MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man was killed by a shark as he swam off a Western Australian city beach Friday, police said. Search boats and helicopters extensively searched the ocean off Sorrento Beach in Perth’s northern suburbs after the late morning attack without finding any trace of the victim
By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Humanoid robot brains are likely to achieve a breakthrough as soon as mid-2027, but their deployment in homes could take at least eight years as model development faces a data bottleneck, leading Chinese embodied AI firm Spirit AI said this week. Despite i
MINNA, Nigeria, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Residents of a city in central Nigeria took to the streets to protest overnight after at least 33 detainees were found dead in the custody of a paramilitary force that raided suspected illegal gold mines. Reuters filmed 33 bodies laid out in a ward at the General
TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor estimates it could cost 1 trillion yen ($6.4 billion) annually from 2028 to modernise its factories as the world’s biggest carmaker accelerates automation and robotics deployment. Across the industry, automakers are turning to robotics to cut costs and address
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The deadly collapse of a multistory building in Gaza has drawn new attention to the hardships facing Palestinians there nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas promised to kickstart reconstruction. But as talks faltered, plans for rebuilding stalled.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A search has ended for those missing after a passenger ferry sank in rough seas off the coast of Vanuatu, with 39 people believed dead, an official told The Associated Press on Friday. No more people have been pulled from the water since last weekend, when 14 survivors
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s king on Friday granted former Prime Minister Najib Razak a rare royal clemency, allowing him to serve the remainder of his prison term for graft under house arrest. The decision came at a suddenly convened Pardons Board meeting, a week after the board deferre
By Tom Balmforth and Felix Hoske LONDON/KYIV, Sept 18 (Reuters) – The bodies of passengers strewn across a bloodied suburban railway platform near Kyiv last month bore grim testament to the escalating air war dominating the conflict in Ukraine. They were among eight people killed in a barrage of Rus
PARIS, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Paris prosecutors have opened a criminal probe into suspected sexual harassment involving smart glasses, while French data protection authorities have received complaints from businesses, as countries around the world grapple with the devices’ social impact. There are seve
SEOUL, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Chipmaker SK Hynix’s US subsidiary Solidigm is considering building a factory to manufacture NAND flash memory chips in the United States, with upstate New York a leading candidate for the site, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The South Korean chipmaker
Sept 18 (Reuters) – Chinese chipmaker CXMT is preparing to enter the booming flash memory chip market dominated by Samsung Electronics and other foreign rivals, three people with knowledge of the matter said, a move that would broaden its customer base amid a global memory shortage. The move would a
By Ashwin Manikandan and Gopika Gopakumar MUMBAI, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Apple is poised to launch Apple Pay in India next month with Axis Bank’s credit cards, three sources familiar with the matter said, as it works to expand support among the country’s lenders. The launch, starting with a single majo
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia welcomed its first aircraft carrier on Friday, a former Italian warship that the government says will strengthen the archipelago nation’s maritime security and disaster response capabilities. The 41-year-old former ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi, with capacity for short t
By Tamiyuki Kihara, Makiko Yamazaki, Takaya Yamaguchi and Leika Kihara TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) – When Japanese finance minister Satsuki Katayama called Scott Bessent for help to support the cratering yen in June, her U.S. counterpart’s response was familiar: If Tokyo wanted assistance, it had to ge
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy that was adopted early in US President Donald Trump’s administration that required the US Department of Education to terminate millions of dollars in grants funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiativ
By Blake Brittain Sept 17 (Reuters) – OpenAI and Microsoft executives privately described their AI products as substitutes for journalism, according to court filings made public on Thursday that the New York Times and other news outlets say gut the tech companies’ fair-use defense in a closely watch
US, Morocco and Israel Agree to Upgrade Embassies, Restore Direct Flights By The Media Line Staff The United States, Morocco and Israel have agreed to deepen diplomatic and economic ties, with Morocco and Israel moving to upgrade their diplomatic missions to full embassies, exchange ambassadors and
Aoun, King Abdullah To Join Macron for Paris Talks on Post-UNIFIL Security By The Media Line Staff Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Jordan’s King Abdullah II are set to join French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris Thursday for talks aimed at strengthening the Lebanese Armed Forces and shaping an
IDF Chief Reportedly Declares ‘Hamas Is Defeated’; Rafah Brigade Commander Killed By The Media Line Staff Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir reportedly told Israel’s political leadership that “Hamas has been defeated,” while the IDF announced Wednesday that it and the Shi
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has approved visas for top Iranian officials, including the president and foreign minister, to attend next week’s U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting in New York even as the two countries are locked in a stalemated war. The State Department said Thursd
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators made a brief initial appearance Thursday before a Minnesota judge after state authorities arrested him ahead of a separate hearing in fed
Sept 17 (Reuters) – An Iranian delegation will be allowed to attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week, the State Department said on Thursday. “The delegation will be under travel restrictions and will face prohibitions on the purchase of luxury and other goods per our policy.
JUBA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – At least 26 people have been killed and 82 others injured in Abyei town on the border between South Sudan and Sudan after clashes between two rival tribes, the United Nations said in a statement on Thursday. • Abyei is an oil-rich area that is jointly administered by South
Sept 17 (Reuters) – The United States imposed sanctions Thursday on 11 Cuban entities related to nickel reserves and military enterprises that it said were part of a system that enriched the elite, hurting ordinary Cubans. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said four state-run enterprises related to
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baker Mayfield doesn’t need extra motivation after a turnover-filled performance in Week 1. His former team provides it anyway. Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the Cleveland Browns on Sunday in their home opener after starting the season with a 33-27 loss at Cincin
By Marta Serafinko Sept 17 (Reuters) – A diminutive wild cat that inhabits Bolivia’s cloud forest has been identified as a previously unknown species, marking the first time a new living cat species has been formally named and described in more than a century. The cat, called Tilcayo by local commun
Sept 17 (Reuters) – India’s markets regulator has barred telecom infrastructure firm Kore Digital from raising money from the public and blocked its migration to the main stock exchange board, alleging financial irregularities. In a notification issued on Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Board
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA, Sept 17 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is preparing an executive order to ban online casino operations in the country, four people familiar with discussions within the presidential office told Reuters, with the proposal expected to be issued in the coming days. Pres
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burna Boy is returning to Stade de France for another historic moment, headlining halftime at the NFL’s first regular-season game in Paris. The Grammy-winning Nigerian star will perform Oct. 25 when the Pittsburgh Steelers face the New Orleans Saints at Stade de France, the league
Sept 17 (Reuters) – Nvidia-backed CoreWeave said on Thursday it plans to raise $3 billion through a convertible debt offering, highlighting the massive funding needs to support the AI infrastructure buildout. Shares of the neocloud were down more than 3% in early trading. Through the last close, the
