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Average gas prices have risen above $4 again after US households saw some respite in recent weeks

Disrupted global fuel markets

US invites Venezuela to G20 energy summit

An online boom in non-consensual sexualized deepfakes currently outpaces efforts to regulate AI technology, experts say.

New York seizes 12 celeb deep-fake porn sites

Ukrainian trains have become a growing target for Russian drone and missile strikes

Russian attacks on Ukraine railways escalating every week: rail CEO to AFP

France's President Emmanuel Macron shook hands with Iraq's Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi during the Iraqi leader's first visit to Europe since taking office in May

Amid growing instability

France, Iraq deepen energy, defence ties during Zaidi visit

Senate Democrats have vowed to block government funding measures unless the legislation puts guardrails on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Ahead of midterms

Alarm over AI grows as divided US Congress struggles to act

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One

No immediate confirmation

Trump says Ukraine, Russia agree not to hit energy targets

Billionaire Aliko Dangote (C) launched an IPO of his refinery, which has become the largest supplier of jet fuel to Europe

Aiming to raise $1.6 billion

Nigeria's Dangote refinery launches continent's biggest IPO

British sprinter Amy Hunt was critical of Sydney Sweeney's commercial

'Kick in the face'

Women athletes condemn 'sexualised' Sydney Sweeney commercial

Actress Laura Linney plays a woman diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in the comedy-drama 'Onwards and Sideways'

'Rattled...in a good way'

For Laura Linney, role in Parkinson's-themed movie marked a turning point

UN High commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has called on countries and companies to rein in AI development

'Irreversible change'

UN calls for 'urgent action' to rein in AI in face of 'unprecedented risks'

Mazonakis was one of Greece's best-known pop stars and his funeral was held on Monday

Plasma exchange

Doctors face life sentence over Greek pop star's death

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called the LGBTQ community 'perverts'

Aimed at boosting 'traditional family values'

Dozens arrested in major anti-LGBTQ raids in Turkey

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says AI companies must work together to develop common safety standards

Slow the AI race? Investors weigh the potential cost

'We need frameworks' to regulate AI development, Thales chief Patrice Caine says

'We need frameworks'

French defence group Thales calls on governments to regulate AI

Voters across the Philippines' autonomous Muslim region BARMM headed to the polls

High turnout expected

Philippine Muslim enclave votes for parliament after deadly shooting

Caught with 150g of cocaine

German police checks at Luxembourg and Belgian borders uncover drug offences

Results of the Swedish election remained too close to call on Monday

Surprise setback to far-right Sweden Democrats

Sweden faces political uncertainty after election thriller

North Korea's women's football team were cheered on by pro-Pyongyang fans in Osaka at the Asian Games

Women's football

North Korea win 10-0 in Asian Games football mismatch

The recruits, nicknamed 'builders,' appeared on the streets in June

Poverty and no bins

In DR Congo streets, ex-hoods get tough on litter -- and locals

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney will be the first head of government to attend the State of European Union address, to be delivered next week by by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Visit a 'tremendous symbol'

Canada's Carney seeks closer Europe ties to counter hostile US

Filimonov will represent the ruling United Russia party in tightly-controlled parliamentary elections

'It is not an act'

Russia's Stalin-admiring provincial leader waging an ultra-conservative crusade

The Nagoya City General Gymnasium Rainbow Hall

'Serious shortage' of rooms

Beds too short in 'worst-ever' Asian Games rooms, say South Korea

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama sees reopening the Panguna mine as a crucial part of the region's bid for independence.

Closed since late 1980s

Bougainville leader says violence won't stop Panguna mine reopening

Genta Koja (front centre) celebrates with his supporters after winning the Okinawa gubernatorial election in Naha, Okinawa

Landslide victory

Japan's Okinawa ousts anti-US base governor

There have been nearly 1,300 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which more than 260 resulted in death, according to a database of shark encounters with humans

'Serious but stable condition'

Surfer hospitalised after shark attack in Western Australia

Elderly people using tablets during a government-organised digital survival training course at a senior community centre in Suwon

'Grey digital divide'

South Korea aims to save seniors lost in digital age

Left-wing opposition leader Magdalena Andersson is hoping to avoid a government backed by the far right

More than 90% of votes counted

Sweden's election too close to call as far right loses ground

Poland and Ukraine said Russia struck a Warsaw-bound train in west Ukraine but caused no casualties

Poland, Ukraine slam Russian strikes near border as 'escalation'

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