Top US banks warned about new Anthropic AI tool
The leaders of some of America’s largest banks were warned by a top US government official this week about a new artificial intelligence model from Anthropic that could lead to heightened risks of cyberattacks, according to three people briefed on the matter.

UK pauses Chagos handover amid US objections
LONDON - The British ⁠government ⁠said on Saturday that it had ​put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the ​Chagos Islands — home to ‌the US-British air base on Diego Garcia — which has been criticised by US President Donald Trump.

5,277 fire hotspots a new high in Thailand
Thailand has recorded 5,277 fire hotspots, most of them concentrated in the North and Northeast, while the figure in neighbouring Laos has surpassed 9,000, the highest in the region, according to satellite data.

Iran’s new leader has ‘severe and disfiguring’ wounds
DUBAI - Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba ⁠Khamenei is still recovering from severe ⁠facial and leg injuries suffered in the ​airstrike that killed his father at the beginning of the Israeli-US war, three people close to his inner circle have told Reuters.

Vance arrives in Islamabad for Iran talks
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - US Vice President JD Vance arrived in Islamabad on Saturday for talks with Iran that the Pakistani premier hosting the warring sides called a “make or break” effort to permanently halt weeks of fighting in the Middle East.

German hacker facing 74 cybercrime warrants arrested in Bangkok
Police in Bangkok have arrested a German man facing 74 arrest warrants issued in Europe in connection with ransomware and cyberattack-for-hire platforms that caused widespread global damage.

What are Thailand’s visa changes really about?
There have been a number of announcements from state agencies to do with visa policies in Thailand over the past several months that seem to have made the matter rather convoluted.

Twenty road fatalities on first ‘dangerous day’
Twenty people died and 132 were injured in 135 road accidents across Thailand on Friday — the first of the “seven dangerous days” of Songkran holiday travel, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said on Saturday.

Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth
HOUSTON - The Artemis II capsule and its four-member crew streaked through Earth’s atmosphere and safely splashed down in ​the Pacific Ocean on Friday after nearly 10 days in space, capping the first voyage by humans to the vicinity of ‌the moon in over half a century.

People’s Party on back foot over reform
If there is one issue that should naturally belong to the People’s Party, it is the politics of institutional reform — especially when that reform touches on the privileges, perks and opaque benefits enjoyed by political and state elites.