Sydney (AFP) – OpenAI’s Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon admits the company botched the handling of a hacking incident in Australia, in which a rogue OpenAI model bypassed safeguards to gain unauthorised access to a government health statistics website. “We are sorry, and we know we have work to do to rebuild trust with the Australian people,” Kwon tells Australian lawmakers. SOUNDBITE
Sao Paulo (AFP) – Brazilians in Sao Paulo share a mix of views after right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro — son of former president Jair Bolsonaro — pulled off a surprise first-place finish in the first round election, beating incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. “It really is a surprise,” says psychology student Milena Gabriela Dos Santos Dias, who says she is “curious” as to how the run-off vote in three weeks will go. Bolsonaro secured 56 million votes, with scandals during the campaign — namely the emergence that he was under investigation for corruption over the financing of his father’s biopic — doing little to sway his support base. “His project is better than the current one,” says Leando Da Silva.
Sao Paulo (AFP) – Brazilians in Sao Paulo share a mix of views after right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro — son of former president Jair Bolsonaro — pulled off a surprise first-place finish in the first round election, beating incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. “It really is a surprise,” says psychology student Milena Gabriela Dos Santos Dias, who says she is “curious” as to how the run-off vote in three weeks will go. Bolsonaro secured 56 million votes, with scandals during the campaign — namely the emergence that he was under investigation for corruption over the financing of his father’s biopic — doing little to sway his support base. “His project is better than the current one,” says Leando Da Silva.
Grums (Sweden) (AFP) – Descending into a concrete bunker in western Sweden, a group of almost 40 volunteers take part in the country’s first overnight air raid shelter exercise. The country has been stepping up work on preparedness following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. “We need to know what happens to the people,” says Therese Rosenblad, one of the simulation’s organisers.
Madrid (AFP) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls an early election, set for late November, after the country’s parliament rejected housing relief measures put forward by his minority government. Political pressure has been mounting in Spain, with protests erupting across the country to demand affordable housing.
Madrid (AFP) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez calls an early election, set for late November, after the country’s parliament rejected housing relief measures put forward by his minority government. Political pressure has been mounting in Spain, with protests erupting across the country to demand affordable housing.
Bogotá (AFP) – Throwing metal disks at a clay-filled target with the aim of striking a packet of gunpowder and setting off a small explosion, teams from 18 countries compete at the Tejo World Championship in Bogota. Declared Colombia’s national sport in 2000, tejo was invented by the indigenous Muisca people. It has been recognized as part of the country’s intangible cultural heritage since 2019.
Bogotá (AFP) – Throwing metal disks at a clay-filled target with the aim of striking a packet of gunpowder and setting off a small explosion, teams from 18 countries compete at the Tejo World Championship in Bogota. Declared Colombia’s national sport in 2000, tejo was invented by the indigenous Muisca people. It has been recognized as part of the country’s intangible cultural heritage since 2019.
Nalbari (India) (AFP) – Residents of India’s northeastern Assam state queue to enter the cabin of a medical clinic boat, part of a network of vessels bringing healthcare to communities isolated by the Brahmaputra river. The state has a population of more than 30 million, with hundreds of thousands living on “chars”, or temporary river islands and sandbars, where even basic healthcare can be a challenge. Despite recent improvements, Assam still has high infant and maternal mortality rates when compared to India’s national average, with the boat clinic system focusing mainly on this area.
Nalbari (India) (AFP) – Residents of India’s northeastern Assam state queue to enter the cabin of a medical clinic boat, part of a network of vessels bringing healthcare to communities isolated by the Brahmaputra river. The state has a population of more than 30 million, with hundreds of thousands living on “chars”, or temporary river islands and sandbars, where even basic healthcare can be a challenge. Despite recent improvements, Assam still has high infant and maternal mortality rates when compared to India’s national average, with the boat clinic system focusing mainly on this area.
Malaysia has returned nearly 1,500 Myanmar migrants to their war-ravaged home country under an opaque scheme that rights monitors say cannot assure their safety.
Nadi (Fiji) (AFP) – Pacific leaders push for the world to stick to a target of limiting global warming to 1.5C, enhance access to climate finance and give more attention to the impact on oceans as the UN “pre-COP” climate gathering kicks off in the Fijian city of Nadi.
