Aug 2 (Reuters) - Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche rescinded an order that established the "anti-weaponization" fund, ahead of a key Senate committee vote on Tuesday, after Republican senators held up his nomination over concerns about the fund.
Republican Senators John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina had held up Blanche's nomination while seeking written assurances that the Justice Department will not set up the fund,... (continue reading...)
BANGKOK, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday, a spokeswoman for the Myanmar government said.
The meeting came amid concerns over the health of the 81-year-old Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has been in detention since a February 2021 coup plunged the impoverished Southeast Asian nation into turmoil.
The meeting... (continue reading...)
By Huey Mun Leong
SARAWAK, Malaysia, August 3 (Reuters) - Villagers in one indigenous community in Malaysia's Sarawak state once lived by an unspoken rule: leave the crocodile be, and it will leave you alone in turn.
But for the community's headman, Daniel Muking, that taboo has now been broken, after his son was found dead following a crocodile attack in May 2024.
"It has eaten my child, so I have every right to kill... (continue reading...)
By Eduardo Baptista
BEIJING, Aug 3 (Reuters) - China's Alibaba on Monday unveiled what it said is its largest and most capable artificial-intelligence model, the Qwen3.8-Max, which is not far behind in size when compared with an offering from domestic rival Moonshot AI launched last month.
Chinese tech companies — a huge force in open-weight AI models globally — are locked in a fierce and fast-moving battle to build more powerful systems... (continue reading...)
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Cuba's electricity grid collapsed late on Sunday, the state-owned grid operator said, plunging the island of about 10 million people into darkness as blackouts become more frequent.
The outage follows three nationwide blackouts in July and comes as a U.S.-imposed oil blockade further strains the island's ageing energy infrastructure.
The Union Electrica de Cuba gave no further details of the situation in its posts... (continue reading...)
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