Verstappen takes Red Bull’s record 12th win in a row
Formula One leader Max Verstappen won the Hungarian Grand Prix by a mighty margin on Sunday as his Red Bull team made history with a record 12th victory in a ...
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Italy PM Meloni seeks to build alliance to tackle illegal migration
Illegal flows of migrants are damaging all countries across the Mediterranean, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday, as she sought to forge a broad alliance of nations to ...
Netanyahu says doing ‘excellently’, plans to attend key reform vote on Monday (updated)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “doing excellently” after an overnight hospitalisation and vowed to be in parliament on Monday to vote for a disputed judicial reform that ...
Race towards ‘autonomous’ AI agents grips Silicon Valley
By Anna Tong and Jeffrey Dastin
Around a decade after virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa burst onto the scene, a new wave of AI helpers with greater autonomy is ...
Small businesses want a piece of Barbie’s world
It is Barbie’s world, and U.S. small businesses hope their social-media marketing can help them cash in on it.
From Malibu makeovers to striped dog bandanas to hot ...
One killed in bridge collapse in the Greek city of Patras
Part of a bridge collapsed on Sunday along a ring road in Patras, Greece’s third-largest city, killing one person and injuring eight, the fire brigade said.
Fire brigade rescuers ...
Russian attack on Odesa kills one, damages cathedral, Ukrainian officials say
A Russian air attack on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa early on Sunday killed one, injured nearly 20 and badly damaged an Orthodox cathedral, Ukrainian officials said, adding the icon ...
Pope urges world leaders to do more to tackle climate change
Pope Francis said on Sunday that recent heat waves across many parts of the world and flooding in countries such as South Korea showed that more urgent action was needed ...
Ryanair says flights to and from Greek island Rhodes operating as normal
Ryanair RYA.I said on Sunday that its flights to and from the Greek island of Rhodes are operating as normal and unaffected by a wildfire that forced thousands of ...
UK’s Gove warns against treating tackling climate change as ‘religious crusade’
British housing minister Michael Gove warned on Sunday against making tackling climate change “a religious crusade”, days after the governing Conservatives narrowly won a local election by opposing charges for ...
UK band The 1975 cancels Indonesia, Taiwan shows after Malaysia LGBT controversy
British band The 1975 said on Sunday they have cancelled shows in Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, a day after Malaysia banned them from performing there after their frontman kissed a bandmate ...
Five dead after heavy rains in eastern China, crops damaged in northeast
Five people died and two were missing, after heavy rain burst a river bank in a village near eastern China’s Hangzhou city on Saturday, flooding houses and carrying away ...
Spain votes in election that could see Socialists lose power (updated)
Spaniards began voting on Sunday in a potentially close-run general election that could see Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s governing Socialists lose power and a far-right party make up part ...
Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to ‘all the birds’
Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds”.
In ...
Meta opens AI model to commercial use, throwing nascent market into flux
Meta (META.O) is releasing a commercial version of its open-source artificial intelligence model Llama, the company said on Tuesday, giving start-ups and other businesses a powerful free-of-charge alternative to ...
Microsoft to charge more for AI in office, secure Bing from leaks
Microsoft (MSFT.O) this week said it would charge at least 53 per cent more to access new artificial intelligence features in its widely used office software, in a glimpse at ...
Tesla’s Elon Musk optimistic on progress for self-driving, robots
Tesla (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk on Wednesday set new targets for artificial intelligence products including self-driving software and using humanoid robots in factories, though he acknowledged he’s ...
Iraqis try to protest at Danish Embassy after reports Koran was burned
Iraqi security forces fired tear gas to repel hundreds of protesters as they tried to get to the Danish Embassy in Baghdad early on Saturday after reports a Koran was ...
Russian journalist killed, three wounded near Ukraine frontline
A war correspondent for Russia’s RIA news agency was killed and three other Russian journalists were wounded by shelling near the frontline in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on ...
Man City hungry for more success next season, Guardiola says
Manchester City are ready to chase more glory after reaching historic heights last season, manager Pep Guardiola said, as the treble winners prepare for the new campaign with a tour ...
Stanway’s second-chance penalty gives England 1-0 win over debutant Haiti
England’s Georgia Stanway made sure her retaken penalty counted to give the Lionesses a 1-0 victory over debutants Haiti in a dramatic World Cup opener for both teams on ...
Thousands march as vote on curtailing Israel court’s powers nears
Thousands of Israelis opposed to a judicial overhaul planned by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched into Jerusalem on Saturday, as pressure mounts on his rightist government to scrap a bill ...
Peruvian court opens door to legally recognize same-sex couples
A Peruvian high court has ordered same-sex unions to be legally registered in public records, marking a victory for the LGBTQ community in a country that has been reluctant to ...
Dramatic fossil shows pugnacious mammal attacking a dinosaur
While there is little doubt that many a Mesozoic mammal became a meal for a dinosaur, it may come as a surprise to learn that some mammals also dined on ...