Microsoft joins AI firms calling for caution with cutting-edge models
The company released a 15,000-word manifesto on Sept 14 that it sees as a kind of constitution to guide development of its cutting-edge AI models.
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Kremlin welcomes Trump's call on Ukraine to halt strikes on diesel facilities
MOSCOW, Sept 14 - The Kremlin on Monday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump calling on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russia's diesel-producing facilities, while adding that the upheaval in global energy markets was mainly due to the conflict in the Gulf region.
World Food Programme funding for Sudan plummets as more go hungry, head says
Sept 14 - The World Food Programme's funding for Sudan — the world's largest hunger crisis — has fallen by about half this year, its acting head told Reuters, as war drives more people into hunger while the regional crisis raises prices and aid budgets plummet.
UN calls for ‘urgent action’ to rein in AI in face of ‘unprecedented risks’
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for AI companies to coordinate a slowdown in AI development.
America’s AI boom needs $140b in new power plants, new estimate shows
Homes near Meta’s 400ha artificial intelligence data centre in El Paso, Texas. The White House has called the AI race a national imperative, backing some of the world’s biggest companies as they compete for potentially enormous profits.
Iraqi butcher gets 10 years’ jail for selling pork in holy city of Najaf
Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims in Najaf, Iraq walking towards the holy city of Kerbala ahead of the ritual of Arbaeen on July 31.
Iran protests as US prevents its nuclear chief attending IAEA meeting
VIENNA, Sept 14 - The United States blocked Iran's nuclear chief from attending this week's U.N. atomic watchdog meeting in Vienna by opposing an exemption from so-called \"snapback\" U.N. sanctions, prompting protests from Tehran on Monday.
Eleven injured in ammonia gas leak at Jordan's Aqaba industrial complex
AMMAN, Sept 14 - Eleven people were injured in an ammonia gas leak at an industrial complex in Jordan's southern city of Aqaba on Monday, an official told Reuters.
Israeli minister urges probe into sources in award-winning Gaza film
Israel has requested its interior ministry to consider revoking the citizenship of the film’s directors, Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham.
ICE arrests keep soaring. Here’s why they are not leading to more deportations
Sept 14 - Immigration arrests in the U.S. have soared in recent months, aided by more local law enforcement cooperation with ICE, increased use of technology to track and process people, as well as enhanced data sharing between federal agencies.
Drone strike on train is calculated escalation by Putin, German minister says
WOLGAST, Germany, Sept 14 - A drone strike on a train near the Ukraine-Poland border is a calculated escalation by Russia's President Vladimir Putin to instil fear in Europe, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday.
Syria fuel price hikes trigger widest protests since Assad fall
ALEPPO, Syria, Sept 14 - A sharp rise in fuel prices at the weekend has sparked protests across Syria, in the country's most widespread demonstrations since the toppling of Bashar al-Assad almost two years ago.
Finland joins France's nuclear deterrent initiative
BRUSSELS, Sept 14 - Finland has joined France's initiative to extend the reach of its nuclear deterrent through collaboration with partner European countries, the heads of both countries said on Monday.
Brazil's Lula regains narrow edge over Bolsonaro in BTG/Nexus poll
SAO PAULO, Sept 14 - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva regained a slim lead over right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a simulated runoff for next month's election, a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll showed on Monday, though the race remained statistically tied.
Key facts about Kosovo former guerrilla commander and ex-president Hashim Thaci
PRISTINA, Sept 14 - Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will on Wednesday hear the verdict from a war crimes tribunal on charges over his role in a conflict to gain independence from Serbia in the 1990s.
Merz wins respite in German municipal polls but tougher tests to come
Sept 14 - Germany's under-fire Chancellor Friedrich Merz won some respite on Monday after his CDU conservatives topped municipal polls in the state of Lower Saxony, provisional results showed, with the far-right Alternative for Germany also making strong gains.
Germany to order fourth new signals intelligence ship
WOLGAST, Germany, Sept 14 - Germany will order a fourth signals intelligence ship of a new class, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday, adding the budget draft was on its way to parliament for approval.
War crimes tribunal to announce verdict in trial of former Kosovo president Thaci
THE HAGUE, Sept 14 - A war crimes tribunal will on Wednesday announce a verdict in the trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci over charges dating back to a 1990s conflict fought over independence from Serbia.