Z.ai shares surge 8% on new AI model running only on Chinese chips
The Zhipu or Z.ai logo is pictured on a smartphone on Aug. 14, 2026. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese artificial intelligence company Z.ai released a new model Wednesday that the company claims uses entirely homegrown…
Japan’s ‘polka dot queen’ artist Yayoi Kusama dies aged 97
The «polka dot queen», who passed away on August 14, channelled hallucinations and trauma into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades. «Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to…
Kriti Sanon Rakhi ad: Giva jewellery drops Bollywood actor’s Indian festival ad over outfit
An Indian jewellery brand has removed their new advertisement for the upcoming festival of Rakshabandhan, also known as Rakhi, after backlash over the outfit worn by the female lead. The ad featured popular Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon celebrating the…
Qantas shares jump on earnings as airline updates business class
Qantas and Jet Star aircrafts at Sydney Airport. April 10th, 2026, (Photo by Wolter Peeters / The Sydney Morning Herald via Getty Images) Fairfax Media | Fairfax Media | Getty Images Shares of Australian carrier Qantas Airways jumped 4% on Thursday after…
‘Shockwaves throughout the country’ following ‘gruesome’ killings in Haitian mountain retreat
Genie Godula is pleased to welcome journalist Harold Isaac on the ground in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. He says what we are witnessing in Haiti is not simply another episode of gang violence, but a profound challenge to the authority of the…
Libyan who was cleared after Lockerbie bombing trial dies aged 70
A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing has died aged 70. Al Amin Khalifah Fhimah was accused of murdering 270 people in the attack on Pan Am Flight 103 in December 1988. He was found not guilty but a second Libyan,…
Japanese startups, IPOs set for boost with unlisted-company platform
An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015. Japan’s share prices dropped 733.98 points, or nearly 4.0 percent, to close at 17,806.70 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, erasing a…
What we know about the environmental causes behind the Nepal landslide
Lethal surges of mud and water that hit «like liquid concrete» are nearly impossible to predict and cannot be outrun. The cause of the deadly landslide and flood along the Nepal-Tibet border is not yet certain, but experts say the risk of such events is…
At least one dead after car crashes into crowd in northern France
At least one person has been killed and 10 people injured after a car crashed into a group of people near a train station in northern France, police say. A male suspect was later arrested after authorities launched a major emergency response in Caen, in…
Man arrested at Trump golf course reportedly had pages of Secret Service notes
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An armed man arrested Aug. 2 at President Donald Trump‘s California golf course allegedly had first lady Melania Trump’s schedule and detailed information about U.S. Secret Service (USSS) personnel,…