Chinese AI drives price competition among US labs
Artificial intelligence users are shopping around as US giants face fierce competition from Chinese rivals -- and in Beijing's tech district, drinkers at an AI-themed bar can even plug in to DeepSeek for free.
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One woman confirmed dead in western Canada wildfire
An 80-year-old woman died while fleeing her home to escape a massive wildfire in Canada's British Columbia province, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said late Sunday.
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Energy transition threatens to wipe Dutch village from map
Residents of Moerdijk, a small Dutch port village that survived WWII bombing and subsequent flooding, are facing a new existential challenge: the threat of being bulldozed in the name of clean energy.
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Stopped broadcast, layoffs: Hungary media eyes post-Orban renewal
A month after Hungary's state broadcaster MTVA suspended its news programmes, many employees are still waiting at home to hear when -- or if -- they can return to work.
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Self-taught Turkish 'linguist' keeps dead language alive
Mehmet Kusman did not spend very long at school, but he traced the ancient inscriptions chiselled into the black basalt rock and read: "Before me there was nothing. But by the power of the god Haldi I founded this city."
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Typhoon Dolphin weakens but disrupts travel in east China
Typhoon Dolphin brought heavy rain to eastern China on Monday, causing hundreds of flight cancellations even as the storm weakened and some cities resumed public transport.
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Asian stocks track Wall St higher after US job losses ease rate fears
Stocks rose Monday as investors pared their bets on a US interest rate hike after data showed thousands of jobs were lost in July, though sentiment was dented by another spike in oil prices as hopes for an end to the Middle East crisis fade.
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Pakistan brickmakers scorched by sun above and fire below
As dark plumes billow from overhead smokestacks, brickmakers at a kiln in Pakistan's Sheikhupura district crush coal through small holes beneath their feet into the fiery chambers below.
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Western Europe experienced hottest June-July on record: EU monitor
Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fuels an historic summer of heat, drought and wildfires across the region, the EU's global warming monitor said Monday.
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Ithaca bets on hometown hero Odysseus for tourism boom
Standing on the ferry as it waits to dock on the Greek island of Ithaca, Giorgia Ongarato is only too keen to talk about the "Odyssey" -- the epic poem that inspired Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film.
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