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Ukraine launches major drone attack on Moscow amid Russian election

Moscow says it repelled a major Ukrainian drone assault as Russia's parliamentary election entered its final day

World leaders meet at UN amid wars, AI risks, questions over relevance

World leaders gather in New York for the UN General Assembly with conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine, artificial intelligence risks and the future of the multilateral body high on the agenda

Iran says US preparing to resume attacks, warns of a sustained response

Tehran's central military command says any US attack would trigger sustained strikes on American bases and interests, and warns countries against supporting Washington

North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile off east coast, says Japan

South Korea's defence ministry said the ​rival North had fired an unidentified projectile

Two killed after Ukrainian drone attacks hit oil refinery in Moscow

Ukraine and ​Russia have continued attacks on each other's energy infrastructure despite an announcement by US ​President Donald Trump on Monday that they had agreed to stop

Trump seeks to bring US health-research funding under his control

Trump has directed budget chief Russ Vought to draft an order creating a board that would decide which NIH research grants receive funding

China keeps benchmark lending rates unchanged for 16th month in September

The steady loan prime rates underscored the limited scope for fresh monetary easing after some major global central banks recently adopted a more hawkish stance

Trump announces US 'AI Force', plans to appoint AI czar for regulation

US officials have said they will raise ​the topic of AI in talks with China as the US president prepares to meet ​with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week

Canada upbeat on concluding trade talks with India by year-end: Minister

Canadian ​Prime Minister Mark Carney had previously said during a trip to ‌New Delhi in March that the two countries would aim to agree a free trade pact by the end of the year

French finance ministry expects record debt at nearly 120% of GDP in 2026

The ministry also ‌said it expects to end the year with a budget ​deficit of 5.4 per cent. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Thursday he expected the 2026 deficit to be well below 5.5 per cent

China central bank adviser says AI could deepen supply-demand imbalance

China's policymakers have been trying to revive domestic demand amid a prolonged ‌property downturn, local government debt pressures and ​cautious household spending

Greenland, Denmark say US deal will not compromise their sovereignty

Key ​details of the agreement have not been made public, including the degree of US military presence in the self-governed Danish territory

Ten days that changed course of AI and intensified fears over its future

A string of warnings, AI-agent incidents and calls to slow development has renewed debate over whether the race for more capable systems is outpacing safeguards

Paramount, states may settle Warner Bros. deal case as soon as this weekend

Terms under discussion include independent monitoring of CNN's content and commitments on theatrical releases as Paramount seeks to clear a key hurdle to its $110 billion acquisition

Gemini hacked 3 companies in first known autonomous breakout by Google's AI

Gemini found public information online and guessed credentials to access three websites during a May cybersecurity evaluation, Google said, prompting changes to testing processes

Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps up AI drug programme

At a time when fears of AI are gripping the public, the startup has built a wet lab, or place for physical experiments, in the San Francisco Bay Area

Tata Group firms shed $4 billion in market value amid holding company rift

Shares of India's Tata Group companies lost $4 billion in market value on Friday, as investors reacted to heightened uncertainty over the potential listing and leadership of holding company Tata Sons

Nestle weighing all options after Kremlin moves to seize Russia business

The maker of Nescafe coffee and KitKat chocolates said it took note of the decision, announced in a presidential decree on Thursday, and was assessing the situation

Nexperia to partner with Tata on chip production, packaging in India

Nexperia will work with Tata Electronics on semiconductor production and packaging in India

Aramco to boost exports from Hormuz to 60 million bbl in Sept, Oct: Traders

Chinese ​and South Korean refiners are among the top buyers of the spot supplies, while some volumes will be ‌going to India and ​Japan