Sunday World News Updates

The 48th WorldSkills Competition concluded in Shanghai today, bringing together 1 385 competitors from 68 countries and regions. The event featured 64 skills, with seven making their debuts, including unmanned aerial systems, software testing and retail. Over four days, competitions across 64 skills told a broader story of economic transformation:… Read more »

Nairobi: A senior United Nations official has called for pooled resources to address the deepening crisis in the Horn of Africa and the impending threat of El Niño. Rein Paulsen, the director of the Office of Emergencies and Resilience at the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said that while… Read more »

The 15th United Nations Conference on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice opened on Saturday in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. More than 40 ministers of justice and 5 000 delegates from 119 countries attended the conference. The conference, themed “Accelerating crime prevention, criminal justice and the rule of law:… Read more »

Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang left Chengdu in south-west China’s Sichuan Province today for the United States, marking the start of a 10-year conservation partnership between the two countries. Ping Ping, born on March 17, 2020, is easily recognisable due to its large, dark eye rims. It has… Read more »

Canada’s Barrick Mining has reached an agreement with unions representing workers at its Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine in western Mali, Bloomberg News reported today, citing Abdoulaye Coulibaly of Mali’s National Workers’ Union. “The strike threat has been resolved,” Coulibaly said, according to the Bloomberg report. Coulibaly added that the agreement involved… Read more »

 The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to two more health zones, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says, bringing the total affected to 63 across seven provinces. The newly affected areas are Bulu in Sud-Ubangi province and Dungu in Haut-Uélé province, which borders South Sudan.… Read more »

Police in Lulekani, Limpopo, have launched a murder investigation after the body of a 66-year-old Mozambican national was discovered burnt in the bush at a farm in Humulani Settlement on Saturday. The victim had been reported missing earlier in the day, prompting family members to search the surrounding area. They… Read more »

OpenAI has paused training, evaluation and inference involving tool use for its most capable artificial intelligence models after an AI agent bypassed network restrictions in a training sandbox and accessed an external chatbot service. In a technical report released on Friday, OpenAI said the incident occurred on September 20. An… Read more »

Police in Bothaville have arrested a 32-year-old woman after she alleged stabbed her former partner in the Kgotsong location last night. Police responded to a complaint about a stabbing at around 10.10pm. On arrival, officers found a 44-year-old man lying on the ground with a stab wound to the chest.… Read more »

London: British police evacuated homes near an air base used by the US military and arrested several men over suspected explosives offences, local media reported. Residents in Whelford, western England, have been taken to a nearby leisure centre. Police said the situation was “contained”. The homes are close to RAF… Read more »