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Moonshot AI calls Kimi K3 the world's first open-source model of its size

'Closest to the frontier yet'

China's Moonshot AI chases 'DeepSeek moment' with much-hyped model

Pakistani authorities have carried out housing demolitions, roadside identity checks and told Afghans to leave as part of a crackdown on undocumented residents

'Large-scale crackdown' on undocumented residents

Pakistan pressures Afghans in border province to leave

A goal from Pedro Porro sealed Spain's place in the final in the team's 2-0 semifinal win over France

Vocal critic of President Trump

Spain PM Sanchez to attend World Cup final: govt

Critics have long argued that the complex clashes with Tbilisi's historic skyline

Georgia capital to demolish unfinished landmark amid political feud

Argentina's players hold up a banner saying

Longstanding territorial dispute

Argentina await FIFA decision over displaying World Cup Falklands banner

Chinese AI models are catching up to the most powerful offerings from the United States

'Symphony of international cooperation'

China's Xi says AI should not be dominated by one country

Australian Olympic cyclist Rohan Dennis has broken his silence over the death of his wife

Five-year driving ban

Australian cyclist Dennis admits driving while disqualified

Princess Aiko, the popular daughter of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, is barred from ascending to the throne under the current rules

Despite growing public support

Japan imperial rules tweaked, but still no woman emperor

Protesters hold placards reading such as "Bring back Fedorov" and "A major step backward" during a demonstration against Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to dismiss Ukraine's former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, in Kyiv on July 16, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Largest protests since 2022

Bitter row splits Ukraine's military leadership after defence minister ousted

Hydrogen trains use fuel cells to generate electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen, emitting only water and steam

$12-million project

India launches first hydrogen-powered train in clean energy push

Extreme weather

Tornado sweeps woman into air and overturns lorries near Lyon

Petula Clark, now 93, is planning a concert in London

Veteran British star

Petula Clark, 93, hopes real singers will survive the AI tide

The Japanese flag flutters in the wind from the top of the Bank of Japan headquarters in central Tokyo. A new law criminalises the act of damaging the flag in a manner that causes significant discomfort or revulsion to others

Worries over freedom of expression

Japan outlaws flag desecration despite critics

Vania Tavares collects black sand from the beach near the town of Ribeira da Barca, Cape Verde

'My only alternative'

Women sand miners toil stripped Cape Verde beach

Miners taking part in wind turbine operation training at the Gorzyca Wind Farm

Green transition

From coal pits to wind turbines, Polish miners rise to the occasion

Tech shares after investors viewed a presentation by Claude owner Antrhopic as less threatening than feared to incumbent technology companies

More AI, fewer people?

Startups bet on AI -- and a leaner future

This screen grab from a SpaceX live webcast shows SpaceX's Starship rocket ten minutes before its scheduled launch from South Padre Island, Texas, on July 16, 2026, ahead of an abrupt scrub of the test

SpaceX abruptly scrubs Starship test flight

Morning Roundup

Trump alleges Chinese election interference, Trier University mourns killed student, and World Cup nears finale

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

Agreement 'dismantled'

US strikes Iran as Tehran warns of Mideast reprisals

US President Donald Trump gestures after delivering an address to the nation in which he warned Americans that election integrity was at risk

White House address

Fact Check: Trump's primetime speech rehashing election claims

US Vice President JD Vance (C) walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir (L) and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad on April 11, 2026

Following Iran war mediation

Defence and minerals: inside Pakistan's lobbying push in Washington

Skyroot Aerospace's plans to launch India's first privately developed orbital-class rocket before August 4 mark the next major step for the growing Indian space industry

Ambitious goals

India's space sector takes off as private rocket readies launch

Elon Musk's Starlink dominates the global satellite communications sector with thousands of satellites in orbit and operations in dozens of countries

In case of conflict with China

Taiwan lawmakers to remove legal hurdles for Starlink to operate

Since opening the sector to private players in 2020, India has become home to more than 400 space startups

Reshaping ambitions

India's private space industry shoots for the stars

France will take on Japan in the Nations Championship on Saturday in Tokyo

Nations Championship

Japan, France ready for tussle in steamy Tokyo

The Nana Backpackers Hostel in Laos' Vang Vieng where two Australian victims of tainted alcohol poisoning were reportedly staying

Six tourists dead

Australia protests Laos response to 2024 tainted alcohol deaths

Central Asia is seeing an increasing number of failed -- sometimes fatal -- cosmetic procedures

Social media trend

Central Asia's unbridled cosmetic surgery boom

The Venezuelan town of Anare was miraculously unscathed by the earthquakes on June 24

Miraculously unscathed

'Blessed town' on Venezuelan coast escapes quake damage

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