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European Union unveils AI rules to boost safety, transparency and trust

Makers of the most advanced artificial intelligence systems will face new obligations for transparency, copyright protection and public safety. The rules are voluntary to start

UK, France agree to 'one in, one out' migrant deal to curb sea crossings

With record numbers of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel in small boats this year more than 21,000 have done so through this week Starmer is under pressure to rein in the numbers

FATF urges increased due diligence for Myanmar amid high-risk status

FATF has recommended enhanced due diligence measures for risks arising from Myanmar, maintaining its status as a high-risk jurisdiction. The RBI has issued the advisory based on FATF's guidelines

European leaders back new fund, urge investment in war-hit Ukraine

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kicked off the proceedings in Rome as Russia pounded Ukraine's capital with another major missile and drone attack

Ahead of Beijing summit, EU seeks to slash rare earth reliance on China

EU imports nearly all rare earths from China; experts warn of 'blackmail' risk as bloc faces pressure from Trump tariffs, Beijing's grip ahead of high-stakes EU-China summit

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen comfortably survives confidence vote

The censure motion, the first at the European Parliament in over a decade, was brought by a group of hard-right lawmakers

Britain, France try to tackle English Channel migrant crossings again

As far back as 2001, the two countries were discussing ways to stop migrants stowing away on trains and trucks using the tunnel under the channel

Seven & i profit rises nearly 10%, boosted by overseas convenience stores

Japanese retailing giant previously announced a share buyback, is selling off non-core assets and plans to list its North American convenience store business

El Salvador recalls ambassador from Mexico, disputes origin of drug flight

Bukele labelled the information from Mexico Security Secretary Omar Garca Harfuch as FALSE in a post on X

India seeks to avoid Trump's Brics wrath as it pursues US trade deal

With New Delhi set to assume the Brics chairmanship in 2026, India needs to differentiate itself from members like China and Russia, who are seeking to build the bloc as an opposition voice to the US

Italy opens Ukraine rebuilding conference as US defence help in doubt

It's the fourth such conference on Ukraine's recovery, with earlier editions in Lugano, Switzerland in 2022, London in 2023 and Berlin last year

B'desh proposes to increase imports from US on first day of tariff talks

Bangladesh has proposed to import more cotton, oil, Boeing aircraft, soybeans, etc from the United States, a Bangladeshi official who participated in the talks said

Tunnel collapse in Los Angeles: All 31 workers rescued, confirms fire dept

Wilmington tunnel collapse: Rescue teams shuttle trapped workers through a 9-km tunnel stretch; paramedics assess 27 individuals

Sri Lanka's apparel industry alarmed by US tariff of 30%, hopes for cut

The US takes about 40 per cent of apparel exports, helping to pull in $1.9 billion last year and make the industry Sri Lanka's third largest earner of foreign exchange, employing 300,000 people

xAI's head of infrastructure engineering resigns, joins Altman's OpenAI

In a post on X on Tuesday, Ruddarraju reflected on his journey at xAI, during which he played a pivotal role in the development of Colossus, a massive supercomputer comprising over 200,000 GPUs

Asian shares up on Nvidia high, investors unfazed by Trump's tariff moves

US copper futures widened their premium to the London benchmark overnight after Trump announced plans to impose a 50 per cent tariff on copper

Trump announces 50% tariff on copper imports; experts warn of price surge

Industry experts warn that the US is dependent on copper imports, and levies could increase costs across critical industries from electronics and automobiles to infrastructure and defence

$100 million job offers: How Mark Zuckerberg is luring the best AI minds

In just the last month, Zuckerberg has poached leading OpenAI scientist Lucas Beyer, who co-created the vision transformer; Ruoming Pang, who led Apple Inc.'s efforts at building AI models

Hundreds gather at high school stadium to honour many lost to Texas floods

Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday

Singapore's top students fight for elite college club spots amid job crunch

As hiring gets tighter, the number of graduates from popular business and administration courses has climbed for most of the past decade