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OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft to unlock new funding and future IPO

High-stakes talks to revise terms of multibillion-dollar partnership are key to plans to adopt for-profit model

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Beijing’s point man on Macau affairs calls on city to β€˜stand firm’ amid trade war

Xia Baolong also stresses need to explore new markets in meeting with city’s chief executive and local members of national governing bodies.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Peruvians celebrate new pope from adoptive city, praise his β€˜big heart’

Thousands gathered in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, who for years lived, ate and prayed among them.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

The US and China hold the key to each other’s economic puzzle

One consumes too much, produces too little. The other produces too much, consumes too little. What if each could solve the other’s problem?

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Steve Rosenberg: Putin's offer of talks may be attempt to divide the US and Europe

This was clearly his response to the ultimatum set by European leaders in Kyiv, the BBC's Russia Editor writes.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Pope Leo XIV’s first message to world leaders: End all wars

The new pope called for a β€œjust, authentic and long-lasting” peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Hungary's Viktor Orban targets Ukraine, as opposition grows

An unprecedented smear campaign against Ukraine is raging in Hungary. Prime Minister Viktor Orban wants his fellow citizens to vote against Ukraine's accession to the EU. What's behind it all?

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Hungary's Orban blasts Ukraine to bolster domestic support

Prime Minister Viktor Orban is vilifying neighboring Ukraine in a bid to appeal to his supporters and discredit the opposition.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

3 arrested in Hong Kong over HK$4 million London gold trading scam

Police say syndicate rented offices in bustling commercial districts to create the appearance of a professional investment firm.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Salary freeze for Hong Kong’s cash-strapped Urban Renewal Authority

Body’s 700 staff will be affected by second freeze in four years, following similar move for civil servants.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Meta's new 'optional' AI chatbot in apps like Whatsapp is proving controversial. Here's why

Some users are irritated at the bright blue and pinkish circle now omnipresent in Meta’s applications, primarily because of data protection issues.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Chinese weapons power Pakistan in Kashmir conflict, but doubts remain

Analysts say a war between India and Pakistan could be rare test of Russian and Chinese arms, with β€˜larger ramifications’ for Indo-Pacific.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Field of Dreams: Football Breathes Life into Yemen’s Camps

Every summer in Ma’rib, Yemen, a place marked by loss and uncertainty, a football tournament offers a rare kind of hope. For hundreds of displaced youth living across more than a dozen sites, it’s a chance to unite, to belong, and to dream.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Watch: Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

Worshippers packed St Peter's Square as Pope Leo XIV called for an end to global conflicts.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: BBC Europe favicon BBC Europe

Bangladesh’s former ruling party slams ban over protester deaths

The Awami League’s activities will remain banned until after a trial of the party and its leaders over the deaths of hundreds of protesters.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Russian drones strike frontline Ukrainian villages

The Russian Defence Ministry said Sunday morning that the Russian army had 'resumed' fighting after a 'ceasefire'.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Ukraine: Zelenskyy willing to meet Putin in Turkey

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also called for a ceasefire beginning Monday. US President Trump has urged Kyiv and Moscow to meet in Turkey on Thursday. Follow DW for more.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Iran says fourth round of β€˜difficult’ nuclear talks with US ends in Oman

Foreign minister says civilian enrichment cannot be subjected to any deal as Tehran and Washington set for more talks.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

Trump offers to work with India, Pakistan on Kashmir β€˜solution’

US president offers to mediate between nuclear-armed neighbours days after his administration helps broker a ceasefire.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Al Jazeera Middle East favicon Al Jazeera Middle East

India-Pakistan ceasefire 'isn't long-term peace'

Indian and Pakistani diplomats believe that while the new ceasefire deal over Kashmir was welcome, it will take a lot more to address the long-term distrust between the two countries. Experts from both sides spoke to DW.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

UK immigration debate needs to drop the numbers game

Labour’s task is balancing public appetite for control with the party’s other policy goals

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Baidu’s Apollo Go expands robotaxi tests in Hong Kong as it aims for global reach

The Baidu unit has received an updated pilot licence, allowing it to double the number of robotaxis operating in a wider area.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Are Trump’s tariffs already boosting US inflation?Β 

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Internal trade barriers are as stifling as tariffs

Removing inefficiencies at home is even more important in a trade war

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

US beef prices extend surge as ranchers face thinnest herds in 70 years

A years-long drought in the American west has dried up grazing lands and created a shortage of calves

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Hong Kong’s John Lee starts Gulf visit, reveals host of deals to be signed

City leader says deals will cover trade and investment promotion, financial services, innovation and technology, and cultural tourism.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Germany turns first asylum seekers away at border β€” report

In the two days since the new German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz tightened border controls, 19 people who had applied for asylum have reportedly been turned away.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 15 people, mostly women and children

2 of the strikes killed 2 children and their parents in tents in Khan Younis. Other strikes killed a child and a man riding a bicycle.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post

Albania elections: Prime Minister Edi Rama seeks fourth term in office

Polls show Rama, who has promised EU membership in the next five years, has a commanding lead over his old rival Sali Berisha, who has been weakened by a corruption probe.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in first Sunday address

The new pontiff spoke about the conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza, Pakistan and India in his first Sunday blessing. Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to hear Pope Leo's address.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

β€˜To name is to claim:’ Inside Trump’s cartographical compulsion

It’s ingrained in his background in real estate and branding.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Koyo Kouoh, 2026 Venice Art Biennale curator, dies suddenly aged 58

The Swiss-Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh has died at the age of 58. She was the first African woman invited to lead the Venice Art Biennale.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: Euronews favicon Euronews

β€˜Tied down’: Hong Kong carers of autistic youngsters under high stress, poll finds

Long hours and lack of support among pressures reported in survey of 220 carers by To Dream Charity Foundation.

Published on: May 11, 2025 | Source: South China Morning Post favicon South China Morning Post