Urgent need for 'global approach' on AI regulation: UN tech chief
The world urgently needs to find a global approach on regulating artificial intelligence, the United Nations' top tech chief said this week, warning that fragmentation...
Rain in northern China kills 2, forces thousands to relocate
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Heavy rain around Beijing and across north and northeast China has killed two and forced thousands to relocate as authorities warned of further wid...
New Zealand farmers battle pine forests to 'save our sheep'
New Zealand sheep farmers are fighting to stop the loss of pasture to fast-spreading pine plantations, which earn government subsidies to soak up carbon emissions.Conce...
Israel announces immediate resumption of Gaza aid airdrops amid growing hunger crisis
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it will resume airdrops of aid to Gaza Saturday night while disputing claims of deliberate starvation as the hunger crisis escalate...
Cambodia-Thailand conflict: Monks, dancers and volunteers offer respite as violence escalates
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Long-festering tensions over border territory have escalated into armed conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, leading to dozens of deaths on bo...
Israeli attacks, forced starvation kill more than 70 Palestinians in Gaza
The Israeli military has killed dozens of people in Gaza as the starvation crisis in the territory deepens amid an international outcry, with more Palestinians dying of...
'Welcome to hell': Freed migrants tell of horrors in Salvadoran jail
Mervin Yamarte left Venezuela with his younger brother, hoping for a better life.But after a perilous jungle march, US detention, and long months in a Salvadoran jail s...
RSF paramilitary-led coalition forms parallel government in war-torn Sudan
A Sudanese coalition led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group has announced it is establishing an alternative government in a challenge to the military-...
Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship Handala
Israeli forces intercepted the Handala, a Gaza-bound ship carrying aid and activists, within 70 nautical miles of its intended destination on Saturday night.“The occupa...
French official tells paper Arab countries will condemn Hamas, trying to get Palestinian statehood recognized
PARIS -Arab countries will for the first time condemn Hamas and call for its disarmament early next week at a United Nations ministerial event in New York, a move meant...