AI
Malaysia’s AI agent-powered messaging app Respond.io raises $62.5M, eyes acquisitions
Respond.io, one of Malaysia startups to watch, uses AI agents to handle high volumes of customer inquiries and charges p...
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Tech
AI could help win ‘race against extinction’ of vital plants, say botanists
Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi dataThe rise of AI and dig...
World
Football upstages politics as Iranians rally behind their team at World Cup
In opener against New Zealand in Los Angeles, Iran's Team Melli gets cheers from thousands of anti-regime supporters.
Business
Unsure about Disclosure Day? You are not alone
Audiences have propelled Spielberg’s alien thriller to the top of the box office. Yet some exiting the cinema appear to...
World
From cool Marseille to a photo-feast in Arles – an art trail through Provence
The French cities of Marseille, Aix, Avignon and Arles boast a wealth of museums and festivals showing work by contempor...
World
Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens review – the last day of maternity leave is a comic rollercoaster
Parenting is represented in all its hilarious, moving and truthfully plodding detail, in the story of a mother and her t...
Crypto
US government watchdog urges FDIC coordinate on crypto oversight
The US Government Accountability Office says that regulators, including the FDIC, lack an “ongoing coordination mechanis...
Football
‘Our team is the most oppressed’: Iran coach hits out at Fifa and US over treatment
Ghalenoei claims team told to ‘leave immediately’ ‘We were supposed to stay here tonight to recover’Iran captain Mehdi T...
World
The bat that weighs the same as a teaspoon of salt – and the biologist who rediscovered it
The short-tailed roundleaf bat was feared extinct until scientist Iroro Tanshi found one in Afi sanctuary in Nigeria, an...
World
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv’s allies push for peace at G7 summit in France
Leaders urge Donald Trump to stand behind Ukraine and pressure Putin to negotiate; Russia allows sale of substandard fue...
World
New York Knicks owner James Dolan urged players to abstain from sex during title run
Dolan invoked Spartans in surprise April speechOwner urged 10 weeks of sacrifice to win titleKnicks won team’s first cha...
Football
'Repressed' Iran forced to leave U.S. after game
Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei called his team perhaps the "most repressed team in the whole World Cup," after he said they h...