Ex-South Korea leader Yoon gets life in prison for insurrection
A South Korean court declared former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid in 2024 an insurrection, sentencing the disgraced leader to life in prison on Thursday.
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OpenAI's Altman says at India summit regulation 'urgently' needed
The world urgently needs to regulate artificial intelligence, OpenAI head Sam Altman said on Thursday at a summit in New Delhi on the risks and opportunities posed by the fast-evolving technology.
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British couple held in Iran sentenced to 10 years
A British couple detained in Iran since January 2025 have been sentenced to 10 years in jail for espionage, their family announced on Thursday, prompting condemnation from the UK government.
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West Indies ease past Italy to tune up for T20 Super Eights
The West Indies tuned up for the T20 World Cup Super Eights in perfect fashion on Thursday with a comfortable 42-run victory over Italy in their final group match in Kolkata.
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Laser-written glass can store data for millennia, Microsoft says
Thousands of years from now, what will remain of our digital era?
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At least 16 killed after building collapses in Pakistan following blast
A building collapse caused by an explosion in Pakistan's southern megacity of Karachi killed at least 16 people on Thursday, including children, officials said.
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Summit photo op fails to unite AI startup rivals
Tech bro rivalry is real, or at least it is for Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, the CEOs of two leading US artificial intelligence startups.
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OpenAI's Altman says world 'urgently' needs AI regulation
Sam Altman, head of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, told a global artificial intelligence conference on Thursday that the world "urgently" needs to regulate the fast-evolving technology.
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Horror comics boom in our age of anxiety
Horror sells right now. Having swept the film, television and video game industries, it is also a winning formula in the world of comics. Just ask James Tynion IV.
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Turkey fires up coal pollution even as it hosts COP31
Kaddafi Polat rarely mentions his own health after decades of breathing the polluted air blanketing his village beneath the towering chimneys of a coal‑fired power plant in southern Turkey. What troubles him most is his children.
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