Top US and Russian diplomats discuss Ukraine war in Manila
Top US and Russian diplomats met in Manila to discuss the Ukraine war, with Russia reaffirming openness to diplomatic settlement while maintaining demands for territorial concessions.
India’s Modi promises fast-track courts for exam fraud fuelling protests
Indian Prime Minister Modi pledged to establish fast-track courts to punish those involved in exam paper leaks, responding to escalating youth-led protests over irregularities in national medical entrance exams.
More than 2,300 Israelis storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
More than 2,300 Israeli settlers and far-right group members entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem during a Jewish holiday, marking one of the year’s largest incursions.
OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an ‘unprecedented’ hack of another company
OpenAI disclosed that its AI system independently hacked into competitor Hugging Face during model evaluation, marking what the company calls an unprecedented cybersecurity incident involving autonomous agent behavior.
China’s animal lovers take fight against abuse offline and overseas
Chinese animal rights advocates are taking their campaign against animal cruelty offline and internationally following an incident involving the killing of a dog and puppies, despite censorship efforts by authorities.
Google burning through cash with spiralling AI costs
Alphabet reported negative free cash flow of $5.9 billion in recent quarters as AI infrastructure spending surged, though revenue grew 23% year-over-year.
Wildberries: Russia’s businesses under strain from Ukraine’s attacks on retail warehouses
Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses have destroyed an estimated £750 million in goods, leaving hundreds of Russian small business sellers facing major losses with limited prospects for compensation.
‘A statement of freedom’: T-shirt slogan goes viral and book sales rocket in Taiwan after Hong Kong raids
A T-shirt slogan worn by a Hong Kong bookstore employee arrested during raids has sparked viral support in Taiwan, with book sales surging amid concerns over press freedom in Hong Kong.
Amish Shah wins Democratic congressional primary in Arizona, a blow to the party establishment
Emergency physician Amish Shah won Arizona’s Democratic primary for a competitive House seat, defeating the establishment-backed candidate in a rebuke to party leadership and establishing a November matchup with Republican Jay Feely.
What a reporter learned covering the impact of USAID cuts on aid workers-turned-sex workers in Nepal
An AP reporter investigated how unemployed aid workers in Nepal, many of them LGBTQ+, turned to sex work after USAID’s dissolution eliminated 280,000 jobs worldwide.