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Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for putting profits above humanity
Billionaire entrepreneur says Microsoft-backed company originally promised to make an open-source, non-profit company.
Kenya, Haiti sign ‘reciprocal’ agreement on police deployment: Ruto
The agreement would allow Kenyan police to lead a UN-backed mission in the gang-riven Caribbean nation.
Massive fire kills dozens in Dhaka restaurant building
At least 46 people have died after a massive fire spread through a multi-storey building housing restaurants in Dhaka.
Crowd chants name of Alexey Navalny at funeral in Russia
A large crowd was filmed chanting the name of Alexey Navalny as his body was carried into church for his funeral.
Biden and Trump visit US-Mexico border amid immigration crisis
Election frontrunners make competing visits, but while Biden seeks compromise, Trump deploys incendiary rhetoric.
Ukraine’s strategic goal in 2024 is to make Russia’s war felt in Moscow
Ukraine is doubling down on remote warfare to smash Putin’s power base and ability to fight.
Could AI deepen inequalities in the world?
AI is hailed as cutting-edge, but it risks replicating biases and disparities already in place in our world today.
Deadly fire rips through Bangladesh shopping centre
At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured after a fire raged through a six-storey building in Dhaka.
Who is Manuel Rocha, the US diplomat who accepted he spied for Cuba?
Rocha admitted to a four-decade betrayal of the US foreign service as a Cuban mole.
Palestinian boy rescued after 9 days under Gaza rubble
This Palestinian boy was pulled out of the rubble of his home 9 days after it was destroyed by an Israeli air attack.
As Israel strikes all around it, fear rises in Lebanon’s Sidon
Reeling from successive crises, the people of Sidon worry that the next one could come in the form of Israeli bombs.
Can US strikes on Yemen’s Houthis be justified as ‘self-defence’?
A US senator says such a claim is ‘laughable’ and calls on Biden to seek permission for strikes from Congress.
UN peacekeepers begin pullout from DR Congo’s restive east
Kinshasa has long accused the UN force of failing to protect civilians from the armed groups in the east of the country.
Israel’s war on Gaza: List of key events, day 147
Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing for food, generating a wave of condemnation.
More than 25,000 women and children killed in Gaza: US defence secretary
Austin’s estimate, in answer to a question by a congressman, is highest-level acknowledgement of Gaza’s huge death toll.
Gunfire paralyses Haiti as gang leader pushes for PM’s removal
Police stations and the international airport have come under attack in the chaos.
Flour massacre: How Gaza food killings unfolded, and Israel’s story changed
At least 112 Palestinians were killed after waiting for much-needed aid in Gaza.
At least 45 killed in Bangladesh after fire breaks out at shopping mall
People dining out and shopping suffocated or jumped to their deaths as firefighters battled to douse the flames.
George Galloway who campaigned against Gaza war wins UK by-election
George Galloway wins Rochdale seat by 12,335 votes after running on pro-Palestine campaign.
Vietnam orders control of workers, unions despite UN pledges, watchdog says
Directive 24 also urges officials to push back against foreign influence, The 88 Project says.