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Actress Tasha Low reveals what filming Yes Captain! inside Changi Prison was really like

The actress, who plays a rookie prison officer, said the cast had to surrender their phones and film without clocks while shooting Mediacorp's new English drama.

White House upset with Sam Altman's OpenAI over hiring of 'supreme village idiot'

Trump administration officials say OpenAI jeopardised its White House standing by hiring Dean Ball as head of strategic futures. Officials dispute Ball's claim that he was the primary drafter of America's AI Action Plan, calling him a…

Ghana: Ghana Backs Jamaica's Petition to Push UK for Slavery Reparations

[RFI] Jamaica and Ghana, both former British colonies subjected to the transatlantic slave trade, are presenting a united front in the drive for reparatory justice. As Kingston prepares to lodge a formal petition with King Charles III…

Zambia: Zambia Votes - Who's Who and What Issues Are Shaping the Elections?

[The Conversation Africa] Zambia's election, scheduled for 13 August, has shaped up into a battle between two alliances. The ruling United Party for National Development alliance is backed by 15 smaller parties. The Tonse-Pamodzi Alliance…

Sudan: Prisoners, Missing, and Abducted People

[Dabanga] Amsterdam / Khartoum -- Sudan's Interior Ministry has said its electronic reporting platform has received 550 reports of missing people since mid-April, while the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Sudan said it…

$500 bn AI boom: Nvidia, Wall Street giants join hands for chip, data centre push

Nvidia has joined forces with six prominent financial institutions to enhance AI infrastructure funding. The collaboration will see these firms create platforms aimed at financing companies that purchase Nvidia hardware. The goal is to…

Fire rages after drone strikes Libya’s largest oil refinery

A drone attack ignited gasoline at Libya's Zawiya oil refinery, the country's largest operational facility.

Tesla faces uphill battle for FSD entry as China rewrites self-driving car rules: analysts

The likelihood that US electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla will obtain Beijing’s approval for higher-level autonomous driving remains a distant prospect, according to analysts. Though Tesla recently hired people to test its Full Self-Driving…

In a Sweltering Summer, These Italians Want Romans to Curl

By setting up a curling rink in the shadow of the Colosseum, sports officials hope to capitalize on the fresh popularity of the Winter Olympics phenomenon. Even in a heat wave and without any ice.

Typhoon Dolphin's vast storm system pushes inland, threatens central China

‘We are still here’: a day in the life of 12 Afghan women

In the five years since the Taliban’s return to power, the walls have been closing in on the women and girls of Afghanistan. As the regime has tightened its grip, it has banned girls from education after the age of 12, ejected many women…

Meta launches AI model as Zuckerberg champions open-weight push

Menlo Park (California): Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for lower US barriers for open-source AI to better compete with Chinese rivals as the social media giant released a new open-weight model on Monday and said more would…