The world urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, OpenAI head Sam Altman said Thursday at a summit in New Delhi to address the risks and opportunities posed by the fast-evolving technology. Altman, CEO of the company behind ChatGPT, has...
Canada has launched a new program to attract highly skilled immigrants, including specialized military recruits, as it moves to overhaul a system the government says had become unsustainable. Canada has for decades been a top destination for...
Iran’s atomic energy chief on Thursday said “no country can deprive Iran of the right” to nuclear enrichment, following fresh US warning that there were “many reasons” to strike the Islamic republic. The two foes...
Morocco announced Thursday that it would send military and police contributions to Gaza in the first public pledge by an Arab nation to the nascent international force. “Morocco is ready to deploy police officers and train policemen from...
When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth’s atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacular fireball that streaked across Europe’s skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of scientists rushing towards their...
The families of 35 Kenyans lured into fighting for the Russian army demanded on Thursday that their government take action to bring them home. Multiple media investigations, including one published earlier this month by AFP, have exposed how Russia...
The family of Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre slammed Britain’s former prince Andrew on Thursday following his arrest by UK police, saying “he was never a prince.” “At last, today, our broken hearts have been lifted...
Oil prices pushed higher Thursday on worries that nuclear talks between the United States and Iran might not avert a new conflict that could threaten supplies. On stock markets, a rally across Asia following gains by US tech heavyweights failed to...
Italy’s foreign minister on Thursday said the killing of a far-right activist in France “is a serious matter that concerns us all”, after Paris told Rome to keep out of its affairs. In a statement on X, Antonio Tajani said there...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff on Thursday vigorously defended accusations of irregularities regarding the engine and fuel of his cars for the 2026 Formula One season, going so far as to joke sarcastically about being involved in the Epstein affair. For...
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday Iran must make a “meaningful deal” in its negotiations with Washington in the next 10 days or else “bad things happen”, as he deployed warships, fighter jets and other military...
Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, will take a deputy commander role in a nascent International Stabilization Force in Gaza and Morocco will contribute troops, the unit’s American chief said Thursday. “I have...
The European Union is eager to begin Ukraine’s EU membership talks “as soon as possible”, European Council president Antonio Costa said Thursday, though he stopped short of setting a date. The US plan for an end to the war in Ukraine calls for...
Recruitment opened Thursday for a new police force in Gaza meant to take over security from Hamas, the new US-named high representative for Gaza announced. “Just in the first few hours, we have 2,000 people who have applied to join a new...
The United States stepped up pressure on the International Energy Agency on Thursday to drop net zero from its agenda, giving it a year to do so or risk Washington exiting the organisation. Speaking on the last day of an IEA ministerial meeting in...
