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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks on the Middle East as he meets Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong

US In 'Around-the-clock' Push Against Mideast War

US President Joe Biden held crisis talks on Monday on a potential Iranian counterattack on Israel as his administration said it was working around the clock to avoid all-out war in the Middle East.
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Elon Musk has revived a lawsuit against OpenAI and its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman

Elon Musk Suing OpenAI, Altman Again

Elon Musk revived a lawsuit on Monday against OpenAI, accusing its co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of betraying the artificial intelligence company's founding mission.
TikTok Lite arrived in France and Spain in April this year

TikTok, Bowing To EU, Withdraws Rewards Programme

TikTok will permanently remove a feature in a spinoff app in France and Spain that rewards users for watching and liking videos, bowing to pressure from European regulators, the EU and the Chinese-owned company said Monday.
Asian stocks were off to a shaky start following plunges on Wall Street

Stocks Hammered After US Data Fans Recession Fears

Trading boards showed a sea of red following another hefty day of losses on Wall Street, where heavyweight tech firms including Amazon and Microsoft took the brunt over worries an AI-fueled rally this year may have been overdone.
The driver of an Indonesian bechak, a traditional pedicap, sleeps in front of a market in Surakarta, Central Java. The economy of the country cooled slightly in the second quarter of 2024, according to latest data

Indonesian Growth Slows In Second Quarter

Growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy was 5.05 percent in the second quarter, slightly lower than the previous quarter's 5.11 percent, Statistics Indonesia said.
The yen has surged against the dollar to hit its strongest level since January

Asian Stocks Tank After US Data Fans Recession Fears

Tokyo led a plunge across Asian equities Monday, while the yen hit a six-month high after weak US jobs data fanned fears of a recession in the world's top economy and boosted bets on several Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.
Harris (top left) will choose between (L-R, top to bottom): Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, US Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, and US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Harris Set To Name VP Pick Ahead Of Swing State Tour

Kamala Harris will name her running mate as soon as Monday, as she prepares for a tour of US battleground states aimed at turning excitement over her presidential bid into durable support that can power her to victory.
Tech campaigners are calling for stricter guardrails around AI ahead of the US presidential elections in November between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

'Lies Are Flooding Feeds': AI Fakery Raises US Voter Manipulation Fears

A "deepfake" video parodying Kamala Harris, a manipulated expletive-laden clip of Joe Biden, and a doctored image of Donald Trump being arrested -- a tide of AI-fueled political disinformation has prompted alarm over its potential to manipulate voters as the US presidential race heats up.
Kamala Harris is rising in the polls and now level with Donald Trump, who had been leading the presidential race when faced with President Joe Biden

New Poll Shows Harris Strengthening Against Trump

A new poll confirmed Sunday that Kamala Harris -- set to name her vice presidential pick imminently -- has drawn level with Donald Trump, transforming a White House race that the Republican had been increasingly confident he was going to win.
Former US president and 2024 Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump blasted his election rival Kamala Harris as a "grossly incompetent" radical who "destroyed" the United States

Surging Harris, Trump Spar Over Debate Dates

Kamala Harris's campaign branded Donald Trump "scared" Saturday after he proposed changing the debate schedule, as the Republican rallied in Georgia seeking to blunt the vice president's surging momentum in her bid to become America's first woman president.
People near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank check the remains of a car reportedly hit by an Israeli drone strike, which Palestinian sources said killed five people

Nine Killed In Two Israeli West Bank Air Strikes

Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in separate air strikes in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian press agency Wafa reported, while the Israeli military said it had "eliminated terrorist cells".
The fatal stabbings in Southport have sparked huge protests, exacerbated by disinformation on social media

Fearful UK Mosques On Alert Over Far-right Protests

British Muslims voiced fear about far-right protests that have targeted UK mosques in recent days, as community leaders bolstered security at Islamic centres before more demonstrations planned for Saturday.
A handout image made available by the National Oceanography Centre shows a carnivorous sponge, Axoniderma mexicana, photographed during a recent expedition to the NE Pacific abyss and found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ)

Deep Sea Mining Opponents Hope To Score Regulatory Win

Opponents of deep sea mining hope to take a potentially significant step toward an international moratorium on Friday, as the sector's top international authority considers what could snowball into a key regulatory text.
US Vice President Kamala Harris said she was 'honored' to be named the Democratic presidential nominee

Harris Secures Democratic Presidential Nomination

US Vice President Kamala Harris effectively secured the Democratic party's presidential nomination Friday, confirming her remarkable rise to party standard bearer in November's showdown against Republican Donald Trump.

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