AI leaders to UN: for the sake of humanity, regulate tech we created
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at…
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Turkey to hand over military base to Iraq
Turkey will hand over control of its base in Bashiqa in northern Iraq to Baghdad, the Turkish presidency announced on…
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US restricts visas for birth tourism ahead of Xi Jinping’s summit with Trump
Hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the US for a high-stakes summit, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
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Ukraine’s Zelensky warns of painful winter for Russia if energy truce talks fail
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Moscow at the United Nations on Wednesday that his nation would strike…
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Donald Trump built a US$5 million White House helipad. Don’t expect Xi Jinping to use it
US President Donald Trump has been very eager to show off to Chinese leader Xi Jinping his new US$5 million White House…
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Grief and pain flow at hearing for Canadian suicide poison vendor Kenneth Law
Relatives of people who committed suicide using poison sold by a Canadian man gave wrenching accounts of pain and loss…
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Paraguay’s president urges UN to let Taiwan in, calls island’s exclusion ‘a stain’
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that his country “is not…
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Harvey Weinstein gets 15 years for sex assault after pleading for mercy
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was at the centre of abuse allegations that spurred the #MeToo movement,…
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Italy’s Colosseum closes after worker dies in accident
Italy’s Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli ordered the one-day closure of the Colosseum on Wednesday as a mark of…
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South Africa mass shooting leaves 11 dead, 3 wounded
Three shooters killed at least 11 people including a woman who was believed to be pregnant in an attack at a house…
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Chinese EV battery giant CATL starts trial production at Hungarian factory
Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) has cleared all regulatory hurdles for its mega factory in Hungary, a…
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Exiled opposition leader tries to enter Venezuela as Rodriguez meets Trump in US
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado made three attempts over a 24-hour span to return home, but was…
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In France, prosecutors probe secret filming of women with smart glasses
Paris prosecutors said Tuesday they had opened several probes after receiving complaints concerning women filmed on the…
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Gulf tech firms turn to Hong Kong and Singapore as Iran war grinds on
Paul Bratby had already drawn up plans for expanding to Hong Kong when war broke out in the Middle East earlier this…
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Canada seeks to wrap up India trade talks soon, as US ties fray
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday that trade negotiations with India are making “good progress” and…
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US ‘looksmaxxing’ influencer Clavicular charged with raping 17-year-old
The social media influencer “Clavicular”, who gained a following promoting the online “looksmaxxing” trend, has been…
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Brazil’s Lula backs China peace push at UN, tells US his nation is ‘no one’s backyard’
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva renewed his backing on Tuesday for a peace initiative he launched with…
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Why China’s frontier AI pioneers are expected to miss this week’s Xi-Trump summit
As President Xi Jinping prepares to travel to the United States to meet his American counterpart Donald Trump,…
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Trump, Denmark and Greenland sign deal to resolve Arctic stand-off
US President Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement on Tuesday that permits a larger…
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4 dead in Ukraine after Russian missile and drone attacks on industrial cities
Russia fired ballistic missiles at the southern Ukrainian industrial cities of Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih and Pavlohrad…
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Brigitte Bardot’s personal items sell out at Paris auction
Personal belongings of the late French film icon Brigitte Bardot fetched nearly €1 million at auction in Paris on…
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The US-China tech war has evolved since the last Xi-Trump summit. Who has the edge now?
When the presidents of the United States and China meet in Washington, the world will be watching to see whether their…
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Canadian province sues OpenAI in US over school shooting
British Columbia filed a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI in California over the company’s failure to report violent…
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Zelensky and CIA chief meet during refuelling stop in Ireland
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met US CIA chief John Ratcliffe at Shannon Airport in Ireland, two people…
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UK brings first charges over the 1994 Rwanda genocide
Prosecutors said on Monday they had brought the first-ever charges in the UK against a man for his alleged role in the…
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World leaders meet at UN as planet grapples with climate change, wars, runaway AI
Under a global cloud of wars and bitter divisions, world leaders meet at the United Nations in New York this week…
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Rising toll of US-China trade, tech curbs in focus ahead of Xi-Trump summit
With President Xi Jinping expected to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington this week, attention is again…
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China boosts crude oil, LNG imports from Canada as Ottawa-Washington relations sour
China sharply increased its imports of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada in August amid an…
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China’s 3-nm chip progress; how much sex couples should have: 5 weekend reads you missed
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and…
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South Korea steps up to plug Europe’s jet fuel deficit
Europe faces a fourth-quarter jet fuel deficit, even as it turns to far-flung suppliers including South Korea, which is…
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Chinese province urges firms to seize the day as Xi-Trump meeting provides trade stability
As final preparations are being made for President Xi Jinping’s trip to Washington this month, one export-oriented…
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18 suspects in 2021 Haiti president’s killing sent to US for trial
Eighteen suspects in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise have been transported to Florida to…
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Former WTO head Pascal Lamy on the EU’s China choice: get a rebalance, or go protectionist
Pascal Lamy served two consecutive terms as director general of the World Trade Organization from 2005 to 2013. Before…
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Ukraine’s Zelensky to meet Trump in New York
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced plans to meet US President Donald Trump in New York in the coming…
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Thousands march in France against ‘licence to kill’ draft law
Thousands of people marched in Paris and other French cities on Sunday against a proposed law on the legitimate use of…
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UK’s Burnham congratulates Trump and Danish PM on Greenland deal
Andy Burnham has congratulated Denmark and the United States on a deal to “strengthen security in the Arctic” after the…
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