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SpaceX halts Starship test flight launch less than a minute before liftoff

The 407-foot (124-metre) rocket was poised to begin a space-skimming journey from Texas extending halfway around the world

Gunmen open fire, killing at least 25 people in twin attacks in Honduras

First incident took place at a plantation in the municipality of Trujillo in northern Honduras, where at least 19 workers were shot and killed, according to Public Prosecutor's Office spokesperson

Despite 'good signs' in Iran talks, 'other options' remain on table: Rubio

US Secretary of State added that there were 'good signs' in the ongoing negotiations between the US and Iran despite weeks of back-and-forth on a sustainable end to the war

US charges former Cuban President Raul Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown

The indictment was related to Castro's alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue

Australian court penalises X Corp $465K for breach of online safety rules

The ruling ends a three-year legal battle in which X had argued it was not obliged to answer eSafety's questions

Asian shares rally after oil prices slip, Wall Street resumes its AI rally

South Korea's Kospi soared 8 per cent to 7,787.74, helped by strong buying of technology shares such as Samsung Electronics, which gained 7.5 per cent

Nvidia Q1 result beats Wall Street estimates on massive AI chip demand

Artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia earned $58.32 billion, or $2.39 per share, in the February-April period, up from $18.78 billion, or 76 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier

Harvard tightens grading norms making it harder for undergrads to earn A's

They said the reform would ensure that 'a Harvard A grade will now tell students, as well as employers and graduate schools, something real about what a student has achieved'

Samsung faces major strike after wage talks with union fall apart

After the latest round of talks ended without a breakthrough on Wednesday, union leader Choi Seung-ho told reporters that unionized workers will begin an 18-day strike from Thursday

Trump discloses thousands of stock trades in cos influenced by his policies

US law bans federal employees from holding financial assets that could be impacted by their policy work, but there is a carveout for the president

Putin heads to China days after Trump's visit as Beijing balances ties

Putin is scheduled to be in China on Tuesday and Wednesday in a visit likely to be closely watched as Beijing seeks to maintain stable relations with US while also preserving strong ties with Russia

Ebola outbreak in Congo kills 131, over 500 suspected cases reported

World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday declared the Ebola outbreak a public health emergency of international concern

OpenAI avoids costly court loss to Elon Musk, but both sides left bruised

Musk had accused OpenAI, Altman and his top lieutenant Greg Brockman of betraying a shared vision for it to remain a nonprofit dedicated to guiding AI's development for the good of humanity

Japan's economy expands at 2.1% annual pace, boosted by consumer spending

Private consumption rose 0.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter, or at an annualised rate of 1.1 per cent, according to the preliminary data from the Cabinet Office

Asian shares mixed, Kospi falls nearly 4% as oil prices keep swinging

Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 0.6% in morning, erasing initial gains after the government reported that the economy grew for the 2nd straight quarter in Jan-Mar due to better than expected consumer spending

NYT sues Pentagon for second time over Hegseth's media restrictions

On X, Defence Department spokesperson Sean Parnell called the NYT's latest lawsuit 'nothing more than an attempt to remove the barriers to them getting their hands on classified information'

Court rejects Musk's claims against OpenAI, saying lawsuit filed too late

The nine-person jury found that Musk waited too long to file his lawsuit and missed the deadline for the statute of limitations

Called off planned strikes on Iran at request of Gulf allies: Trump

Trump has been threatening for weeks that the ceasefire struck in mid-April could end if Iran did not strike a deal, with shifting parameters for striking such an agreement

Teenage gunmen kill 3 in hate attack at San Diego mosque, die by suicide

Among those killed was a mosque security guard, who police believe 'played a pivotal role' in keeping the attack from being 'much worse'

Congo announces 3 Ebola treatment centres in Ituri amid ongoing outbreak

Although the outbreak is centred in Ituri, cases have been reported in the capital, Kinshasa, and in Goma, the largest city in eastern Congo