USA: Sacked OpenAI boss Sam Altman to join Microsoft

Sam Altman is to join Microsoft, the tech-giant has announced, trouncing speculation he might return to OpenAI just 48 hours after his chaotic ousting. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella wrote…

South Korea: K-pop star Kyuhyun attacked by knife-wielding woman

A knife-wielding woman broke into a Seoul theatre dressing room and injured prominent K-pop star Kyuhyun during a struggle. She broke into the room at about 18:00 local time (09:00…

Dominican Republic: Storm leaves at least 21 dead

At least 21 people have died in the Dominican Republic after heavy rain over the weekend which displaced thousands of residents, officials say. An investigation has been launched after nine…

Australia: Telecom boss quits after country-wide service outage

The chief executive of Australian telecom giant Optus has resigned after a nationwide outage this month. Kelly Bayer Rosmarin has been under pressure to quit after overseeing a tumultuous three…

Kenya: Nations convene in Nairobi to hammer out treaty on plastic pollution

International delegates have convened in Kenya in the hopes of making further progress towards a landmark treaty to fight global plastic pollution. Addressing the first day of the talks in…

Brazil: Taylor Swift postpones Rio de Janeiro concert after death of fan

Taylor Swift has postponed a concert she was due to perform in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, after a fan died shortly before her show on Friday. The decision came…

Russia: Moscow sends first free grain to Africa since end of Black Sea deal

Russia’s agriculture minister says Moscow has begun free shipments of grain totalling up to 200,000 tonnes to six African countries, as promised by President Vladimir Putin. In a statement posted…

Pakistan: Military kills four armed fighters near Afghanistan border

Pakistani security forces have killed four armed fighters, including a highly sought individual, near the northwestern border with Afghanistan, the military announced Sunday. Pakistani forces traded gunfire with the fighters…

India: Rescuers to drill from top of collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel

Efforts to rescue 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in northern India have been expanded to include drilling down from the mountain top. A platform is being prepared to…

France: Napoleon Bonaparte’s hat to go on sale at Paris auction

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he ruled the French empire in the 19th Century will go on sale at auction in Paris on Sunday. The bicorne black beaver…