August Hanning, the former president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected treasonous espionage, the disclosure of state secrets and attempted treason, placing
OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models accessed publicly available information from US government websites, including those operated by the Census Bureau and the Securities and Exchange Commission, people familiar with the matter said. The
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China’s rapid push into artificial intelligence and humanoid robotics is attracting billions of dollars in investment, but economists and business leaders are warning that the transformation carries risks ranging from excessive valuations
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Sri Lankan authorities have completed a five-day workshop aimed at developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for responding to radiological and nuclear emergencies within the country’s territorial waters. The programme concluded in Colombo
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The Houthis have since become more active, adding to the risks surrounding commercial shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Following the October 7 attacks, the movement intermittently entered the conflict with Israel
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The Houthis’ ability to sustain their military campaign against commercial shipping in the Red Sea depends heavily on continued access to smuggled arms, components and manufacturing equipment, according to a brief by
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of violating a confidential agreement by publicly disclosing the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea,
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Authorities in Sri Lanka’s Mannar District are preparing to launch a boat service allowing visitors to view all eight sandbanks associated with Adam’s Bridge, also known as Ramar Palam, as part of
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India’s government has become a central focus of a bitter struggle over the future of Tata, the country’s largest conglomerate, as rival camps lobby senior officials over the leadership of its main
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Volkswagen chief executive Oliver Blume has secured stakeholder backing for his turnaround plan, but the German carmaker now faces difficult negotiations over job cuts and plant closures, alongside unresolved questions about its
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Brussels has told British Prime Minister Andy Burnham that Britain should raise tariffs on Chinese cars and align more closely with European Union trade policy to avoid barriers to key British exports,
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Cambodia is gathering evidence against suspected masterminds behind large-scale cyber fraud operations, the country’s anti-scam minister said, as critics question whether the government’s crackdown has reached the senior figures and networks responsible
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Russia’s fleet of ships sailing under its national flag has grown by more than a third since January 2025, as Moscow seeks to keep oil and gas exports moving despite growing Western
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President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s appeal to the “real me” raises a deeper question about modern political persuasion: can sincerity be declared into existence? From Winnicott’s “false self” to impression management, attribution theory
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Mark Zuckerberg is betting that Meta’s next major artificial intelligence product will become a personal agent capable of handling much of everyday life online. Muse, unveiled at Meta’s developer conference in Menlo
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For Mongolian herder Ganchimeg, a GPS tracker recently helped avert the loss of her entire flock after hungry sheep strayed towards a salt lake in the Gobi Desert. With vegetation scarce, the
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