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Govts, tech firms vow to cooperate against AI risks at Seoul summit 22 May 2024 - 06:13 pm
Britain's Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Michelle Donelan listens as South Korea's Minister of Science and ICT, Lee Jong-ho speaks during a press briefing following the ministers' session of the AI Seoul Summit at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Seoul on May 22, 2024. Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP.
Fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk 'under control' 22 May 2024 - 05:49 pm
Plumes of smoke are seen after a fire broke out at an office building belonging to Danish pharmaceutical group Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd near Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 22, 2024. Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP
Leading AI firms pledge 'responsible' tech development 22 May 2024 - 05:07 pm
Markus Anderljung, Head of Policy at the Centre for the Governance of AI (GovAI), poses at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), during the AI Seoul Summit, in Seoul on May 22, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
France pays tribute to prison officers, attackers still run 22 May 2024 - 05:05 pm
France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and France's Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti face the prison guard units presenting the flag of France as they attend at the former prison in Caen, northwestern France, 22 May 2024. Photo by Teresa Suarez / POOL / AFP.
France's Macron makes high-stakes visit to riot-struck New Caledonia 22 May 2024 - 04:53 pm
France's President Emmanuel Macron waves as he boards his Presidential aeroplane to travel to the Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia in an attempt to resolve a political crisis, at the Orly airport, suburb of Paris on May 21, 2024. Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP.
Nepal's 'Everest Man' claims record 30th summit 22 May 2024 - 03:42 pm
In this photograph taken on May 2, 2021, Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa poses during an interview with AFP at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district. Photo by Prakash MATHEMA / AFP
'River of mud' prompts evacuations in northern France 22 May 2024 - 03:31 pm
A resident tries to clean the road from debris in the small town of Sailly Lorette, after violent storms and torrential rain hit the north of France, causing homes to flood and mudslides to pour down streets, in Somme department, northern France, on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Denis CHARLET / AFP)
Norway, Ireland, Spain say will recognise Palestinian state 22 May 2024 - 02:04 pm
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looks on after delivering a speech to announce that Spain will recognise Palestine as a state on May 28, at the Congress of Deputies in Madrid on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Thomas Coex / AFP)
20 people in intensive care after turbulent Singapore Airlines flight: Thai hospital 22 May 2024 - 02:02 pm
Hospital personnel work on a registration desk at Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital, where some of the injured passengers on a turbulence-hit Singapore Airlines flight were being treated, in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. Photo by MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP
'Massive' fire at Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk 22 May 2024 - 01:59 pm
Firemen work to extinguish a fire that broke out at the headquarters of Danish multinational pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd near Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 22, 2024. Photo by Liselotte Sabroe / Ritzau Scanpix / AFP
Malaysia footballer set to return after acid attack: club official 22 May 2024 - 01:57 pm
Selangor FC Board of Directors member Shahril Mokhtar speaks during a press conference on the progress of Malaysian national team and Selangor FC footballer Faisal Halim, who was injured in an acid attack, at a hospital in Shah Alam on May 22, 2024. Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP
Huge crowds in Iran capital for president's funeral 22 May 2024 - 12:56 pm
Mourners attend the funeral of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, in Tehran on May 22, 2024. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Relieved travellers land in Singapore after deadly turbulence 22 May 2024 - 08:27 am
Officials gather around the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER airplane as it is parked on the tarmac at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)
EU slams Kosovo's closure of Serbian banks: spokesman 21 May 2024 - 11:53 pm
A Kosovan police officer guards an office of
Zelensky says Ukraine achieving 'results' in northeast 21 May 2024 - 10:56 pm
This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on May 21, 2024, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) shaking hands with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock prior to their talks in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees 21 May 2024 - 09:29 pm
A wild howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) is seen in the branches of a tree in Comalcalco, Tabasco State, Mexico, on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Yuri Cortez / AFP)
Apple appeals huge EU fine for music streaming restrictions 21 May 2024 - 07:14 pm
An Apple logo is seen on the outside of an Apple store as new iPhones are released for sale in San Francisco, California on September, 22, 2017. Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP
Over 1,000 relief camps set up as Pakistan braces for heatwave 21 May 2024 - 07:04 pm
Youths cool off as water bursts out from a damaged water pipe line amidst a heatwave in Karachi on May 21, 2024. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP)