Afghan Taliban attacks met with Pakistani strikes on Kabul – DW.com

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  1. Afghan Taliban attacks met with Pakistani strikes on Kabul  DW.com
  2. Afghanistan and Pakistan exchange cross-border strikes in escalating retaliatory attacks  CNN
  3. Pakistan strikes Afghan cities as cross-border attacks escalate  BBC
  4. Afghanistan launches attacks against Pakistan, draws ‘immediate response’  Al Jazeera
  5. Pakistan, Afghan forces clash after days of hostilities  Reuters
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Boss of theatre hosting Chinese dance group Shen Yun in Sydney won’t be intimidated by ‘outrageous’ threats

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Graeme Kearns, chief executive of Foundation Theatres, says: ‘Our job in theatre is to absolutely defend the right to tell stories about culture’

The head of the theatre hosting the Shen Yun dance troupe in Sydney says the company would not be intimidated to pull the shows by any “outrageous” anonymous threats and that the publicity had increased interest in the show.

On Monday, the Gold Coast venue for the Shen Yun performances was forced to evacuate after a bomb threat, with a similar threat forcing the evacuation of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s official residence, The Lodge, in Canberra the next day.

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Shooter had second ChatGPT account, OpenAI reveals as it overhauls safety protocols – Politico

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  1. Shooter had second ChatGPT account, OpenAI reveals as it overhauls safety protocols  Politico
  2. OpenAI outlines steps to boost safety measures in response to Canada school shooting  Reuters
  3. OpenAI Would’ve Flagged Canada Mass Shooting Suspect Under New Rules  Bloomberg.com
  4. OpenAI Tightens Protocol for Referring Accounts to Law Enforcement  WSJ
  5. Danger was flagged, but not reported: What the Tumbler Ridge tragedy reveals about Canada’s AI governance vacuum  The Conversation
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Josh Shapiro Doesn’t Care if You Kill A Pennsylvania Citizen – Home ❧ Current Affairs

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  1. Josh Shapiro Doesn’t Care if You Kill A Pennsylvania Citizen  Home ❧ Current Affairs
  2. Family of Palestinian-American man killed in West Bank call for accountability  BBC
  3. Calls for justice grow after Israeli settlers kill another US citizen  Al Jazeera
  4. Police, IDF clash over probe into Palestinian-American teen killed in West Bank  Haaretz
  5. Opinion | The All Too Ordinary Death of Nasrallah Abu Siyam  Common Dreams
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Tens of thousands without power in Russia’s Belgorod after Ukrainian attack – Reuters

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  1. Tens of thousands without power in Russia's Belgorod after Ukrainian attack  Reuters
  2. Ukraine war latest: Missiles pound energy infrastructure in Russia’s Belgorod  The Independent
  3. Belgorod Governor Says Locals Hold a Grudge Toward Authorities Amid Ongoing Outages  The Moscow Times
  4. “The lights went out, the internet vanished, and the water was soon gone too”: Residents of Russia’s Belgorod are feeling the effects of war  theins.ru
  5. Parts of Russia's Voronezh left without power after aerial asset debris falls  Українська правда
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IMF approves $8.1 billion loan for Ukraine, with $1.5 billion to go immediately – Reuters

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  1. IMF approves $8.1 billion loan for Ukraine, with $1.5 billion to go immediately  Reuters
  2. Ukraine war briefing: IMF approves $8.1bn loan for Kyiv  The Guardian
  3. IMF Approves $8.1 Billion New Financing Program for Ukraine  Bloomberg
  4. External aid sustains expenditures - Ukraine expects 1.5 billion euros in the coming days  Українські Національні Новини (УНН)
  5. IMF's mission chief for Ukraine Gavin Gray says the sooner that agreed VAT changes come into effect the better  marketscreener.com
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