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International Space Station astronauts in evacuation mode as Russia attempts to fix widening air leak

New Zealand capital flooded with faeces after wastewater failure

Why more Singaporeans are choosing day surgery – and the procedures you might not expect

Think surgery automatically means spending days in hospital? Not always. Doctors explain how modern techniques are making day surgery a safe and increasingly common option for some procedures you thought were too complicated.

What are the Gripen fighter jets Ukraine will buy from Sweden?

STOCKHOLM, June 4 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in May Ukraine would buy 20 of Saab's Gripen E fighter jets and Sweden will gift another 16 of an older model, to help Ukraine in the war against Russia.

Brazil could buy another 20 Gripen jets, Sweden says

STOCKHOLM, June 4 - Brazil has expressed an interest in potentially buying 20 additional Gripen model E and F fighter jets from Sweden's Saab, Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Thursday.

Photoshopped seat belts on hit Chinese variety show draw warning from traffic authorities

Viral clips from the May 29 episode of This is My Adventure 2 show digitally added seat belts overlaid on members of popular Chinese boy band Teens in Times (TNT) and other celebrities as they ride in a minibus.

Operator charged over living conditions such as faulty urinals, damaged walls in foreign worker dormitory

Communal toilets at the dormitory contained a broken squatting pan, faulty urinals and a hole in a corroded ceiling, according to charge sheets.

Meta repeatedly pushes back new AI model release for developers, WSJ says

Asian stocks slide on flare-up in Middle East fighting, oil eases off highs

"Financial markets shifted back into a risk-off mode as the US and Iran exchanged fire again," analysts from Westpac wrote in a research report.

Hong Kong principal fired for swearing at security guards on Singapore school trip

San Wui Commercial Society Secondary School says it refused to accept the resignation of Lee Cheuk-hing, who violated the code of conduct for staff.

UK regulator enforces new competition requirements on Google search

Publishers can opt out of training Google's AI models under the new regulations.

Scientists find yeast in ancient Iceman’s guts – and make sourdough bread

They also found a particular kind of a gut bacteria that is almost non-existent among modern humans.

Trump signs AI order giving government access to powerful models

AI developers will share advanced models with the government before public release.

Trump administration to ask US AI firms to voluntarily submit models for cybersecurity tests

UN warns possibly strong El Nino could push global temperatures higher

GENEVA, June 2 - The United Nations weather agency on Tuesday forecast a moderate or possibly strong El Nino that could drive up global temperatures and increase the risk of extreme weather over the coming months.

Startups shore up Ukraine's defences with sea drone swarms and robot trucks

KYIV, June 2 - How to stop Russian drones flying undetected across the Black Sea to attack Ukraine's port city of Odesa? That was the problem facing Ukraine's military that Charles Maher set out to solve.

As Trump cheerleads for AI, some in MAGA world fret

Many are urging Trump to make a decree mandating that new AI models undergo government testing.

Moderna and other groups get $60 million to develop Ebola vaccine

June 1 - Global health organisation CEPI will give roughly $60 million to Moderna and to two other groups to accelerate the development of shots against Ebola Bundibugyo, the deadly virus that has swept through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Suspected World War II ordnance explodes in Indonesia, five dead

Eleven confirmed dead in Washington state chemical accident, all bodies recovered

A tank containing “white liquor” imploded at a Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility on May 26.