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Meta, Anthropic, OpenAI and Google have been invited to meet White House officials on Tuesday to discuss ‌voluntary government safety testing for the most advanced U.S. AI models, according to three sources familiar with the matter and news reports. Anthropic and OpenAI disclosed in recent days that their AI tools breached the systems of other companies, stirring concerns among U.S. lawmakers about whether increasingly capable AI models could be used to conduct or ​facilitate cyberattacks. A White House official said on Monday the Trump administration has finalized the details of voluntary cybersecurity tests to ​measure the hacking capabilities of the…

Visa has agreed to acquire fraud intelligence provider BioCatch for $2.4 billion in cash from investment firm Permira and other investors, as the payments giant expands its cybersecurity and fraud prevention capabilities. The company said the acquisition would strengthen its existing cyber, fraud, risk and security services, enabling financial institutions to better defend themselves against increasingly sophisticated digital threats. “Account takeovers and scams cost the global economy over $1 trillion annually, and AI is enabling these attacks at unprecedented scale. BioCatch will help our clients stop fraud before it reaches the point of payment,” said Andrew Torre, President of Value-Added…

U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration had “very good discussions” with Iran during all-day negotiations ​on Tuesday, fuelling expectations of an imminent end to the five-month conflict. Oil prices fell and stocks jumped in Asian trade on Wednesday ‌after Wall Street hit record highs on hopes that a deal could soon be reached to restore traffic through the blockaded Strait of Hormuz. “They had an all-day negotiation,” Trump told Fox News’ “@ Night” show. The Strait of Hormuz “is going to be open very soon,” Trump added. “If they back out again, they are going to get hit really…

The Saudi cabinet has called for a resolution to the Iran-US war through negotiations, stressing that dialogue is essential to ending the conflict. The cabinet meeting, chaired by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, emphasised the need to reduce tensions across the region. According to Saudi media, the cabinet said resolving the Iran-US war through negotiations is imperative. The cabinet also welcomed what it described as the historic agreement on ending hostilities in Gaza and praised the roles of Egypt, Qatar, Türkiye, the United States and other mediating countries in securing the Gaza peace agreement. Saudi media reported that the…

Türkiye has strongly condemned drone attacks on two merchant ships in the Black Sea, warning that such incidents pose a threat to international maritime transport and global food security. According to foreign media reports, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said the two vessels were targeted by drones in the Black Sea after departing from Russia’s port of Novorossiysk. Several crew members were injured in the attacks. The ministry said the condition of the injured crew members is being closely monitored. Turkish authorities also expressed deep concern over escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea. They said civilian shipping…

The U.S. is pressing ahead with talks on allowing Ukraine to make Patriot interceptor missiles, which Kyiv urgently wants to defend against ​Russian attacks, even after President Donald Trump cast doubt on such a deal, four sources familiar with the discussions said. The discussions include an option for Ukraine to build ‌some components for final assembly elsewhere in Europe, the sources added. Kyiv has been seeking more PAC-3s, the newest type of Patriot missile and one of the few weapons capable of downing the ballistic missiles Russia has been launching into Ukraine in growing numbers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on…

KARACHI: The Sindh Education Department has decided to restore Saturday as a weekly holiday in all educational institutions across the province after receiving approval from the chief secretary. Under the revised schedule, teaching activities will take place from Monday to Friday, reducing the academic week to five working days. The department said teaching hours would be extended by one hour to ensure the continuation of academic activities and completion of the curriculum. The decision will apply to all public and private educational institutions across Sindh, the spokesperson added. Last month, the provincial government announced that all government and private schools…

China aims to raise the share of its electricity generated from non-fossil energy sources to 50 percent by 2030, according to a newly released national plan outlining the country’s power sector development for the 2026-2030 period. The five-year plan, jointly issued by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration, sets out the overall roadmap for the country’s power sector in the 2026-2030 period and targets the initial establishment of a new power system by 2030. Under the plan, China aims to enable the high-level integration of more than 2.8 billion kilowatts of new energy capacity into…

A Chinese defense spokesperson on Tuesday slammed Japan’s annual defense white paper for spreading false narratives and hyping a so-called security crisis in the region. Chen Xi, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in response to a media query regarding Japan’s newly released defense white paper, which labels China’s military developments an “unprecedented and the greatest strategic challenge” and claims that “China has intensified its military activities around Taiwan.” The white paper is full of false narratives and deliberately hypes a so-called security crisis in the region and the “China threat,” Chen said, describing Japan’s…

China will continue to bring to bear its medical professionals in Africa, assist African countries and provide the support it needs to bring an early end to the Ebola outbreak, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday. Spokesperson Lin Jian made the remarks in response to a question on the third Chinese government’s medical expert team arriving in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on August 1. In the wake of the Ebola outbreak in Africa, China has taken the situation seriously and sent multiple medical expert teams there, including the DRC, to fight the…