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ICC members vote to dismiss Karim Khan
THE HAGUE: Member states of the International Criminal Court voted on Friday to dismiss Karim Khan as prosecutor following allegations of sexual misconduct. Eighty-two of the court’s 125 member states voted in favour of the prosecutor’s removal. Khan, 56, denies any wrongdoing and his lawyer said he will challenge his dismissal. “Mr Khan will challenge…
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Netanyahu orders new settler posts in occupied West Bank
• Israeli settlers kill 4 Palestinians, hurt 5, torch olive groves in deadly West Bank raids• Village council head says occupation forces shielded the violent mob• Israeli military announces ‘extensive’ operation on Palestinian sites• Settlements remain illegal under international law JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday his government would establish new settler…
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As AI grows more powerful, a US-China feud threatens safety efforts
US threats to sanction Chinese AI developers over alleged intellectual property theft and export-control violations risk unravelling efforts to establish a bilateral dialogue on AI safety, analysts say, just as increasingly powerful models raise concerns over serious security breaches. US officials on Wednesday accused Chinese AI lab Moonshot of distilling its Kimi K3 model from Anthropic’s advanced Fable 5…
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Has AI become too powerful to control?
One of OpenAI’s most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company’s website — reviving fears that AI systems are slipping beyond their creators’ control. The incident happened during what was supposed to be a “sandbox” test — a closed environment used to assess the capabilities of OpenAI’s most powerful model, GPT-5.6 Sol,…
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Anthropic bets on cheaper AI with new model
Anthropic on Friday released Claude Opus 5, a new artificial intelligence model the company says approaches the performance of its most powerful system at half the price. The San Francisco-based startup, a chief rival to OpenAI, said the model tops industry benchmarks for coding and knowledge work while consuming fewer computing resources than earlier versions.…
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Abdullah Fazal ruled out of West Indies Test series due to back injury
Left-handed opener Abdullah Fazal will miss Pakistan’s two-match Test series against the West Indies after picking up a back injury ahead of the series opener scheduled to begin on Saturday. According to the details, the 23-year-old picked up a lower-back injury during the Green Shirts’ training session here at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in…
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Amid Hormuz instability, attention shifts to Pakistan’s Gwadar port
Iran has closed and reopened the Strait of Hormuz several times since the US-Iran war began in February. When operating normally, ships transport about a fifth of global oil consumption through the chokepoint. Importantly, more than four-fifths of the oil and liquefied natural gas moving through Hormuz in 2024 was destined for Asia. It was…
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PML-N-PPP politics beyond AJK polls
As all is set for polls in Azad Jammu and Kashmir on July 27th, the boycott of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ( PTI), which had swept the last elections, leaving “political ground” open for the other two mainstream parties, Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), who are now in the race to form the…
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Baby monkey Punch to celebrate first birthday
Punch, a plush-clutching Japanese baby monkey that has become a global online sensation, will celebrate his first birthday on Sunday as his zoo is flooded with fan letters from around the world. Abandoned by his mother and spurned by some peers, the young macaque shot to stardom after he was seen clinging to a plush…
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Dr Zahid Hasan Ansari Organizes FPCCI Seminar on Inclusive Education and Autism Management
ARACHI: Dr. Zahid Hasan Ansari, Convener of the National Standing Committee on Medical and Health Sciences at the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and Member of the Provincial Advisory Council, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPD), Government of Sindh, organized an awareness seminar on Inclusive Education and Autism Management.…
