4+ hour, 20+ min ago   (343+ words) BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) – An essay by Anthropic’s CEO calling for a slowing down of AI development may look like a rational statement focused on safety risks, but it is ​really a “Cold War playbook” targeting China, the state-backed Global Times…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago   (245+ words) PARIS, Sept 14 (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen maintained her lead ahead of the presidential election and far-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon ​was second in most tested scenarios, a ‌poll showed on Monday, stressing the electorate’s growing polarisation as Emmanuel…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (156+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) - Leaders of the John F. ​Kennedy Center ‌for the Performing Arts say it is on the ‌brink ​of ⁠bankruptcy and could close ⁠as early as Tuesday, the Washington Post reported ​on Sunday. The leaders, installed by ⁠U.S. ⁠President…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (616+ words) By Greg Torode and Mei Mei Chu HONG KONG, Sept 14 (Reuters) – China’s military leadership is expected to outline its aims for global security when it hosts its annual defence forum this week amid churning tensions in its own neighbourhood over…...

9+ hour, 3+ min ago   (305+ words) TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government won Okinawa’s gubernatorial election on Sunday, ousting an opponent of Tokyo’s military build-up ​across the strategically important island chain near Taiwan and ‌China. Genta Koja, 42, defeated two-term…...

8+ hour, 51+ min ago   (361+ words) TORONTO, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Actor Cynthia Erivo hopes “Prima Facie,” the film adaptation of Suzie Miller’s acclaimed play examining consent, sexual violence and the challenges of pursuing justice through the British ​legal system, will spark conversations that lead to meaningful change....

9+ hour, 27+ min ago   (813+ words) By Mohammed Ghobari, Nayera Abdallah and Bo Erickson ADEN/DUBAI, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Middle East diplomacy appeared to falter heading into Monday with the postponement of a meeting between Iran and other Persian Gulf powers, while fresh attacks around the region’s…...

9+ hour, 41+ min ago   (229+ words) WELLINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) – Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama condemned an attack on a mining camp at Panguna and said his government ​would press ahead with plans to ‌reopen the long-shuttered copper mine despite opposition from some groups. The Panguna mine, once…...

11+ hour, 7+ min ago   (136+ words) STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-left opposition ​bloc is ‌projected to win a one-seat majority in ‌Sunday's ​vote ⁠for parliament, ⁠the election authority said. The bloc, headed by ​Social Democrats party leader ⁠Magdalena ⁠Andersson, wa... STOCKHOLM, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Sweden’s centre-left…...

12+ hour, 51+ min ago   (180+ words) Sept 13 (Reuters) – A newly installed memorial statue of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk was vandalized overnight in Phoenix ​on Sunday, according to the organization that he ‌founded. The statue was defaced with red paint, according to a post on X…...