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Q&A with OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo on joining OpenAI, ChatGPT users’ mental health, profitability, data center deals, her chronic illness, and more — As OpenAI expands in every direction, t…
Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death over protesters crackdown
The former prime minister had been charged with crimes against humanity over the mass uprising that ended her rule last year.
Fake news alert: Saudi football player Fahad Al-Muwallad is not dead
False death rumors about former Saudi football star Fahad Al-Muwallad have circulated on social media, but his family has confirmed he is alive and in a year-long coma following a September 2024 fall from his Dubai apartment. Authorities are investigat…
Dozens killed in DR Congo mine disaster
A bridge collapse at a mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 80 workers.
Polish prime minister says weekend rail line explosion near Warsaw was act of ‘sabotage’
A railway line linking Warsaw to southeastern Poland was damaged by a weekend explosion that the prime minister called an “unprecedented act of sabotage.”
That’s a tall order! Rangers save 207st giraffe…but he’s reluctant to leave home
The Kenya Wildlife Service is moving under-threat animals from their natural habitats in the Rift Valley.
Sheikh Hasina convicted of crimes against humanity – what we know
Former prime minister sentenced to death by special tribunal for her role in bloody 2024 crackdown on protesters.
Emirates announces an order of 65 Boeing 777-9s with list price of $38 billion at Dubai Air Show
The biennial Dubai Air Show opened on Monday with hometown airline Emirates ordering 65 of Boeing’s upcoming 777-9 aircraft, as the carrier looks to increase its fleets off record earnings and unending demand for flights through this East-West travel h…
Iran conducts first cloud-seeding operation of year in Urmia basin
Iran has carried out its first cloud-seeding operation for the current water year, targeting the Urmia Lake basin in the country’s northwest.
Horror as missing girl, 14, found dead in RV behind her house after being ‘raped and murdered by step uncle’
A TEEN girl was found dead in a horror killing after being left in the care of her step-uncle – a man with a shocking history of sex crimes. Kylie Toberman, 14, was found in an RV in Vandalia, Illinois, after a hectic hours-long search. The girl was l…