Behind Bangladesh Protests, Rage Over Inequality
The video, taken this month, shows a Bangladeshi protester wearing a black T-shirt and standing on one side of an empty street. His arms are outstretched, and he is holding a stick in one hand.
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Malaysia coastguard says tanker involved in fire left site, was using dark-fleet waters
The coastguard said it was tracking the whereabouts of the Sao Tome and Principe-flagged tanker Ceres I, which was suspected to be within Malaysian waters.
Japanese scientists graft living skin onto robot faces to make them ‘smile’
Japanese scientists have attached living skin to robot faces to make them “smile”.
OpenAI debuts mini version of its most powerful model yet
OpenAI announced it will launch a new AI model, "GPT-4o mini," the artificial intelligence startup's latest effort to expand use of its popular chatbot, on Thursday.
Video: Bangladesh police detain imam leading funeral prayers
Video shared by an opposition party in Bangladesh is said to show police detaining an imam as he led funeral prayers for students killed during demonstrations over government job quotas.
China investigators suspect construction work caused fire that killed 16 people in shopping mall
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that caused 16 deaths in a shopping mall in the southwestern city of Zigong. The fire broke out around 6:00 p.m. Wednesday and took almost 10 hours to be extinguished, state media reported.
Malaysia’s racial rift: Penang art festival sparks outcry over low Malay representation
Organisers of the George Town Festival in Penang have apologised after facing backlash over a lack of Malay representation in their promotional video that critics called an “ethnic removal” of nearly half the state’s population.
A fire kills 16 people at a shopping mall in southwestern China
BEIJING (AP) — A fire at a shopping mall killed 16 people Wednesday in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong, state media reported.