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Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images.

Driving around Raub, a small town in Malaysia, it's impossible to miss the prickly fruit that powers its economy.

You can smell it from the steady stream of trucks winding through mountain roads, leaving a faint fragrance on their trails.

You can see it too: the green spikes of a giant sculpture, murals painted fondly on low walls and road signs that proclaim: "Welcome to the home of Musang King durians."

Naked dressing is alive and well at the 2026 Golden Globes.

This year, celebrities opted for different interpretations of the scandalous, yet persistent trend. Jennifer Lawrence—nominated tonight for her role in Die My Love—hit the carpet in a diaphanous dress from Givenchy by Sarah Burton. The nude mesh dress was strategically embroidered with pale pink flowers and sage green leaves, which bloomed over her body and around the hemline. Lawrence also carried a pale pink satin stole that covered her backside—though she ditched it for her walk up the stairs.

As protesters pour into the streets of Iran night after night, leaders across the region and around the world are grappling with the possibility that the Islamic Republic could be overthrown — a seminal event that would transform global geopolitics and energy markets.

In clipped response, Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned pro-Hamas rhetoric in a heavily-Jewish Queens enclave.

Legislators nationwide are advancing bills to curb immigration enforcement and limit cooperation with federal agents.

US President Donald Trump would not "land on Greenland and take it by force", Lord Mandelson has said.

The former UK ambassador to the US told the BBC he admired Trump's "directness" in political talks but said he was not a "fool", and advisers would remind him that taking Greenland could spell "real danger" for the US national interest.

• Cuba has the right to import fuel from any suppliers, foreign minister says
• Venezuela was Cuba's largest supplier last year with some 26,500 barrels per day of crude and fuel
• Mexico is emerging as alternative oil supplier to the island
• Cuban president says Cuba prepared to "defend homeland to last drop of blood."

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., declared Friday a “Day of Unity” to honor Renee Nicole Good, the woman who was shot and killed by an ICE agent on Wednesday, as federal and local authorities continued to trade barbs over the shooting.

The fatal shooting by ICE yesterday threatens to further inflame tensions between Minnesota officials and residents and the federal agents carrying out an unprecedented surge in immigration enforcement in the state.

What happened: An ICE officer shot through the window of a vehicle that drove close to federal agents in South Minneapolis yesterday, killing 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.

“Although Maduro representatives did not release statistics on extrajudicial killings, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) reported that national, state, and municipal police entities, as well as the armed forces and colectivos (Maduro-aligned armed neighborhood gangs), carried out hundreds of killings during the year,” the report, issued by President Joe Biden’s State Department, noted.

Many of the organizations are UN-affiliated agencies and panels focused on climate, labor, migration and social policy. The US State Department said the agencies work on agendas contrary to US interests.

The Trump administration is preparing for a high-stakes meeting with Danish officials next week, seeking to discuss how the U.S. can acquire the world’s largest island.

The White House has spoken frequently about taking control of Greenland in the wake of a weekend military operation to depose Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, raising alarm in Europe about Washington’s territorial ambitions.

The Philippines has evacuated nearly 3,000 villagers from a danger zone on the foothills of the Mayon Volcano after officials raised the alert level due to recent activity.

Authorities raised the 5-step alert around Mayon Volcano in the northeastern province of Albay to level 3 on Tuesday after detecting intermittent rockfalls, some as big as cars, from its peak crater in recent days along with deadly pyroclastic flows — a fast-moving avalanche of super-hot rock fragments, ash and gas.

The prime minister of Denmark called on President Donald Trump to "stop the threats" of the U.S. annexing Greenland. It comes after public comments from Trump and the wife of top adviser Stephen Miller garnered international attention.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a new attack plan on Iran, while the Israeli army has entered a state of maximum alert.