seeks India alliance Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that a future US president could be hostile towards Israel, calling for new alliances with countries such as India and nations in Latin America to safeguard his country’s strategic interests.Netanyahu unveiled his security doctrine on Sunday, nine…

Saudi Arabia’s highly anticipated investment conference, initially scheduled for October 26-29, has been postponed due to a rise in missile and drone attacks from Iranian-backed Houthi militants. Saudi Arabia has postponed a major investment conference scheduled to take place in Riyadh next week, dealing a setback to the kingdom’s economic ambitions amid escalating attacks by…

Brent crude hovers near $110 per barrel Oil prices hovered near $110 a barrel on Tuesday as traders assessed the impact of Washington’s decision to ease some restrictions on Russian energy exports, while fresh attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthis against Saudi targets added to concerns over potential supply disruptions in the Middle East.WTI crude was…