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Trump wants US to dominate AI as industry weighs benefits, risks
Generative artificial intelligence companies are racing to build on the popularity of programs like ChatGPT, but AI regulation has not kept pace with the technology. Now, an incoming administration could favor U.S. domination over risk mitigation. Tina Trinh reports.
At least 13 people killed in Nigeria stampedes at charity events
At least 10 killed in the capital, Abuja, and three killed in the town of Okija during charity distributions.
Biden signs funding bill into law, averting US government shutdown
President hails the passage of the legislation after days of uncertainty and negotiations that went down to the wire.
At least 32 people killed as bus and truck collide in Brazil
Passenger bus collides with truck near town of Lajinha in southeastern state of Minas Gerais, fire officials say.
Boy, 8, saves classmate with Heimlich manoeuvre
Thomas Conley was sitting next to Isaiah Rodriguez at lunch when he noticed something was wrong.
Syria and the stakes for regional powers
The fall of al-Assad has set off a new phase of jigsaw puzzling in the region.
'Shocking' rise in home-schooled pupils with SEND
Almost 300 children with special needs in Worcestershire are being home schooled.
'Shocking' rise in home-schooled pupils with SEND
Almost 300 children with special needs in Worcestershire are being home schooled.
Eight sentenced in France in connection with murder of teacher Samuel Paty
Teacher was stabbed and beheaded outside his school in Paris in 2020 after an online hate campaign.
The Iran-led axis of resistance in the aftermath of Syria’s upheaval
Iran's leader has emphasised that resistance cannot be broken through military strikes and political plots.
Trump and the return of the National ‘Emergy’
A new war on migrants, aimed at distracting from actual problems, is about to begin in America.
Governments and banks once mocked Bitcoin. Now they want in on it
After topping $100,000, Bitcoin supporters see the cryptocurrency soaring even higher.
Pakistan jails 25 Imran Khan supporters over attacks on military sites
Military court convicts civilians involved in 2023 unrest, with rights groups slamming ruling as ‘intimidation tactic’.
Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia, Russia takes Donetsk town
Residential buildings have been hit in the Russian city of Kazan, causing no casualties.
What are ‘non-crime hate incidents’ which have become so hated in the UK?
Children in England and Wales have been investigated by police for calling each other names, a study has found.
US State Dept gives nod to $5bn in potential arms sales for Egypt
Huge sale likely to go through despite ongoing concerns over Egyptian government’s human rights breaches,
The desperate last stand to save a forest from Tesla
In the German forest of Grunheide, hundreds of protesters occupied the trees to protest Tesla's expansion plans.
Don’t switch off – the world’s children have never needed you more
We all have a responsibility to make 2025 a better year for children everywhere.
Israel kills 7 children from one family in air strike on Gaza
UNRWA says Gaza has become a 'graveyard' as Israel continues its bombing campaign amid worsening living conditions.
Yemen’s Houthis hit Tel Aviv, Israel, with missile
Latest tit-for-tat attack follows Israeli air strikes on Sanaa and Hodeidah, which killed nine people earlier this week.