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Shares in technology firms including Samsung Electronics have taken a fall

From competition to chipmaking

Why are tech stocks tanking?

From August 2, companies must make sure their AI systems like chatbots make it clear to users they are AI, or when an image or text has been created using AI

Phased introduction

Made by AI? EU tells firms to stick a label on it from Sunday

The blaze has since Wednesday last week ravaged 42,000 hectares of pine forest -- an area larger than Detroit

Fears of new escalation

France and Spain race to contain fires before new heatwave

People prepare for a wedding photo shoot near Tokyo station during evening hour in Tokyo on May 23, 2021

Government-launched app

'Appy marriages: AI helps hundreds of Japanese wed

Crowds in Auckland give British Open champion Ryan Fox a hero's welcome home

Following maiden major

Open champion Fox welcomed home by thousands after 'whirlwind few days'

AI-powered cameras on bridges over Seoul's Han River are alerting first responders to people who might attempt to take their own lives

Frequent scene of despair

AI cameras spot suicide attempts in South Korea's capital

Joke had tattos all over her face and body

Reminders of cruelty

More than skin deep: Dutch abuse victims erase forced tattoos

One million animals -- including antelopes -- migrate through the South Sudanese site each year, leaving scars visible from the sky

First such listing

UN lists South Sudan antelope route as heritage in danger

England's Adam Ramsay-Peaty had to settle for two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games

Reduced to tears

Ramsay-Peaty beaten again as Australia reign supreme in Commonwealth pool

Robert Bush, a funeral director guilty of defrauding grieving UK families, arrives ahead of his sentencing at Hull Crown Court

UK funeral director faces jail over bodies left 'on racks'

France is expecting significant wildlife losses due to the fires near Bordeaux.

Trapped by flames

Wildlife face 'catastrophic' losses as France's forests burn

Brazil's Amazonas Theater in Manaus has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage

Belem and Manaus

Brazil's Amazonia theaters earn UNESCO World Heritage status

A protester raises his hands behind a fence as security forces stand guard outside Casa Rosada presidential palace in the Argentine capital during a visit of IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva

International Monetary Fund

IMF boss hails 'much sounder' Argentine economy under Milei

D4vd faces murder charges over the death and dismemberment of a young teenager

Gruesome accusations

US singer D4vd to stand trial in killing of teenage girl

Control of the Strait of Hormuz remains a hurdle to any peaceful resolution of the Iran war

Third consecutive day

Trump says 'good chance' of progress in Iran talks as foes hold fire

Dwellings in the Pantano del Burguillo campsite were burnt to ash

'We lost everything'

Spain wildfire burns campsite to ash, leaving tears and despair

Weather forecasters warn another heatwave could hit France from Tuesday

Spain and France

Fires in Europe: latest developments

A protest at the US Capitol last year against the Trump administration's cuts to HIV/AIDS funding

'Prevention disappears, infections rise'

HIV progress in 'real danger' as global funding plummets

The Hague-based International Criminal Court tries individuals for the world's worst crimes

Limited effectiveness

Chad says will withdraw from the International Criminal Court

Le Porge, a village west of Bordeaux, lost 183 homes in the huge wildfire burning in France's southwest

Fury of fire-ravaged French village at being 'sacrificed' for millionaires' peninsula

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press on board Air Force One, in the air en route to Michigan, on July 27, 2026

Mixed messaging

Trump sees 'good chance' for Iran deal, warns strikes could resume

Authorities closed a key border crossing from Argentina into Chile over the extreme snowfall

Border crossings shut as heavy snow coats Argentine Andes

India's youth-led movement, whose protests forced the education minister to resign, urged authorities to release all detained demonstrators

Nationwide demonstrations

India activists demand release of detained 'cockroach' protesters

American singer Carly Simon, seen here attending the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, says she has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

Singer Carly Simon diagnosed with Parkinson's: statement

Dozens of aircraft are flying fire-dousing missions over the blazes in Spain

Raging wildfires

Spain races to contain blazes before new heatwave

Regional train incident

Sixteen-year-old girl sexually assaulted on train near Trier

One woman died and 29 others were wounded in the attack in Berlin

Deadly vehicle and machete attack

German govt vows to toughen laws after jihadist attack on Pride event

France has evacuated thousands from tourist areas

Human-caused climate change

What are 'fire clouds', the ominous phenomenon seen in France?

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