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OpenAI says it filed confidential IPO as it positions itself for AI arms race
Read more: OpenAI says it filed confidential IPO as it positions itself for AI arms raceGoing public will allow OpenAI, valued at $852 billion, to inject more cash into its business as the AI race quickens.
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Rob Reiner’s son Nick seeks $1.5M from trust fund for defense in parents’ killings
Read more: Rob Reiner’s son Nick seeks $1.5M from trust fund for defense in parents’ killingsNick Reiner is accused of stabbing his parents Rob and Michele Singer Reiner to death at their home in December.
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Tracking down Benjamin Mendy: He once earned £500k a month, had Cheshire mansion sex parties and bragged about bedding 10,000 women. But after being acquitted of eight rapes, we reveal his lonely new life in Poland
Read more: Tracking down Benjamin Mendy: He once earned £500k a month, had Cheshire mansion sex parties and bragged about bedding 10,000 women. But after being acquitted of eight rapes, we reveal his lonely new life in PolandNot so long ago the former Manchester City star was the world’s most expensive defender. But Benjamin Mendy’s life was upended by allegations of sex attacks during parties at his £4.8million mansion.
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Reform launch all-out attack on Andy Burnham over grooming gang ‘betrayal’
Read more: Reform launch all-out attack on Andy Burnham over grooming gang ‘betrayal’As the crunch Makerfield by-election heats up, Mr Yusuf today sticks the boot into Mr Burnham’s track record.
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Hegseth tones down warnings about China in visit to region
Read more: Hegseth tones down warnings about China in visit to regionLast year, Hegseth called China a “threat” to Taiwan and said an attack might be “imminent.”
Asia
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Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle dies aged 92
Read more: Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle dies aged 92Bhosle recorded more than 12,000 songs in multiple Indian languages over a seven-decade career.
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Cambodia urges Thailand to resume talks on disputed border
Read more: Cambodia urges Thailand to resume talks on disputed borderCambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Saturday (Apr 11) that he “strongly hopes” the two neighbours will be able to work together “quickly and with sincerity”.
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Sri Lanka rescues 32 sailors from sunk Iranian warship
Read more: Sri Lanka rescues 32 sailors from sunk Iranian warshipNo information was immediately available on the cause of the explosion that sank the IRIS Dena, Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath said.
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Helicopter crash kills 2 in Philippines; Malaysian among casualties
Read more: Helicopter crash kills 2 in Philippines; Malaysian among casualtiesThe helicopter was carrying five people when it went down in a grassy area of a residential district in Pililla, a small town in Rizal province.
Thailand
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High-risk nationals in focus
Read more: High-risk nationals in focusAuthorities are intensifying efforts to address foreign-linked crime networks amid growing concerns that transnational criminal activity could threaten national security and public safety.
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Authorities speed up work to help victims of scams
Read more: Authorities speed up work to help victims of scamsThe Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) said agencies are accelerating preparations for a new compensation mechanism for victims of online scams, with a ministerial regulation due to take effect on Aug 12.
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Call for more migrants to ease labour shortage
Read more: Call for more migrants to ease labour shortageThe Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB) has urged the government to act swiftly in tackling worker shortages for Thailand’s labour-intensive industries.
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Thai visa exemptions cut by cabinet
Read more: Thai visa exemptions cut by cabinetTourism operators welcomed the government’s first step in revoking the 60-day visa exemption to curb illicit activities by foreigners, while urging authorities to provide proper guidance for genuine investors as well as advising frequent visa runners to apply for alternative long-stay visas instead.
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Thailand ends 60-day visa-free stay
Read more: Thailand ends 60-day visa-free stayThe cabinet on Tuesday decided to end the 60-day visa-free programme for foreign visitors to Thailand, with the timeline for enforcement still being worked out.
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Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle dies aged 92
Read more: Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle dies aged 92Bhosle recorded more than 12,000 songs in multiple Indian languages over a seven-decade career.
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Cambodia urges Thailand to resume talks on disputed border
Read more: Cambodia urges Thailand to resume talks on disputed borderCambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Saturday (Apr 11) that he “strongly hopes” the two neighbours will be able to work together “quickly and with sincerity”.
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Thai military eyes AI-led warfare plan
Read more: Thai military eyes AI-led warfare planThe Royal Thai Armed Forces plan to establish a new Joint Capabilities Command (JCC) in the next fiscal year as part of a push to develop autonomous military systems and ramp up multi-domain warfare capabilities.
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Seven cops accused in first torture law prosecution case
Read more: Seven cops accused in first torture law prosecution caseThe Office of the Attorney-General has ordered the indictment of seven police officers in the country’s first case under the Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearance Act, linked to the alleged abuse of an innocent suspect in Sa Kaeo two years ago.
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Panel backs scrapping of MoU 43
Read more: Panel backs scrapping of MoU 43A Senate ad-hoc committee has recommended that the government scrap the 2000 agreement on land border demarcation with Cambodia, known as Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 43, citing constitutional and legal concerns.