Narendra Modi’s thirst to supercharge economic growth is matched by US desire to inject AI into world’s biggest democracy Robert Booth in Delhi India celebrates 80 years of independence from the UK in August 2027. At about that same moment, “early versions of true super intelligence” could emerge, Sam Altman, the co-founder of OpenAI, said this week….
Ex-leader sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour over failed martial law declaration in 2024 Raphael Rashid in Seoul A South Korean court has sentenced the former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment with labour over his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, finding him guilty of leading an insurrection and making him the first elected…
Tarique Rahman set to take oath and become prime minister after landslide victory prompted by ousting of Sheikh Hasina Agence France-Presse Bangladesh’s incoming prime minister Tarique Rahman and other politicians were sworn into parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first elected representatives since a deadly 2024 uprising. Rahman is set to take over from an interim…
Artificial intelligence is no longer the sole preserve of rich western nations. The applications for the Global South, in areas ranging from health to agriculture and industry, are having a transformative effect on people’s lives. Fodder cutters are fearsome machines with huge circular blades spinning at high speed, powered by small generators. Operated by rural…
Leader vows to repay the ‘young martyrs’ who died as North Korea intensifies propaganda glorifying troops deployed to fight for Russia Guardian staff and agencies North Korea has said it completed a new housing district in Pyongyang for families of North Korean soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, the latest effort by…
Calling for sweeping reforms of global institutions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told African leaders on Saturday that the absence of permanent African seats on the Security Council is “indefensible,” declaring: “This is 2026 – not 1946.” n a world marked by division and mistrust, he said, the African Union (AU) stands as a “flagship for…
Concern grows over Narges Mohammadi’s health, family says, after reports of ‘life-threatening mistreatment’ AFP Iranian authorities have without prior warning transferred Nobel peace prize laureate Narges Mohammadi to a prison in the north of the country as concern grows over her health, her family said on Saturday. Mohammadi, who won the peace prize in 2023 in recognition…
Japan says vessel failed to comply with order to stop, with incident coming weeks after row with China over Taiwan Justin McCurry and agencies Authorities in Japan have seized a Chinese fishing boat and arrested its captain in a move that is likely to inflame an ongoing diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing. The seizure, which occurred on Thursday about…
Jailed then exiled in London, Rahman returns home as the main contender to be next prime minister of Bangladesh Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Redwan Ahmed in Dhaka Tarique Rahman, who after 17 years in exile is the main contender to be the next prime minister of Bangladesh, has pledged to end entrenched corruption and put the country on a “new…
Lack of response shows security law and harassment by authorities have muzzled ‘critical voices’, say experts Amy Hawkins Hong Kong’s once-vibrant media outlets have responded with silence or celebration to the 20-year jail sentence handed down to Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy media tycoon and critic of the Chinese Communist party. Lai, 78, was sentenced on Monday…