The European Union will not be able to compete in the global artificial intelligence race by hurting companies in other countries, US envoy to the EU Andrew Puzder told AFP on Thursday. The EU will next month unveil plans to boost Europe’s...
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An animal welfare charity has revealed it rescued more than 250 dogs from one UK home, with a photo of the scene prompting “disbelief” and false claims that the image was generated by artificial intelligence. The Royal Society for the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he ordered his cabinet to open direct talks with Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah and establish “peace relations” between the two countries. “In light of Lebanon’s repeated...
The International Monetary Fund expects to have to provide up to $50 billion in immediate financial assistance to countries affected by the Middle East war, its managing director said on Thursday, with the crisis likely to have lasting economic...
Britain said Thursday it had tracked and deterred three Russian submarines on an alleged month-long “covert operation” in UK waters in the North Atlantic near vital undersea cables and pipelines. Disclosing details of the joint mission...
France’s top general on Thursday said the possibility of a war with Russia in the next few years remained his “primary concern” as he defended efforts to ramp up defence spending. The chief of the defence staff General Fabien...
US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that US forces deployed near Iran would remain stationed in the area until a “real agreement” is reached, as Washington enters a fragile two-week ceasefire with Tehran. The truce reached...
A shallow 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said Thursday. The jolt struck at a depth of 10.4 kilometers (6.46 miles), some 104 kilometers east of Maumere...
Vietnam confirmed on Thursday that top leader To Lam will visit China next week at the invitation of counterpart Xi Jinping, his first foreign trip since becoming president. The Communist Party boss was elected president — the number two...
France on Thursday accused Hungary of “betrayal”, after investigative media published telephone conversations suggesting Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto passed on information to Russia. A consortium of Eastern European media...
An Australian couple has moved house, literally, after realising it was placed on the wrong plot of land. Melanie and David Moor said they set up their home to “relax” at a five-acre block two hours’ drive west of Melbourne. They...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday he is pushing a bill to fast-track a law guaranteeing at least one-third of lawmakers are women, and potentially expanding seats by two-fifths. If passed, the measure would sharply increase the...
Thousands of Iranians paid tribute on Thursday to the late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for nearly four decades until his killing in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the Middle East war. His son Mojtaba Khamenei has succeeded...
The European Union on Thursday called on Israel to halt its strikes on Lebanon which it said were endangering the US-Iran ceasefire. “Israeli actions are putting the US-Iran ceasefire under severe strain. The Iran truce should extend to...
US President Donald Trump is sending Vice President JD Vance and other negotiators to the Pakistani capital for talks with Iran that will begin on Saturday, the White House said. Trump “is dispatching his negotiating team led by the vice...