Middle East crisis live: Iran ready to reopen strait of Hormuz within seven days if US lifts blockade, official says
The Guardian •

Middle East crisis live: Iran ready to reopen strait of Hormuz within seven days if US lifts blockade, official says

Traffic through the key waterway for energy supplies has dwindled to a trickleWe are seeing reports that the Houthis have said that strikes carried out by Saudi Arabia in the northwest of the country killed at least two civilians.“A mother and child were killed, while her husband and two of her other children were wounded in strikes carried out by the Saudi enemy in the Al-Batin area of Al-Hazm, i...

Can China’s grain reserves protect food security against El Nino?

Can China’s grain reserves protect food security against El Nino?

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Amid mounting global concern over food security risks posed by the El Nino weather pattern, Chinese officials have moved to reassure the public that national grain reserves remain well above international safety thresholds. “China has a solid foundation and sufficient capacity to withstand risks and challenges such as El Nino,” said Li Chao, an official from the National Development and Reform Com...

Macron, Trump hold 'constructive' talks ahead of UN General Assembly

Macron, Trump hold 'constructive' talks ahead of UN General Assembly

France 24 •

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he had "very constructive" talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump on the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine as they met in New York ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. France 24’s Philip Turle takes a closer look at what came out of Macron and Trump’s bilateral meeting and what to look out ...

Turkey teen arrested after 11 pupils injured in shotgun shooting

Turkey teen arrested after 11 pupils injured in shotgun shooting

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A teenager opened fire outside a secondary school in western Turkey on Tuesday, wounding 11 pupils, before being detained in the country’s third such shooting in six months, officials said. Three of the victims were in serious condition following the attack outside a school in Turgutlu near the western city of Izmir. “The treatment of 10 minors is ongoing, including three of whom are in intensive ...

Turkey student arrested after 11 injured in shotgun shooting

Turkey student arrested after 11 injured in shotgun shooting

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An attacker opened fire near a secondary school in western Turkey on Tuesday and injured at least 11 people, officials said. The suspected shooter was arrested. At least two of the injured were in serious condition, Justice Minister Akin Gürlek said in a statement on X. The attack took place in front of a vocational and technical secondary school in Turgutlu district, in Manisa province, the provi...

Constructive. Strategic. Stability. Chinese state media spell out Xi-Trump summit aim

Constructive. Strategic. Stability. Chinese state media spell out Xi-Trump summit aim

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The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper has set the tone for the summit on Thursday between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, calling for the two sides to build on the “constructive strategic stability” agreed upon during Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese government and state media have also spelled out Beijing’s “red lines” days ahead of the high-stakes event in Washington....

Constructive. Strategic. Stability. Chinese state media set tone for Xi-Trump summit

Constructive. Strategic. Stability. Chinese state media set tone for Xi-Trump summit

SCMP •

The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper has set the tone for the summit on Thursday between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, calling for the two sides to build on the “constructive strategic stability” agreed upon during Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese government and state media have also spelled out Beijing’s “red lines” days ahead of the high-stakes event in Washington....

Chinese state media stresses stability to set the tone for Xi-Trump summit

Chinese state media stresses stability to set the tone for Xi-Trump summit

SCMP •

The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper has set the tone for the Thursday summit between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, calling for the two sides to build on the “constructive strategic stability” agreed upon during Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese government and state media have also spelled out Beijing’s “red lines” days ahead of the high-stakes event in Washington. Th...

South Korean graduates protected from deepfake abuse by new photo tech

South Korean graduates protected from deepfake abuse by new photo tech

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A South Korean university has embedded graduation photos with anti-deepfake technology to prevent a repeat of a scandal two years ago, when portraits of female graduates were used to create sexually explicit manipulated images. Seoul National University’s (SNU) use of StealCut Protect, created by a start-up founded by SNU alumni, marked the first time it was used for a university graduation album ...

Invisible pixels protect South Korean graduates’ photos from deepfake abuse

Invisible pixels protect South Korean graduates’ photos from deepfake abuse

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A South Korean university has embedded graduation photos with anti-deepfake technology to prevent a repeat of a scandal two years ago, when portraits of female graduates were used to create sexually explicit manipulated images. Seoul National University’s (SNU) use of StealCut Protect, created by a start-up founded by SNU alumni, marked the first time it was used for a university graduation album ...

Live: Guterres calls for UN Security Council reform

Live: Guterres calls for UN Security Council reform

France 24 •

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday for the last time before his term ends on December 31. Guterres will be followed at the podium by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. Watch his address live on FRANCE 24.

Live: Guterres opens UN General Assembly for the last time as secretary-general

Live: Guterres opens UN General Assembly for the last time as secretary-general

France 24 •

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday for the last time before his term ends on December 31. Guterres will be followed at the podium by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. Watch his address live on FRANCE 24.

Live: Guterres to open UN General Assembly for the last time as secretary-general

Live: Guterres to open UN General Assembly for the last time as secretary-general

France 24 •

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will open the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday for the last time before his term ends on December 31. Guterres will be followed at the podium by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. Follow our live blog for the latest developments. 

Live: Guterres to open UN General Assembly in final speech of his mandate

Live: Guterres to open UN General Assembly in final speech of his mandate

France 24 •

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will open the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday for the last time before his term ends on December 31. Guterres will be followed at the podium by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.