HONG KONG, April 14 (Reuters) – Mingling with power brokers at centenary celebrations of the Chinese Communist Party on July 1, 2021, a beaming Hui Ka Yan betrayed no sign of the pressure mounting on his property company, China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted. Hui looked relaxed in navy-blue suit and open-necked shirt as …
LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) – Britain’s national security is “in peril” because of political complacency and under-investment in defence, former NATO chief George Robertson will say on Tuesday, in a rare public rebuke of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s handling of military spending. Robertson, who helped draft a Strategic Defence Review commissioned by Starmer when he …
ANKARA, April 14 (Reuters) – A teenager opened fire at a school and wounded at least 16 people, including students and teachers, before killing himself in Turkey’s southeastern province of Sanliurfa, governor Hasan Sildak told reporters on Tuesday. The former student, 19, used a rifle during the attack, after which those wounded were rushed to …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home had written about AI’s purported risk to humanity and traveled from Texas to San Francisco intending to kill Altman, authorities said Monday. Authorities allege 20-year-old Daniel Moreno-Gama threw the incendiary device about 4 a.m. Friday, setting an …
WASHINGTON, April 13 (Reuters) – Anthropic is discussing its frontier AI model Mythos with the Trump administration, the firm’s co-founder said on Monday, even after the Pentagon cut off business with the U.S. AI company following a contract dispute. A dispute between Anthropic and the Pentagon over guardrails for how the military could use its …
The Justice Department on Tuesday released a report that accused the Biden administration of using the FACE Act to target anti-abortion activists who were prosecuted for blocking patients’ access to reproductive health clinics. The report is the first of several expected to be issued by the Weaponization Working Group, created last year, that is meant …
MADRID (AP) — Barcelona and Atletico Madrid meet for the fifth time in less than two months on Tuesday, with the Catalan club needing to overcome a two-goal disadvantage to return to the Champions League semifinals. Atletico is at home to defend its 2-0 win from the first leg and try to make it to …
MOSCOW, April 14 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in China on Tuesday for talks on the wars in Ukraine and Iran as well as bilateral ties. Lavrov was shown on Russian state television arriving in Beijing where is expected to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. “A thorough exchange of …
By Ananda Teresia and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA, April 14 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s foreign ministry has warned the defence ministry in a letter that an American proposal to give its military “blanket” permission to fly over Indonesian territory risked entangling Jakarta in potential South China Sea conflicts, sources said. The letter, marked as urgent and confidential, …
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The standoff between the United States and Iran deepened Tuesday as the U.S. declared it had blockaded Iran’s ports, Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, and Pakistan said it was racing to bring the sides together for more talks. Though last week’s ceasefire appeared to hold, the showdown over the …