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Lawson, one of Japan's biggest convenience store operators, said it will roll out three new food items inspired by AI

Unexpected flavours

Pickle-flavoured tart? AI inspires Japan's convenience stores

Au Kam San, a former Macau lawmaker who was detained in July 2025, was the first person to face a closed trial

Against former pro-democracy lawmaker

Macau holds first closed-door national security trial

Livestream: MEP's react to Ursula von der Leyen's State of the European Union address

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee delivers Hong Kong's first five-year plan and his annual policy address at Central Government Offices chamber on September 16, 2026.

First 'Five-Year Plan'

Hong Kong unveils plan to align economy with China's goals

William Correia dreams of Brazil adopting El Salvador President Nayib Bukele's hardline approach to crime

Fighting organised crime

Brazilian voters the latest to eye Bukele security model with envy

Morning Roundup

Petrol surges past €2 a litre, Tour de Luxembourg starts, and nearly 6,000 students begin secondary school

Solar panels at the Dechencholing solar farm in Bhutan's capital city of Thimphu

In hydropowered Bhutan, solar starts to rise

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pushing back on calls for an AI slowdown

Following Anthropic warning

Meta chief pushes back on AI slowdown calls

Canada's PM Mark Carney will hear EU chief Ursula von der Leyen lay out the bloc's priorities

From AI to energy supplies

EU chief hosts Canada's Carney in push to 'deepen' alliance

Crops are drying out across Central America due to the El Nino climate phenomenon

'Never seen anything like this'

Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger - El Nino chokes Central America

US leaders at the G20 meeting of energy ministers in Houston touted American power and avoided discussing consequences of the Iran war

'Unleash the full potential of American energy'

US touts its power, avoids Iran war at G20 Energy meeting

UNESCO describes Palau's marine lakes as "natural laboratories" for science, yielding new species in a zone abundant with large coral.

Haunting World War II memories

US military buildup in Palau stirs war fears

Satellite images show the Inter-Korean Liaison Office, which Seoul says was destroyed by Pyongyang

Court orders N. Korea pay Seoul $32.5 mn for blowing up office

The symbolic vote is Piddington's response to a feeling that have not been listened to by government

Small town Brexit

Tiny English village holds 'independence' vote over asylum seeker housing

A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on September 15, 2026, shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) shaking hands with Saudi de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a welcoming ceremony at Cairo's International airport on September 15, 2026. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Cairo on September 15, ahead of meetings with the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian state-linked media said, as the kingdom reels from strikes by Yemen's Houthis.

Iran-backed fighters

Saudi, Egypt demand open Red Sea as Riyadh vows response to Houthi attacks

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni has a big hole to fill after the international retirement of Lionel Messi

Messi set for Argentina farewell in Benin friendly

Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals appeared in a campaign ad for Russian President Vladimir Putin

Capitals say hockey star Ovechkin 'was asked' to film Putin ad

Ed Sheeran, shown here performing at the Grammys in 2017, is facing tumult following the removal of Macklemore from his tour over comments in solidarity with Palestinian people

Promoter's decision?

Artists exit Sheeran tour in solidarity with Macklemore pro-Palestinian comments

The world's biggest AI companies are working on creating a standards body, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on Tuesday, amid fears about the dangers of artificial intellegence

Amid mounting concerns

AI giants pursue self-regulation as safety fears mount

Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes (R) looks on next to STF Justice Andre Mendonca during a heated session

Brazil's Supreme Court clashes over handling of probe involving judge

US Senator Bernie Sanders says decisions over AI's development have been made by 'a handful of the richest people in the world'

Future of Life Institute conference

Sanders, Bannon warn of AI dangers in rare US left-right alignment

A large protective tarp covers part of the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington

Following ruling

Trump threatens to keep Kennedy Center shut if his name not added

Students attend classes inside a temporary tent classroom on the first day of the new school year in La Guaira, Venezuela, which was hit hard by earthquakes in June

Empty seats as schools reopen in Venezuela's quake-hit Guaira

Prime Minister Mark Carney is pitching Canada as a safe investment haven to global investors gathered in Toronto as part of a push to diversity an economy that has become too reliant on the US

Diversifying options

Carney sells Canada to global investors but says US ties still key

The spike in oil energy costs caused by the Middle East crisis has put pressure on central banks to temper global inflation

Markets on edge as US Fed meets to tackle high inflation

Alex Saab (right) was a close associate of Venezuela's ousted president Nicolas Maduro

Maduro ally pleads guilty to US money laundering charges

In "A Talent for Murder," British actor Helen Mirren plays the American author Patricia Highsmith, author of the Tom Ripley novels

Admiration for writers

Helen Mirren delves into Patricia Highsmith's mind in 'A Talent for Murder'

Gender-based violence is endemic in South Africa

South Africa intensifies hunt after eight women found dead

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