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Australia have suffered an early blow ahead of their much-awaited three-match ODI series against India, starting October 19. The Aussies, who are currently focusing on building momentum ahead of the Ashes 2025-26, will be without their key all-rounder Cameron Green due to injury. The series, set to be played on October 19, 23, and 25, is expected to serve as …

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Reddit announced Thursday that it is expanding its AI-powered search experience to five new languages: French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. With this expansion, the feature is now available in countries like Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Italy. Users who have set one of these languages as their default, instead of English, can now chat with the AI in …

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Images of hull sections suggest progress on China’s fourth aircraft carrier China appears to be …

The upcoming Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) season has taken an intriguing turn as the Melbourne Stars Women prepare for the Spring Challenge with a fresh addition that has surprised many cricket fans. Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, known for his explosive batting and dynamic fielding, will not be taking the field this time but will instead offer his expertise from …

OpenAI announced Thursday it paused the ability for users to generate videos resembling the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. using its AI video model, Sora. The company says it’s adding this safeguard at the request of Dr. King’s estate after some Sora users generated “disrespectful depictions” of his image. “While there are strong free speech interests in …

Sri Lanka Women will take on South Africa Women in the 18th match of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The hosts will look to revive their campaign after a lose run while South Africa aim to strengthen their semifinal chances with another clinical performance. The contest promises to be a test of adaptability …

The leaders of the US and Russia discussed tensions in Europe in their first conversation since the Alaska summit in August Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump spoke over the phone on Thursday amid renewed tensions over potential deliveries of American Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine and stalled peace talks. Trump described the conversation as “very productive” …

The mother of the late Yap Shing Xuen has appealed to the public to stop spreading rumours and incorrect information about her daughter and her family. During a press conference at Yap’s wake on Thursday, Wong Lee Ping said her daughter sustained more than 200 stab wounds after being attacked in a school toilet at SMK Bandar Utama in Malaysia’s …

Electric aircraft startup Lilium may have ceased operations a year ago, but its insolvency filing wasn’t quite the end of the German-based company. There were multiple failed attempts to restructure the company, including a last-ditch effort by Mobile Uplift Corporation, a company set up by investors from Europe and North America, to acquire the operating assets of the startup’s two …

An Austrian brain surgeon has denied allowing her 12 year old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s skull during emergency surgery. The incident is alleged to have taken place in January 2024, when a mother purportedly permitted her young daughter to assist with brain surgery in Styria, a state in southeastern Austria, on a farm worker who had …

A new book has suggested that the world could soon be dominated by a Trillionaires’ Club of ‘wealth elite’, each boasting fortunes with ’12 zeros’. Kamal Ahmed, an investigator and former editorial director at BBC News, predicts that Elon Musk, the head of SpaceX, Tesla, X and xAI, will become the world’s first trillionaire in 2027. Ahmed anticipates that there …