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The release of the Kimi K3 model is putting pressure on the United States to decide whether to regulate or rely on Chinese AI

'Panic needs to stop'

Trump under pressure over Chinese AI surge

An abortion rights activist holds a box of mifepristone during a rally in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, DC

Against Trump administration rule

US court rules abortion pill restrictions 'unlawful'

Italy's Jannik Sinner and Serbia's Novak Djokovic have both withdrawn from the Montreal Masters

Sinner, Djokovic withdraw from Montreal Masters

US President Donald Trump has threatened the European Union with fresh tariffs after it slapped Google with a massive fine

Threatened new tariffs

Trump says EU to pay 'very big price' for Google fine

Anthropic is currently at odds with the Trump administration, which has terminated all of its government contracts with the company

Amid fierce competition

Anthropic bets on cheaper AI with new model

Large smoke plumes from the fires could be seen from neighbouring towns along the Atlantic coast

Cap Ferret peninsula

Many thousands flee burning France holiday haven by road and sea

More than 1,000 people have been killed in the DR Congo and Uganda since the outbreak emerged in May

Following deadly outbreak

First person vaccinated during trial of new Ebola jab

Thousands of protesters led by the social media-driven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement rallied in New Delhi

Following protests

'Cockroach' protest leaders, India govt say no breakthrough in talks

Cutting-edge AI models have drawn concern over their ability to identify software vulnerabilities

Has AI become too powerful to control?

Iryna Terekh heads Fire Point, a company that has become one of the driving forces behind Ukraine's long-range strike capabilities in the war with Russia

Iryna Terekh: the trained architect behind Ukraine's deep-strike drones

More civilians have died this summer than in any period since the first months of Russia's invasion, according to the UN

Near Saint Petersburg

At least 21 killed in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes

US singer Chris Brown leaves a UK court after pleading guilty to affray during a 2023 London nightclub brawl

Public order offence

US singer Chris Brown admits new brawl charge, avoids UK trial

UK PM Andy Burnham (R) officially opened No 10 North in Manchester on Friday

Decentralising power

UK PM Burnham back in Manchester to kickstart English 'devolution'

US singer Chris Brown leaves a UK court after pleading guilty to affray during a 2023 London nightclub brawl

Public order offense

US singer Chris Brown admits new affray charge, avoids UK trial

Green energy lag

Luxembourg trailing most of EU in renewable energy consumption

The ECB has been gradually cutting interest rates as inflation eases

Future of the euro

ECB unveils possible new euro banknote designs

Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russian online retail giant Wildberries with drone attacks this week

E-commerce giant

Wildberries: Russia's Amazon that became a target for Kyiv

Ships sail near the Strait of Hormuz off the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates at Khor Fakkan on July 13, 2026

'Human rights crisis'

UN urges evacuation of 6,000 sailors stranded in Hormuz strait

Shares in South Korea and Japan led losses across Asian markets, tracking a selloff on Wall Street

Oil prices retreat after surge, as stock markets diverge

Rugby union is in the spotlight over brain injuries

Involving hundreds of players

Rugby brain injury court case at risk of collapse

A beach in Andernos-Les Bains during a fire in the Lege Cap-Ferret forest, southwestern France

At least 80 homes burnt

Some 40,000 people evacuated due to wildfire in southwest France: minister

The Philippines says China's coast guard blasted a Filipino government vessel with a water cannon near a disputed South China Sea reef

Scarborough Shoal

Philippines says ship hit by Chinese water cannon at disputed reef

Seven-month-old Punch was abandoned by his mother and became an internet sensation after clips of him clinging to a plush orangutan toy for comfort -- and seemingly being roughhoused by fellow monkeys -- proliferated online

Cute and famous

Baby monkey Punch to celebrate first birthday

President Donald Trump said the United States is 'not finished at all' with its attacks on Iran

Up to 12.5 percent

US imposes new tariffs on 60 partners as Trump rebuilds trade agenda

Zohran Mamdani

Second homes tax

New York introduces new annual tax on luxury second homes

South Korea's SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won has been ordered to make a large divorce payment to his ex wife

'Divorce of the century'

South Korean tycoon ordered to pay $644m in divorce

Thousands of ethnic Kabye men aged 18 to 20 take part in the ancestral rite of passage in the west African nation's Kara region every year

Wrestling to become a man in Togo's ancestral rite of passage

Hundreds have fled by boat from the Cap Ferret peninsula

Hundreds flee French peninsula by boat to escape wildfire

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