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AI "Not A Monopoly Of Great Powers": Chinese Media Flags US' "Double Standards"
The White House earlier this year accused China of stealing US artificial intelligence labs' intellectual property on an industrial scale.
New Zealand Parliament Passes Free Trade Deal With India, Cuts Tariffs
Under the deal, all Indian goods will receive duty-free access to New Zealand.
AI Is Not A "Monopoly Of Great Powers": Chinese Media
AI is a new domain for human development and China encourages open-source and open practices, providing companies, including from the US, access to open-source models, People's Daily wrote in a commentary.
Mecca Put On Air Raid Alert For First Time In History As Houthis Target Saudi
The unprecedented alert was triggered after the kingdom was repeatedly targeted by the Iran-backed Houthis in recent days.
US Set To Approve $2.8 Billion Arms Package For Israel: Report
The Washington Post said the package -- funded with US taxpayer dollars -- featured some of the most destructive munitions in Western arsenals, including 20,000 MK-84s, 20,000 BLU-117s, and 20,000 I-2000 Penetrator warheads.
'Why Is Putin's Friend Funding Trump's Son's Wedding?' US Congress Begins Probe
The Democrats' move comes on the heels of an article by ProPublica that a Russian oligarch, Umar Kremlev, paid for wedding festivities for Donald Trump Jr. in the Bahamas in May.
OpenAI Backs Bills In US Congress On AI, Biological Weapon Threats
The ChatGPT-maker is endorsing the Web of Biological Data Act, the AI-Ready Bio-Data Standards Act and the Scale Biology Act, the spokesperson said. Politico earlier reported the endorsements.
US Announces Visa Curbs Over South Africa "Race-Based Discrimination"
The new restrictions target South Africans who "enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority ethnic or racial groups," the US State Department said.
NBC helicopter crash in LA kills at least three people with others injured
Accident occurred as news crews in Los Angeles were covering a bus crash that had killed at least two people hours earlierA news helicopter crash in a Los Angeles neighborhood has killed at least three people, after it came to the ground and burst into flames near the site of a bus crash that occurred hours earlier.The helicopter crashed near a one-storey commercial building in the neighborhood of Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley, as news crews were covering the bus crash that left at least two people dead and six others injured, according the Los Angeles Fire Department. Continue reading...
Trump Threatens To Keep Kennedy Center Shut If His Name Not Added
Trump himself called into the board meeting and berated a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the board and filed the lawsuit that blocked its renaming, CNN reported.
Several Explosions Heard On Iran's Qeshm Island: Report
Several explosions were heard on Iran's Qeshm island, Iranian official IRNA news agency reported, citing local sources as saying, adding the sounds appeared to have come from the direction of the sea.
UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions
Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean linesA mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon, the famed Greek temple that overlooks Athens.Scholars have marvelled at the building on the Acropolis hill for more than 2,000 years and heaped praise on its architects for their clever use of geometry. Its subtle curves are said to correct optical illusions that would have otherwise ruined the Parthenon’s clean lines. Continue reading...
Sep 16, 2026