Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any AI company besides OpenAI to reach #1 in the App Store, Musk says

A man died after suffering burns and thousands fled their homes in Spain yesterday as wildfires fuelled by a heatwave scorched southern Europe.

England’s water shortfall was classed as “nationally significant” as it experienced its driest first six months of the year since 1976, the Environment Agency said yesterday.

Nearly 2,000 people in Taiwan were evacuated from their homes yesterday as Typhoon Podul approaches the island, with storm-hit central and southern regions likely to be pounded again, authorities said.

Israeli planes and tanks bombarded eastern areas of Gaza City yesterday, killing at least 20 people, witnesses and medics said, with Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya arrived in Cairo for talks to revive a US-backed ceasefire plan.

China’s President Xi Jinping yesterday told his Brazilian counterpart the two countries could set an example of “self-reliance” for emerging powers, as trade and geopolitical challenges mount.

United Nations investigators said yesterday they have found evidence of systematic torture by Myanmar security forces and identified some of the most senior perpetrators.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Kyiv and Moscow will both have to cede land to end the war in Ukraine and talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week will instantly show whether the Kremlin leader is willing to make a deal.

A landmine blast on Thailand’s border wounded a soldier yesterday, the military said, accusing Cambodia of planting new explosives in breach of a truce between the countries.

An international court ruling that said India must adhere to the Indus Waters Treaty in the design of new hydro-electric power stations on rivers that flow west to Pakistan endorses Islamabad’s position, a senior Pakistani official said yesterday.

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The probe into the explosion would be "a time-consuming technical investigation"

The two leaders have both sought in recent months to present their countries as staunch defenders of the multilateral trading system

Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his second-term approach

The White House's halt on steeper tariffs will be in place until November 10

Condemnations poured in from the United Nations and media rights groups yesterday after an Israeli strike killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza, as Palestinians mourned the journalists and Israel accused one of them of being a Hamas militant.

President Donald Trump yesterday announced he is invoking the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to place the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control, a rare and controversial move.

New Delhi police briefly detained Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition members yesterday as they protested a controversial revised electoral roll in Bihar and alleged “vote theft” by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic groups yesterday pledged to block elections in areas it controls, rejecting polls the military junta has touted as a way of ending the civil war.

A Chinese navy vessel collided with one from its own coast guard while chasing a Philippine patrol boat in the South China Sea yesterday, Manila said, releasing dramatic video footage of the confrontation.