Match report and talking points from Blues rout at St. Mary’s

Chelsea sauntered to another Premier League victory on Wednesday night as they thrashed ten-man Southampton 5-1 at St. Mary’s. The hosts were already 3-1 down when captain Jack Stephens saw red, with Southampton capitulating time-and-time again in the build-up phase before half-time and Chelsea pounced. The Blues made the most of a depleted Saints outfit … Read more

Keir Starmer to take aim at Whitehall with new UK ‘mission’ targets

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Sir Keir Starmer will on Thursday seek to revitalise his faltering government by setting targets intended to convince disgruntled voters he is making progress on their priorities, and to spur Whitehall into action. Starmer’s “plan … Read more

Arsenal ‘could have scored have scored three or four’ against Manchester United

Declan Rice says Arsenal “could have scored three or four” from their corners against Manchester United in their 2-0 victory at the Emirates. The Gunners dealt Ruben Amorim his first defeat as United manager during a dominant display at home, particularly from set-pieces. Both of Arsenal’s goals came from corners, the first of which was … Read more

Syrian rebels surround key city Hama on 'three sides', war monitor says

Islamist-led Syrian rebels surrounded the key city of Hama “from three sides” on Wednesday as they continued their offensive on government-held territory. This marks the latest win for the rebels after last week’s takeover of the country’s second city Aleppo, which in more than a decade of war had never completely fallen out of government … Read more

Millions of Americans—especially Gen X—are dealing with psychiatric disorders associated with leaded gasoline exhaust

A new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry has calculated that millions of Americans are dealing with mental disorders attributable to childhood lead exposure—through exhaust from cars fueled with leaded gasoline.  Researchers found that those who were born between 1966 and 1986—Generation X— were the most lead-exposed, as they were children … Read more

A New Benchmark for the Risks of AI

MLCommons, a nonprofit that helps companies measure the performance of their artificial intelligence systems, is launching a new benchmark to gauge AI’s bad side too. The new benchmark, called AILuminate, assesses the responses of large language models to more than 12,000 test prompts in 12 categories including inciting violent crime, child sexual exploitation, hate speech, … Read more