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Kuala Lumpur is making it easier and cheaper to bring international music stars to the city, hoping that a bigger concert calendar can help Malaysia capture more of Southeast Asia’s booming live-music economy. But as more global acts come to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian musicians are asking whether the concert boom is creating more opportunities for local artists too. Fuad Alhabshi of Malaysian rock ba...
‘Radical’ report likely to influence party’s platform also proposes abolishing inheritance and capital gains taxesA thinktank linked to Reform UK has called for the abolition of the state pension and £75bn worth of sweeping tax cuts in a “radical” report likely to influence the party’s platform for the next election.The Centre for a Better Britain’s (CFABB) report – which also calls for weaker rul...
Paris prosecutors said Tuesday they had opened several probes after receiving complaints concerning women filmed on the street without their consent using smart glasses. Anyone wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an AI assistant. Meta’s smart spectacles, developed in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, ...
AI has become a major topic at the UN General Assembly after incidents of the technology falling out of the control of humans and warnings by company insiders drew global alarm and calls for better government supervision of the industry.
AI has become a major topic at the UN General Assembly after incidents of the technology falling out of the control of humans and warnings by company insiders drew global alarm and calls for better government supervision of the industry.
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Bragg, the shadow housing minister, said he believes in “big debates” about housing after pushing his new proposal yesterday to allow people to use their superannuation as collateral to get a home loan.The policy hasn’t been adopted by the opposition, and leader Angus Taylor said yesterday it wasn’t Coaliti...
Sharangan Maheswaran says his bid for story on unsubstantiated rumour about then-Liberal minister David Elliott was ‘not a serious offer’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer for fugitive property developer Jean Nassif offered a Liberal operative $1,000 if he could get media to write about an unsubstantiated extram...
The FBI is currently investigating a cyberattack on its job application website, FBIjobs.gov. ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen over 2 terabytes of sensitive data related to FBI employees and applicants. The group alleged they accessed information through a vulnerability in Oracle’s PeopleSoft system. Cybersecurity experts expressed concerns about the potential long-term risks for affected indiv...
Sharangan Maheswaran says his bid for story on unsubstantiated rumour about then-Liberal minister David Elliott was ‘not a serious offer’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA lawyer for fugitive property developer Jean Nassif offered a Liberal operative $1000 if he could “get media to write about an unsubstantiated extram...
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Bragg, the shadow housing minister, said he believes in “big debates” about housing after pushing his new proposal yesterday to allow people to use their superannuation as collateral to get a home loan.The policy hasn’t been adopted by the opposition, and leader Angus Taylor said yesterday it wasn’t Coaliti...
Plans are underway for a $132 million redevelopment of The Hermitage, focusing on its historic landscape. The new visitor and education center will be significantly underground to maintain sightlines and preserve history. State lawmakers approved $6 million in initial funding for the project, signaling public support. The Andrew Jackson Foundation aims to present a comprehensive history, including...
Joyce would not say which Liberals he had spoken to, while Angus Taylor denied any conversations had taken placeSenior Liberals have rubbished claims by Barnaby Joyce that he has discussed One Nation offering the Coalition a pathway to minority government after the next election, accusing him of buyers remorse after defecting from the Nationals.Joyce, who defected to join Pauline Hanson’s party in...
Marlon James and Douglas Stuart can become the fifth author to win the Booker Prize twice after both were shortlisted for arguably the U.K.’s most prestigious fiction accolade
Venezuelans protested in New York against interim President Delcy Rodriguez's participation in the UN General Assembly.
Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington this week, attention is already turning to the aircraft that will carry him and how it stacks up against America’s famous presidential plane. The aircraft carrying China’s leader, often referred to in state media and official statements as a zhuan ji, or special plane, remains far less known to the world than Air Force One, despite both c...
Moroccan voters are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament, with a focus on jobs, wages, and inequality
President Trump tells the U.N. he has a "big decision to make" on whether to make a deal or drive Iran "into hell."
The storm's sudden intensification is "truly remarkable", the US hurricane monitoring agency said.
Follow the day’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAndrew Bragg, the shadow housing minister, said he believes in “big debates” about housing after pushing his new proposal yesterday to allow people to use their superannuation as collateral to get a home loan.The policy hasn’t been adopted by the opposition, and leader Angus Taylor said yesterday it wasn’t Coaliti...
Investors shrug off AI safety concerns and Iran war, sending market to a new peak.
France's Macron says suffering in Gaza should 'shame all of us' as Canada's Carney pledges $71m for two-state efforts.
Canada pledges 100 million Canadian dollars ($71m) for Palestinians as UK and France urge action on Israeli settlements.
Melaka on Wednesday officially called for a state election – the latest test for Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s government, which is already facing an internal feud and growing public frustration over failed reforms. The state assembly was dissolved effective from Wednesday following an official notification sent to the country’s Election Commission the previous day by Ibrahim Durum, the...
UK PM Burnham condemned Israel’s war on Gaza, and explains why the UK sanctioned illegal Israeli settlements.
Friend sobs in witness box and tells Sydney murder trial Baird was scared to go to the police Jesse Baird was “petrified” of Beau Lamarre-Condon because he was an armed police officer who could make a false allegation that would ruin his career, a court has heard.Lamarre-Condon has been accused of fatally shooting Sydney couple Jesse Baird, 26, and Luke Davies, 29, with a police service weapon at ...
Singaporeans are among the most open to allowing an artificial intelligence agent to shop for them, but they also want the strictest guard rails, research shows. The latest agentic AI study from Global Payments released on Wednesday indicates the hoops agentic AI will need to jump through to be trusted to make purchases without human intervention. The study, which surveyed seven countries includin...
President's move clears hurdles to long delayed election and raises concern he can now wield unchecked power.
President Salva Kiir's move clears hurdles to long delayed election and raises concern he can now wield unchecked power.
