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South Korea turns to AI dolls to combat elderly loneliness
YONGIN (South Korea), June 11 — In her tiny apartment in South Korea, where she lives alone, 78-year-old Bang Chun-ja spends her days with a childlike AI-powered doll she says […]
Sweden withdraws proposal to jail 13-year-olds, eyes revised age of 14 instead
STOCKHOLM, June 11 — Sweden’s right-wing government withdrew Thursday a heavily contested proposal to lower the age at which children can be sentenced to prison from 15 to 13, citing […]
UK defence minister John Healey quits, says Starmer’s spending plans leave Britain less safe
LONDON, June 11 — British defence minister John Healey quit on Thursday in a dispute over military spending, accusing Prime Minister Keir Starmerof failing to commit the government resources that […]
Cyprus court seizes Jho Low’s RM30.5m villa in Ayia Napa over 1MDB-linked money laundering case
KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — A court in Cyprus has ordered the seizure of a luxury villa belonging to fugitive Malaysian businessman Low Taek Jho, better known as Jho Low, […]
UK minister brands Northern Ireland unrest ‘racist thuggery’ after anti-immigration violence
BELFAST, June 11 — Two days of anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland is nothing short of racist thuggery, Britain’s minister for the province said on Thursday, after police deployed water […]
‘I never victimised anyone’: Bill Gates denies wrongdoing in Jeffrey Epstein testimony to US lawmakers
WASHINGTON, June 11 — Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates denied Wednesday that he had “victimised anyone” as he began closed-door testimony to US lawmakers over his relationship with notorious sex offender […]
Iran says water restored to 20,000 after ‘war crime’ US strikes hit reservoirs
TEHRAN, June 11 — Water supply to villages in southern Iran have been restored after US strikes hit reservoirs, state television reported on Thursday, in what Iranian officials described as […]
Iran declares truce all but dead after fresh US strikes
TEHRAN, June 11 — Iran warned on Thursday that the shaky ceasefire in the three-month Middle East war was now “practically meaningless” following fresh strikes by the United States that […]
Wanted Australian biker gang figure caught hiding in private jet toilet in Bali
DENPASAR, June 11 — Indonesian authorities arrested an Australian fugitive hiding in the lavatory of a private jet as it was about to take off from the resort island of […]
Thai court sentences two Uyghurs to death for 2015 Bangkok shrine bombing
BANGKOK, June 11 — Two Chinese Uyghur men were sentenced to death today for carrying out a 2015 attack on a Bangkok shrine that killed 20 people, a long-awaited […]