AI agents don’t go rogue. That’s something only humans do. Nevertheless, a New York Times article – representative of much news coverage of AI – described an OpenAI hacking as “A.I. bots going rogue and independently spearheading a cyberattack.” Name-brand artificial
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that three men will help lead a new Pentagon project on the “future of warfare,” even as he moves to eliminate hundreds of senior armed service leadership position, including many generals and admirals. Hegseth unveiled
It is fitting that DreamWorks’ “Forgotten Island” carries a title that evokes memory and loss. The film, released globally in September, is on the surface a coming-of-age adventure about friendship. Look a little closer and it is a poignant meditation on separation – a theme
Capt Smit Machchhar was attacked by another pilot onboard the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv.
It is the deadliest incident of the Autumn climbing season, which ends this month.
GENEVA, Oct 1 - The United States needs to take additional steps to remedy the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands by providing healthcare and releasing secret archives, according to a UN report presented to its human rights body on Thursday.
Capt Smit Machchhar was attacked by another pilot onboard the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv.
The cause could be disinfectants being mixed in the wrong ratio during swimming pool cleaning.
For years, Pakistan’s claim that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan operates from sanctuaries inside Afghanistan produced a familiar exchange: Islamabad accused, Kabul denied, and each new militant attack triggered another round of recrimination. That pattern is becoming harder to
Rare shark sighting signals changes in South Korea’s marine ecosystem driven by warming seas.
On September 30, the last American and coalition troops flew out of Erbil Air Base, and the Pentagon declared an “orderly departure.” The White House called it a victory. President Trump, never one for understatement, described the whole enterprise as “a very expensive
Japan’s estimated 58,000 bears are increasingly coming into contact with people, prompting authorities to rethink how they manage the population.
The air war between Russia and Ukraine has evolved constantly since the start of the conflict. The latest example is Russia’s deployment of a new type of long-range, jet-powered drone, which is having a significant effect on Ukraine’s ability to defend its cities against aerial
Crew members on the 16m Tai Tam, who all survived, shared their weekend encounter.
The Cabinet shake-up follows domestic criticism over the President’s recent foreign policy moves.
At least 245 people have died and 79,620 patients have been admitted to hospital since January.
Just weeks before its scheduled November IPO, Anthropic is facing growing attention over the potential dangers of its technology. The resignation of former Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon on September 8, who wrote on X that AI could “kill us all by the end of the decade,”
Rows of luggage have spilled into the arrivals area at Suvarnabhumi Airport as passengers search for missing bags.
The reshuffle comes less than three weeks after President Prabowo Subianto sacked Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa as finance minister and appointed his deputy as his replacement.
The Afghan Taliban says nine civilians have died while Pakistan says the strikes killed 22 militants.
He is suspected of violating Indonesia’s shipping law by knowingly sailing an unseaworthy vessel.
When a South Korean soldier stepped on a land mine in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on September 21, it might have been taken as a grim reminder of a war that never formally ended. Instead, the explosion has revealed something more unsettling: the Korean Peninsula’s old security
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 - US President Donald Trump unveiled plans on Wednesday for South Korea to invest some $200 billion in US projects, but Seoul quickly suggested one key element, a $54 billion pipeline for an LNG project in Alaska, was not yet set in stone.
The shift comes after China urged citizens to refrain from travelling to Japan in November 2025.
South Korea has demanded an apology from Ukraine, saying that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy breached a secrecy agreement in revealing that Kyiv had transferred two captured North Korean soldiers to South Korea.
The head of the National Narcotics Agency Suyudi Ario Seto is set to become Indonesia’s new national police chief.
While Melaka polls loom, sparks could first fly in Selangor should PH ally with Bersatu.
The Philippine Coast Guard said the 97m-ship and an aircraft were deployed against the Chinese vessel.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's speech comes days after he told US President Donald Trump that Washington should oppose the island's independence.
The member of K-pop band Winner was given a suspended prison sentence for repeated absences from his national service work.
The global bond markets are a sensitive lot. And they’ve been having a particularly tricky time lately. Spooked by high inflation, high interest rates and high levels of government debt across the world, those markets have become less stable over the summer. The prices of
The reasons include military delays and anticipation of Taiwan's 2028 election outcome.
He spent approximately 20 minutes at the grave site.
WELLINGTON, Oct 1 - A redefined mandate for New Zealand's central bank and policy reversals are among the prospects provoking unease among investors and businesses as a single-term government looks possible for the first time in more than five decades.
For Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, aviation was never part of his childhood dreams.
Lee also said in his speech that South Korea would build nuclear-powered submarines by the mid-2030s.
Currently, no income tax is payable on annual income of 54 million rupiah (S$3,850) or less.
The European Union is embarking on diplomatic hand-to-hand combat with China in an effort to rework its trade with Beijing and show it is not a geopolitical weakling. Using unusually direct terms, the EU has given China a mid-October deadline to provide ways it will reduce its
Taiwan’s Coast Guard is regularly deployed to shadow and warn away the Chinese Coast Guard.
KABUL, Oct 1 - Pakistani airstrikes on Afghanistan hit three houses on Thursday, killing nine people, the Afghan Taliban government said, while Islamabad said the strikes killed 22 \"terrorists\" after targeting their hideouts.
Diesel in the US has climbed to more than US$6.50 a gallon, up about 75% from a year ago, and Asia is likely to pay for it in the form of higher interest rates. Expensive diesel keeps American inflation elevated, which gives the Federal Reserve reason to keep raising interest
MILWAUKEE, Sept 30 - US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday called for G20 major economies to refrain from coercive actions on food trade, tackle industrial overcapacity and re-examine the prevailing post-World War Two tariff system.
The hikes are part of immigration policy changes introduced to manage Japan's growing foreign population.
In 2023, the International Energy Agency predicted that by 2028 the world’s oil companies would produce more oil than people wanted to buy. Prices responded to that and similar projections of slowing oil demand, dropping too low to attract investment for new wells and
They will have to prove their income is above average and they can carry casual conversations in Japanese.