World – SRN News

• The rapid embrace of AI in China, its biggest testing ground, may shape how AI is used globally

• New weapons charges filed against suspect in deadly shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival

• South Korea’s HMM says ship set ablaze in Strait of Hormuz to be towed to Dubai

• Guatemala’s president names Gabriel Estuardo Garcia as new attorney general

• Antigua and Barbuda swears in a new Cabinet, dropping a 40-year oath to the British monarch

• Costa Rica’s leader to keep immunity as minister in his successor’s government in face of legal woes

• New Zealand to require citizenship test for migrants from 2027

• Australia says Islamic State-linked citizens in Syria camp plan to return home

• Trump pauses effort to escort ships in Strait of Hormuz, citing deal progress

• US military says it struck vessel in Eastern Pacific, killing 3