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Donald Trump has weighed in on convicted killer Christa Pike’s failed execution, reflecting that death by lethal injection “shouldn’t be very difficult”.

Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar has described making “one last push” to open the cockpit door after being stabbed, allowing passengers to rush in and overpower his co-pilot.

A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv became a scene of terror after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other mid-flight, sending the Boeing 737 Max 8 into a dramatic 14,000-foot dive over Saudi Arabia in just 30 seconds.

This story has been converted to a live blog - click here for the latest updatesTeen killer Christa Pike is still alive more than 12 hours after two botched lethal injections in Tennessee, her lawyers have confirmed.

“This sound. Constantly. 24 hours a day.”

Beloved Australian children’s author and illustrator Terry Denton has died aged 76.

Barack Obama has accused Donald Trump’s administration of being incapable of building a serious regulatory system for artificial intelligence, warning there might only be narrow window left to get ahead of it.

Yep, we’re here already.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday they struck an oil tanker sailing under the Togolese flag in the Strait of Hormuz, state news agency IRNA reported.

A three-word message has offered another astonishing glimpse of where brain-computer technology is heading.

Fuel protests have broken out across at least nine countries as the war with Iran drives up the price of moving people, food and almost everything else.

A longtime aerial reporter and veteran pilot have been identified as two of three people killed when an NBC news helicopter crashed and erupted in flames in Los Angeles.

Bill Shorten has warned humanity may have created “nukes with opinions”, joining former Liberal defence minister Christopher Pyne in calling for the frontier AI race to be brought under control.

One of the key players who predicted the 2008 financial crisis has come out swinging against the latest, co-ordinated doomsday chorus emanating from Silicon Valley.

The great AI conundrum appears to be approaching another uneasy peak as multiple industry competitors agree it’s finally time to slow down their feverish race towards superintelligence.

Welcome to our live coverage of US politics and Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Texas.

The US has sweltered through its hottest summer in 132 years of records, eclipsing the notorious Dust Bowl benchmark as a powerful El Niño strengthens across the Pacific.

A man has pleaded guilty over the shocking hospital carjacking that left a Melbourne grandmother fearing she would die without seeing her family again.

One of Sydney’s ritziest harbour-view mansions has sold for $12.8 million — almost $7 million less than it fetched four years ago.