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Years before China’s DeepSeek stunned the world with its powerful open-source AI model, Chinese tech geeks began experimenting with the openness ethos through a collaboratively written open-source novel, still going strong after nearly two decades. With millions of words spanning nearly 3,000 chapters, The Morning Star of Linggao has been crowd-written by thousands of contributors – mostly tech geeks, engineers, military enthusiasts and STEM professionals – who insert themselves as characters in...

India's ambitious and high-profile bid to reintroduce cheetahs received a major boost Wednesday with the announcement of the birth of three cubs, the environment minister said.

Former SNP chief executive Murrell is accused of embezzling £459,000 from the party over a 12-year period.

A sleeper shark appeared on camera for the first time at more than 1,500 feet beneath the Antarctic Ocean’s surface, exceeding depths experts thought sharks could exist in that part of the world. Conditions at those depths within the boundaries of the Antarctic Ocean can reach near freezing temperatures.

A court has granted bail to an unemployed British national who was filmed wrecking self-check-in kiosks at Hong Kong International Airport in a viral video this week. Youcef Bennoui, 35, was charged with criminal damage and possession of a Part 1 poison on Wednesday, after a video on social media showed him pushing over several self-check-in kiosks in the departure hall and repeatedly striking them with a stanchion. Bennoui was arrested on Monday morning and had been held in police custody. He...

(JTA) — Eli Sharabi’s memoir “Hostage,” recounting his experience in Hamas captivity after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, has been named Book of the Year by the National Jewish Book Awards, organizers announced Wednesday. The awards, presented by the Jewish Book Council and considered among the most prestigious honors in Jewish literature, recognize outstanding English-language... The post Eli Sharabi’s ‘Hostage’ memoir named Jewish book of the year appeared first on The Forward.

That Time of the Month with Naga Munchetty, Dr Nighat Arif and Dr Christine Ekechi

Taxi drivers in Greece on Wednesday kicked off a two-day nationwide strike over new rules which they say excessively favour private vehicles for hire.

At least four people were killed and 30 vehicles were involved in a pile-up crash in Colorado.

At the halfway point of his term, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces trouble brewing inside his own camp as his long-time lieutenant Rafizi Ramli seizes the banner of reform and clean government that was once his own. Malaysia must hold its next general election by February 2028, but with both the governing coalition and the opposition facing internal power struggles, swathes of the electorate remain unconvinced by either side’s case to govern. For Anwar, who spent decades vying to...

Kurdish fighters who have laid down their arms should be reintegrated into society, Turkish lawmakers urged in a key report released Wednesday, while avoiding any reference to an "amnesty".

The Wicked star appears in a one-woman version of the classic horror story in London's West End.