Trump blasts ‘political judges’ as court clash mounts

US President Donald Trump yesterday slammed “highly political judges” as his new administration veered closer to a constitutional clash over his plans to radically overhaul the US government.

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US to block efforts to undermine AI

Hostile adversaries have weaponised artificial intelligence to surveil and censor people, but the United States will block those efforts to undermine AI and will close off ways for them from obtaining capabilities to threaten people, US Vice President JD Vance said yesterday.

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WHO launches plan for free child cancer medicines

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday launched a new platform providing cost-free cancer medicines for thousands of children living in low- and middle-income countries, in a bid to improve lagging survival rates.

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Russia, Ukraine trade strikes on energy sites

Kyiv and Moscow traded long-range attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure overnight, officials in the warring countries said yesterday, allegedly sparking a fire at a Russian oil refinery and fresh power restrictions in Ukraine.

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600 arrested for working illegally in UK

UK immigration enforcement teams made over 600 arrests in January, a 73 percent increase from the period a year ago, as part of the new Labour government’s plan to tackle undocumented migration and people smuggling gangs, officials said Monday.

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Error shuts down Swiss nuclear power reactor: operator

A routine inspection at Europe’s oldest nuclear power plant Monday inadvertently triggered an emergency shutdown of one of the reactors, its Swiss operator said, stressing there had never been any danger.

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Hamas rejects Trump’s ultimatum

A Hamas official said yesterday Israeli hostages can be brought home from Gaza only if a fragile ceasefire is respected, dismissing the “language of threats” after US President Donald Trump said he would “let hell break out” if they were not freed.

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World leaders seek elusive AI common ground at Paris summit

Attempts to reach global agreement may also frustrate major powers

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UN chief urges Hamas to proceed with planned hostage releases

Hamas on Monday said it will stop releasing Israeli hostages, throwing Gaza ceasefire into doubt

Gaza truce under strain after Trump warning

Tensions spiked after Trump proposed taking over Gaza and removing its more than two million inhabitants.

Trump signs executive orders on steel, aluminum tariffs

"Today I'm simplifying our tariffs on steel and aluminum," Trump said in the Oval Office

Federal workers fearful, outraged over 'DEI watchlist' website

The website -- which initially described the workers as "targets" -- now displays "dossiers" for workers it claims have promoted such initiatives, most of whom are Black and women.

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Trump warns 'all hell' will break loose if Gaza hostages not returned

The truce that went into effect on January 19 largely halted more than 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip

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At least one dead as business jets collide at US airport

One person remained trapped inside one of the planes at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona

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Google changes name of Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' for US users

The tech giant wrote in a blog post that users outside the United States will continue to see both the original and new name for the Gulf of Mexico

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At least 55 dead after Guatemala bus plunges into ravine

The bus was carrying around 70 people when it fell into a river contaminated with sewage in Guatemala City

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Palestinians have no right of return under Gaza plan

President Donald Trump said Palestinians would have no right to return to Gaza under his US takeover plan, describing his proposal in excerpts of an interview released yesterday as a “real estate development for the future.”

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AI is ‘biggest shift of our lifetimes’

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a “fundamental rewiring of technology” that will act as an “accelerant of human ingenuity”, Google boss Sundar Pichai will say Monday at a global AI summit in Paris.

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Nearly all nations miss UN deadline

Nearly all nations missed a UN deadline to submit new targets for slashing carbon emissions, including major economies under pressure to show leadership following the US retreat on climate change.

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Paris summit grapples with real-world impact of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) risks reinforcing gender disparities rather than immediate widespread job destruction, the International Labour Organization chief said yesterday as a summit of national leaders and tech bosses opened in Paris.

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Trump aiming to bring Iran ‘to its knees’

Iran’s president yesterday accused his US counterpart Donald Trump of seeking to bring the Islamic republic “to its knees” as the country marked the 1979 revolution that toppled the shah.

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