Houthi advance in Yemen is about more than just the Red Sea

AlJazeera • Sep 11, 19:01

Houthis were already able to disrupt shipping - their advance consolidates that power, and exposes government weakness.

U.S. officials declare an end to record-setting cyclospora outbreak, but its origin is still unknown

PBS • Sep 11, 17:22

Food and Drug Administration officials said they are confident that all recalled iceberg lettuce related to this specific outbreak is off the market.

Ukraine increases food exports in September, but remains at 40% of its capacity

KyivIndependent • Sep 11, 15:13

Since the start of September, Ukraine has exported 630,000 metric tons of agricultural products, more than half of which was grain — 380,000 tons.

🔴 Follow live Trump’s speech at Pentagon’s 9/11 ceremony

France24 • Sep 11, 14:23

Russia’s Battlegroup South hits 59 Ukrainian UAV control posts over past day

TASS • Sep 11, 08:31

In addition, unmanned systems units in the Kramatorsk and Slavyansk sectors destroyed 95 enemy UAV communication antennas, the battlegroup’s spokesman Vadim Astafyev said

Bernie Sanders speaks to the BBC about proposal to ban AI superintelligence

BBC • Sep 10, 22:48

The senator has also proposed a sort of sovereign wealth fund in which the US would take a 50% stake in AI companies.

Why K-pop vocal coaches behind EXO, aespa are betting on virtual idols in Japan

KoreaTimes • Sep 12, 03:27

It’s hard to say exactly how many K-pop artists have trained under Jang Jin-young and Kim Seong-pil, two of the industry’s most prominent vocal directors, or received their guidance in the recording studio. Jang has trai

Why AI experts are ‘freaked out’ over safety fears ahead of Xi-Trump summit

SCMP • Sep 11, 08:00

A flurry of cybersecurity breaches, internal whistle-blowing, and declining visibility into model safety has sparked fresh alarm over the US artificial intelligence boom, igniting calls from some experts to slow down dev

Former head of Takeda Pharmaceutical dies at 80

JapanTimes • Sep 11, 05:03

As president of Takeda Pharmaceutical, Yasuchika Hasegawa paved the way for the company to go global.

From the dark hours of 9/11, choosing light

CSMonitor • Sep 10, 19:18

Twenty-five years after this act of terrorism, memories of courage and unity still glow brightly. Amid growing political division, they can help Americans recommit to the civic values of neighborliness and everyday empat

Cambodia gives Myanmar post-coup leader red-carpet reception

BangkokPost • Sep 11, 09:26

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia gave Myanmar's coup leader turned civilian president a red-carpet welcome on Friday, images from his office showed, as another nation embraced the ex-junta chief back into the diplomatic fold.

Why Singapore ministers are paid so much — and why it's going up

ABC_AU • Sep 11, 07:28

Moves to increase the pay of Singapore's famously well-paid political appointment holders will see the prime minister's package increase to $S3.6 million, including bonuses. So why are Singapore's pollies on such a good

Vietnam Airlines places provisional order with Airbus for five Airbus A350-900s

BangkokPostBusiness • Sep 11, 04:12

Vietnam ​Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding with ​Airbus to buy ‌five A350-900 jets, the carrier said on Friday, confirming earlier Reuters reports.

Real Madrid’s Mbappe: AI dictator memes show lack of political awareness

AlJazeera • Sep 11, 18:44

France international and World Cup record holder Kylian Mbappe speaks out over memes using his image.

As Trump squeezes the International Criminal Court, more countries are leaving

PBS • Sep 11, 16:52

As the United States ratchets up the pressure on the International Criminal Court, sanctioning two more high-ranking staff members in recent weeks, a small but growing number of the global tribunal's member states have a

SBU foils Russia's FSB plot to assassinate prominent Ukrainian activist in Kyiv Oblast

KyivIndependent • Sep 11, 14:27

Hennadii Druzenko, a lawyer, civic activist, and co-founder and president of the First Volunteer Mobile Hospital named after Mykola Pyrohov, confirmed in a Facebook post that the incident took place about a month and a h

REPLAY: 9/11 25th anniversary commemorations begin

France24 • Sep 11, 14:15

A moment of silence was held as an event to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks began in New York on Friday at a memorial on the site of Ground Zero where the Twin Towers were destroyed.

Russian stocks down as main trading session opens

TASS • Sep 11, 08:31

As of 10:30 a.m. Moscow time, the indices were down by 0.35% at 2,300.96 points and 859.33 points, respectively

Affairs, family secrets in 1-minute episodes: Chinese microdramas hook Southeast Asia

KoreaTimes • Sep 11, 14:57

"I don't know the main character's name. I don't know the show's title. But I just couldn't stop watching." Le Minh Anh, a 20-year-old university student, sat at a cafe in Hanoi on Monday and said she mindlessly watches

‘I could go to Japan for free’, says US woman caught with smuggled cannabis

SCMP • Sep 11, 07:56

Tokyo police arrested two American women for allegedly smuggling US$1 million worth of cannabis, with one suspect claiming she was motivated by a free trip to Japan, an official and media reports said on Friday. The pair