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Security increased at US Fairford air base in England

LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Security measures at a US air base in southwest England have significantly increased in recent days, with roadblocks and armed police preventing access and emergency vehicles parked nearby, a Reuters witness reported on Sunday. A spokesperson for the

US, China should treat AI risk like a pathogen, not a missile

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up their Washington summit on September 25 with a two-month extension of the trade truce and warm words about friendship. On artificial intelligence, the leaders mostly ratified what their deputies had sketched in New York days earlier: a

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US challenges China on secret nuclear tests as arms race looms

A mounting standoff over allegations of covert Chinese nuclear testing and rapid arsenal expansion has collided with an intensifying domestic debate within the US over whether it must abandon its decades-long test moratorium. US officials are pressing China in confidential

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Bangkok’s flood disaster – in pictures

Authorities declared a flood disaster across Bangkok after almost two days of heavy rain left homes, shops and roads waterlogged and residents wading through waist-deep water. The Thai capital recorded 300mm of rainfall over 48 hours through ⁠Saturday in some areas, flooding