Saudi Arabia says it will retaliate after deadly Houthi attacks on airports

Saudi Arabia says it will retaliate after deadly Houthi attacks on airports

France 24 •

Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed and 36 wounded in attacks on Abha and Riyadh’s King Khalid international airports claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed the ballistic missile launch platform used to attack Riyadh, as fighting with the Houthis intensified across the region.

Saudi Arabia strikes back after deadly Houthi attacks on airports

Saudi Arabia strikes back after deadly Houthi attacks on airports

France 24 •

Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed and 36 wounded in attacks on Abha and Riyadh’s King Khalid international airports claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed the ballistic missile launch platform used to attack Riyadh, as fighting with the Houthis intensified across the region.

Saudi Arabia strikes back after deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh and airports

Saudi Arabia strikes back after deadly Houthi attacks on Riyadh and airports

France 24 •

Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed and 36 wounded in attacks on Abha and Riyadh’s King Khalid international airports claimed by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis. The Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed the ballistic missile launch platform used to attack Riyadh, as fighting with the Houthis intensified across the region.

As China and the EU begin crunch trade talks, optimism is in short supply

As China and the EU begin crunch trade talks, optimism is in short supply

SCMP •

As China and the European Union began a fresh round of trade talks in Beijing on Thursday, observers on both sides appeared to agree on one thing: a big breakthrough was unlikely. Chinese firms based in Europe said they hoped the talks could achieve some “limited progress” to help stabilise the trade relationship, while European analysts remained cautious about the potential outcome. “They’re boun...

Data centre opposition is growing in Australia. Is there a middle ground?

Data centre opposition is growing in Australia. Is there a middle ground?

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Australia may have vast tracts of land and political will to support the growth of the artificial intelligence industry, but the development of data centres to power the technology is proving more challenging. Last month, property developer Goodman Group withdrew its application for a 90-megawatt data centre in Lane Cove, on Sydney’s lower north shore, after months of opposition from residents abo...

Helper arrested for allegedly slapping five-year-old boy after he refuses to eat

Helper arrested for allegedly slapping five-year-old boy after he refuses to eat

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Hong Kong police have arrested a foreign domestic helper for allegedly slapping a five-year-old boy who refused to eat his meal at a Kowloon City flat. Police received a report at about 11.57pm on Wednesday from the boy’s mother, who said her son had been ill-treated by her 37-year-old helper at their home on 97 Hau Wong Road. Police said the woman checked the flat’s surveillance cameras after her...

Helper arrested for allegedly slapping 5-year-old boy after he refuses to eat

Helper arrested for allegedly slapping 5-year-old boy after he refuses to eat

SCMP •

Hong Kong police have arrested a foreign domestic helper for allegedly slapping a five-year-old boy who refused to eat his meal at a Kowloon City flat. Police received a report at about 11.57pm on Wednesday from the boy’s mother, who said her son had been ill-treated by her 37-year-old Filipino helper at their home at 97 Hau Wong Road. Police said the woman checked the flat’s CCTV footage after he...

Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests

Donald Trump’s Texas rally rocked by repeated protests

The Guardian •

Trump briefly stepped away from the microphone after one protester appeared to approach the stageDonald Trump’s latest campaign rally was rocked by repeated protests on Wednesday as the US president urged Texas voters to back embattled Senate candidate Ken Paxton.At least half a dozen demonstrators interrupted the US president during his remarks in San Antonio, with some led away by police. One wa...

Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlement

Workers, mostly Indian, building US consulate in Milan agree to record settlement

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Foreign workers building the vast new US consulate compound in Milan signed agreements at a Milan hotel Wednesday securing payouts averaging €45,000 (US$50,400) each for alleged labour abuses while working for an American construction company. More than 60 labourers, mostly from India, signed the deals Wednesday to receive their share of a €31 million (nearly US$35 million) settlement agreed last ...

China boss gifts top employees new BMWs to protect them from harsh weather commutes

China boss gifts top employees new BMWs to protect them from harsh weather commutes

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A restaurant boss in China has received widespread online admiration for gifting brand-new BMWs to her top-performing employees because she hated seeing them brave harsh weather on electric bikes during their commutes. Ma Yanli, owner of a beef hotpot chain headquartered in Jiaozuo, in central Henan province, took some of her workers to collect their new BMWs on September 24. The cars, each priced...

Will Huanggang Port opening boost spending at Shenzhen’s border retail shops?

Will Huanggang Port opening boost spending at Shenzhen’s border retail shops?

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Retail businesses in Shenzhen are gearing up for the imminent opening of the revamped Huanggang Port at the border Hong Kong shares with mainland China, but some fear the area still lacks commercial appeal to make travellers stay. After six years of redevelopment, the expanded checkpoint is due to open on October 12, according to a source. It will adopt the “joint inspection” model for immigration...

The ‘G2’ illusion? After Xi-Trump summit, China wants equality while the US seeks deals

The ‘G2’ illusion? After Xi-Trump summit, China wants equality while the US seeks deals

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Washington and Beijing may have signed an agreement built around “reciprocity”. But a more consequential question remains unresolved: does it mean equal status for Beijing? Countries without a seat at the table are watching that ambiguity closely. The spectacle of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Washington – the tarmac greeting, the flyovers, the state dinner – has been interpreted l...

WHO seeks answers and clarity over plague lab death in Russia

WHO seeks answers and clarity over plague lab death in Russia

NBC News •

The World Health Organization is pushing for more answers and clarity in the plague death that happened in a lab in Russia. NBC News' Dr. Akshay Syal has more on what we know about the illness and what WHO is seeking from Russia.  

OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites

The Guardian •

Exclusive: Revelation comes after company’s executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write messageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOpenAI used AI to help write the email to the Australian government advising that its AI agent had hacked into key departmental websites, Guardian Australia can reveal.On Tuesday, one of the company’s executi...

Trump repeats his false claim that Iran could destroy Los Angeles or San Diego – as it happened

Trump repeats his false claim that Iran could destroy Los Angeles or San Diego – as it happened

The Guardian •

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailTonight, we’ll have another set of midterm debates. In Iowa, we’ll see the Republican nominee for US Senate, Ashley Hinson, face off against Democrat Josh Turek, a state representative and Paralympian at 8pm ET.The race has become one of the most competitive of this cycle, despite the fact a Democrat hasn’t won a Senate election in...

Boy, 13, rescued after climbing onto air-conditioning unit to escape fire in flat

Boy, 13, rescued after climbing onto air-conditioning unit to escape fire in flat

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Hong Kong firefighters have rescued a 13-year-old boy who climbed out a window onto the air-conditioning unit to escape a fire that broke out in his flat, while his mother has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect. Police received reports at 7.54pm on Wednesday that a fire had broken out in a flat at Tsui To House, one of the blocks of Tsui Ping (North) Estate in Kwun Tong. Online footage sh...

Yemen’s Houthis claim strikes on Saudi airports, killing 3

Yemen’s Houthis claim strikes on Saudi airports, killing 3

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Saudi authorities said Wednesday three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed Houthis have claimed a wave of attacks on Saudi civilian infrastructure in recent weeks, which came as Riyadh-backed forces pressed a counteroffensive against the gro...

Houthi strikes on Saudi airports leave 3 dead, dozens wounded

Houthi strikes on Saudi airports leave 3 dead, dozens wounded

SCMP •

Saudi authorities said Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports, including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed fighters earlier took responsibility for a flurry of attacks that included firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport as the confli...