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CEO of Tesla

Elon Musk leads USD 97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI, Sam Altman offers to buy ‘Twitter’ instead

censorship

Nepal tables bill to tab social media despite fear of censorship

Benjamin Netanyahu

Saudi Arabia slams Netanyahu’s suggestion to establish Palestinian state on its land

Budget

Trump asks US Treasury Dept to stop production of pennies, says ‘Rip waste out of our great nation’s budget.’

Donald Trump

US, Japan oppose China’s ‘unlawful maritime claims,’ call for peace in Taiwan Strait

China

China: 29 people missing after landslide in Sichuan

Donald Trump

N Korea blames US, Japan, South Korea for tensions in region; vows to bolster nuke forces

CEO of Tesla

Musk criticises US govt payment systems, highlights alleges USD 100 billion ‘fraud’ annually

Hamas captivity

Five Thai nationals freed from Hamas captivity arrive back in Thailand

China

Panama becomes first Latin American country to exit China’s Belt, Road Initiative

aid

US President Donald Trump freezes aid to South Africa over land expropriation legislation

defence

Donald Trump hails security partnership with Japan, announces $1 bn defence sales

aircraft

Missing Alaska flight with 10 on board found with no survivors, say officials

climate change

‘Back to plastic’: Trump to sign executive order reversing Biden’s ‘ridiculous’ paper straw push

Awami League party

Bangladesh: Muhammad Yunus urges people to stop further attacks on properties of Sheikh Hasina’s family

Dc

US Attorney for DC to probe alleged threats against govt employees following Musk’s referral

Chinese military aircraft

Taiwan detects 11 Chinese aircraft, 8 PLAN vessels; 9 jets cross median line

Acharya Ishwarananda

Estonians call Maha Kumbh Mela ‘heart-opening’ experience

Abu Dhabi

Department of Government Enablement showcases Abu Dhabi’s AI leadership at Microsoft AI tour

DOGE staffer

‘To err is human, to forgive divine’: Musk on bringing back DOGE staffer who was fired over racist posts