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A motorist passes a building in 2022 that was previously shut down by the police in Cambodia's coastal city of Sihanoukville

'Mass Scale' Abuses In Cambodia Scam Centres: Amnesty

While looking for jobs on Facebook, Jett thought he had found a well-paying opportunity working in online customer service in his home country of Thailand.

Global Matcha 'Obsession' Drinks Japan Tea Farms Dry

Matcha leaves, called 'tencha', are grown in the shade for several weeks before harvesting, then dried and finely ground

At a minimalist Los Angeles matcha bar, powdered Japanese tea is prepared with precision, despite a global shortage driven by the bright green drink's social media stardom.

US Judge Sides With Meta In AI Training Copyright Case

A federal judge in San Francisco reasons that tech firms will eventually have to pay to use copyrighted books to train generative artificial intelligence to avoid breaking the law

A US judge on Wednesday handed Meta a victory over authors who accused the tech giant of violating copyright law by training Llama artificial intelligence on their creations without permission.

BIWC Group: Unveiling the Shadows of corporate deception

In the cutthroat world of business, trust can often be elusive, and it can take a team of skilled professionals to expose deception and protect the innocent. This is where BIWC Group enters the stage; a business intelligence agency led by ex-Israeli special forces with a global network of contacts and an almost endless outreach.

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More than 600 metres (650 yards) of cables were stolen or severed south of the Eurostar station in northern France

Cable Theft In North France Disrupts Eurostar Traffic

The theft of cables along train tracks in northern France on Wednesday disrupted Eurostar trips between London and Paris for a second day in a row, the company and French railway operator said.

Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, will launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 2:31 am (0631 GMT)

India, Poland, Hungary Make Spaceflight Comeback With ISS Mission

A US commercial mission carrying crew from India, Poland and Hungary blasted off to the International Space Station Wednesday, taking astronauts from these countries to space for the first time in decades.

The migrants were held at the Temporary Care Center for Migrants in Puntarenas after being sent to Costa Rica by the Trump administration

Justice Orders Release Of Migrants Deported To Costa Rica By Trump

A court on Tuesday ordered Costa Rican authorities to release foreign migrants locked up in a shelter after being deported by the United States, according to a resolution issued on the eve of a visit by the US secretary of homeland security.

Property tycoon Truong My Lan (C-L) will no longer face the death penalty over a multi-billion-dollar fraud after Vietnam abolished capital punishment for several crimes

Vietnam Tycoon Will Not Face Death Penalty Over $27 Bn Fraud: Lawyer

A Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion will no longer face execution, her lawyer said Wednesday, as the country abolished capital punishment for eight crimes, including property embezzlement.

Over 80,000 People Flee Severe Flooding In Southwest China

Flooding in China's southwest has driven more than 80,000 people from their homes, state media said on Wednesday, as a collapsed bridge forced the dramatic rescue of a truck driver left dangling over the edge.

AI-generated videos about the Philippines' impeachment trial are examples of increasingly sophisticated fakes possible with even basic online tools

AI Fakes Duel Over Sara Duterte Impeachment In Philippines

Days after the Philippine Senate declined to launch the impeachment trial of the country's vice president, two interviews with Filipinos arguing for and against the move went viral.

Britain will purchase 12 nuclear weapon-capable F-35A fighters, expanding the country's deterrence arsenal, which is currently limited to submarine-launched missiles

UK To Reintroduce Nuclear Weapon-capable Aircraft Under NATO

Britain will reintroduce fighter jets capable of carrying atomic weapons to support NATO's nuclear mission, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office said, as he prepares for a Nato summit Wednesday.

Upstart Socialist Stuns Political Veteran In NYC Mayoral Primary

New York City Democrats chose 33-year-old Muslim socialist Zohran Mamdani as their mayoral candidate in Tuesday's elections, stunning his opponent, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned the global economy was 'undergoing profound changes'

China's Premier Warns Global Trade Tensions 'Intensifying'

Chinese Premier Li Qiang warned on Wednesday that global trade tensions were "intensifying" as he addressed the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum.

Social media users are increasingly relying on AI chatbots to verify information

Grok Shows 'Flaws' In Fact-checking Israel-Iran War: Study

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok produced inaccurate and contradictory responses when users sought to fact-check the Israel-Iran conflict, a study said Tuesday, raising fresh doubts about its reliability as a debunking tool.

Rewriting the Message: Jose Jaime Gamez on Transforming Communication in Union Benefits

Behind the surface-level challenge of low benefit utilization is a systemic disconnect between how messages are crafted and how members actually live, work, and absorb information.

A ruling by a US judge that Anthropic, led by CEO Dario Amodei, did not violate copyright law by training its artificial intelligence on pirated books could be cited by other firms defending themselves in similar lawsuits filed by authors

US Judge Backs Using Copyrighted Books To Train AI

A US federal judge has sided with Anthropic regarding training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted books without authors' permission, a decision with the potential to set a major legal precedent in AI deployment.

Traditional boats anchored in front of Doha's buildings, in Qatar, on June 23, 2025. Iran announced it had launched missiles at a major US base in Qatar on June 23 in retaliation for American strikes on key nuclear facilities, with explosions ringing out

How Iran's 'Telegraphed' Strikes On Qatari Soil Paved Way To Israel Truce

Iran's unprecedented strikes on a US base in Qatar were carefully calculated to provide an exit from hostilities with Washington and set up a truce with Israel, according to analysts and an official.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil at a cabinet meeting

German Budget Plans Outline Vast Spending - And Record Debt

Germany's government pledged Tuesday to make massive new investments by taking on record debt as it presented its budget plans with the aim of reviving the economy and building up the military.

Shigeru Ishiba, 68, has been head of Japan's minority government since October

Japan PM To Face Tough Upper House Election On July 20

Japan will hold an upper house election on July 20, the government said Tuesday, with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba battling low approval ratings driven partly by public frustration over inflation.

Trump, seen here in an address to the nation on Saturday, said the ceasefire would be phased-in over 24 hours

Trump Announces Ceasefire Between Iran And Israel

President Donald Trump announced Monday that Iran and Israel had agreed to a staggered ceasefire that would bring about an "official end" to a conflict that had threatened to escalate into a full blown war involving the United States.

From Bedtime Tales to Foundation Led Television: The Purpose Driven Journey of Trent Brown II

Each of Trent's ventures supports the others. His advisory firm helps structure the systems. His care business brings real world caregiving into focus. His books spark empathy. And his foundation powered media network ties it all together.

US President Donald Trump's announcement of US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities has divided his MAGA movement

US Strikes On Iran Open Rift In Trump's Support Base

Donald Trump's decision to strike Iran has been cheered by mainstream Republicans but it has exposed deep fissures between the hawks and the isolations in the "MAGA" movement that swept the self-styled peacemaker US president back to power.