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NYT alleges Microsoft, OpenAI knowingly used news articles in ‘largest labour theft in human history’
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 18 — OpenAI committed “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions” when it used millions of news articles to train its artificial intelligence models, the New York Times […]
Tariffs, rare earths and Iran: What could make or break the Trump-Xi summit on Sept 24
BEIJING, Sept 17 — Trade frictions between the world’s top two economies are set to take centre stage next week when US President Donald Trump hosts Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping […]
Indonesia ends two-week search for missing eight, including five journalists, after speedboat vanishes
JAKARTA, Sept 17 — Indonesian rescuers formally called off a search Thursday for eight people, including five journalists sent to cover a volcanic eruption, nearly two weeks after their speedboat […]
Japan Cabinet reshuffle keeps Takaichi’s top team intact as food tax cut looms
TOKYO, Sept 17 — Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi retained her key ministers in a cabinet reshuffle Thursday aimed at solidifying the ruling coalition and advancing a food tax cut […]
‘We cannot continue picking up bodies’: South Africa probes ninth woman’s death in two months
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 17 — South African police on Thursday recovered the ninth body of a woman east of Johannesburg in two months, as a string of murders continues to stoke […]
Syria issues first verdicts over Alawite minority killings: One death, one life, and one 20 years’ jail
ALEPPO, Sept 17 — Syria’s judiciary issued its first verdicts on Thursday over last year’s killing of hundreds of members of the Alawite minority on the Syrian coast. The court […]
‘We may have been negligent’: Indonesian army chief owns up to West Java bridge collapse on opening day
PANGANDARAN, Sept 17 — Indonesia’s army will review nearly 3,400 bridges it and the police have built nationwide after a suspension bridge collapsed in West Java on the day it […]
As haze chokes South-east Asia, Indonesia’s army throws everything at forest fires
PANGANDARAN, Sept 17 — As haze from Indonesia’s forest fires drifts into parts of Malaysia and Singapore, the Indonesian military says it is throwing everything it has at the problem […]
Japan set to tighten prostitution laws, targeting sex buyers online and on streets
TOKYO, Sept 17 — Japan should overhaul its prostitution law to punish those who seek to buy sex, experts recommended Thursday in proposals likely to lead to changes to the […]
The rise of AfD: How far-right gains in Berlin are rattling Germany’s establishment
BERLIN, Sept 17 — Two German state elections Sunday could deal a double blow to embattled Chancellor Friedrich Merz, two weeks after his party suffered a stunning defeat at the […]