WARSAW: The US and Russian presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are to meet at a US air base in Alaska on Friday (Aug 15) for talks on the Ukraine war. Expectations are high for the first summit between sitting US and Russian presidents in more than four years, but…
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Spain has endured a devastating season of fires, with 157,501 hectares reduced to ashes since the start of the year, according to data from the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). Yet that figure is still well short of 2022, when more than 306,000 hectares went up in smoke. Three people have died during the fires, including two young volunteers in their thirties who lost their lives trying to put out a fire in the…
TAIPEI: Foxconn expects higher third-quarter revenue, it said on Thursday (Aug 14), on robust demand…
JOHANNESBURG :Australia have made a change to their bench for Saturday’s Rugby Championship clash against…
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JUDICIAL MERCY At the previous hearing, Ong’s defence team, led by Senior Counsel Cavinder Bull from Drew & Napier, had called for judicial mercy to be exercised in this case on account of Ong’s multiple, severe medical conditions. Mr Bull said Ong had a rare form of blood cancer known…
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“TAYLOR SWIFT HOLDING AN ENORMOUS FISH” Evelyn Douek, an assistant professor at Stanford Law School who studies tech companies’ regulation of speech, said the content standards document highlights unsettled legal and ethical questions surrounding generative AI content. Douek said she was puzzled that the company would allow bots to generate…
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VinFast’s founder Pham Nhat Vuong has agreed to buy the EV maker’s research and development arm for $1.52 billion, his latest cash injection into the loss-making Vietnamese company as it strives to break even by the end of 2026. The deal will involve Novatech Research and Development JSC, a Vietnam-incorporated…
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If you’ve always wanted to capture aerial shots of your adventures from East Coast Park to Entalula Beach, there are a host of drones for beginners that make the hobby more accessible. Many of these compact beginner drones have automated features that make it easy to get airborne. They’re also…
