<p>Environment Canada has issued health warnings after sky over city turns yellow</p><p>Smoke from more than 100 active wildfires in northern Ontario have made Toronto’s air quality the current worst in the world and caused yellow, smoky air in cities across the north-east US.</p><p>Environment Canada issued health warnings on Wednesday after the sky over country’s largest city turned a sickly yellow and was ranked the worst in the world according to <a href="https://www.iqair.com/ca/world-a

<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar left for a two-day visit to China’s Shanghai on Thursday to sign an agreement for Pakistan to join the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organisation (WAICO) as a founding member, the Foreign Office (FO) said.</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media-- media--embed media--uneven media--tweet' data-original-src='https://x.com/ForeignOfficePk/status/2077608019005997190?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etwe

<p>• Studies suggest memory, decision-making, critical thinking are most at risk<br>• Experts say artificial intelligence removes ‘learning opportunities’<br>• Studies suggest AI boosts short-term gains, but weakens long-term learning<br>• Long-term impact on human brain remains unclear</p> <p>PARIS: Generative AI chatbots capable of writing emails and computer code, translating, organising a trip or coming up with gift ideas are now readily available, prompting some to ask whether h

<p>Ofcom concerned platform’s age verification is ineffective, leaving some at risk of seeing posts about self-harm and suicide</p><p>TikTok is under formal investigation over concerns it has failed to protect children from harmful content, the UK’s online regulator, Ofcom, has announced.</p><p>The social media platform’s approach to checking the ages of users has sparked “particular concerns” at the watchdog, almost a year after measures to protect children from the worst of online co

<p>Tim Steiner speaks as shares in the online grocer slide nearly 15% on plunge in pre-tax profits to £17m</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/jul/16/uk-government-british-steel-public-ownership-gdp-economy-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The co-founder and boss of Ocado has insisted he has “no intention of being a puppet master” exerting control over its staff amid an apparent boardroom row over succession at the g

<p>Uber will offer taxi services and food delivery in 58 markets after deal completes, up from 34</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://viewer.gutools.co.uk/business/live/2026/jul/16/uk-government-british-steel-public-ownership-gdp-economy-latest-news-updates">Business live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>Uber has reached an agreement to take over the German takeaway company Delivery Hero in a $14.8bn (£10.7bn/€12.6bn) deal that would create a global food delivery giant.</p><p>The US tech fir

Asian semiconductor stocks tumbled Thursday, as a sell-off in U.S. chipmakers spilled into the region, with SK Hynix continuing to see massive volatility since its U.S. listing last week. Shares of...

<p>A pledge by President Donald Trump to <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2013993">allow</a> Kyiv to produce US Patriot air defence missiles is a victory for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky but it could take at least a year to start producing them, defence experts say.</p> <p>With its chronic shortage of interceptor missiles likely to continue until then, Kyiv faces tough choices over which targets are a priority to defend as Russia keeps pounding its cities and energy infrastructure.</

<p>China on Friday successfully tested an experimental rocket retrieval system using a net attached to a sea platform, state media reported, in the hope of breaking US dominance in reusable rockets.</p> <p>The Long March 10B rocket lifted off from the Hainan commercial space launch site in southern China at 12:15pm (9:15am PKT) and, about six minutes after separation of its booster and upper stage, the booster returned vertically and was recovered on an offshore platform, state broadcaster <em>C

<p>From remote-controlled trucks delivering life-saving aid in dangerous settings to mobile phone data analysis flagging mass displacement, humanitarians are eyeing ways in which artificial intelligence (AI) can speed up and improve their operations.</p> <p>There have been plenty of warnings about the dangers of AI for aid agencies, who face growing challenges of securing often extremely sensitive data and swelling misinformation about their operations and beneficiaries.</p> <p>But at the ‘AI