China expands drug protection regime with rare-disease, paediatric medicine exclusivity framework

Six people died ⁠near Kenya’s capital Nairobi ⁠after the top floor of a building under construction collapsed on Friday, a police official said, the latest in a string of construction accidents to ‌hit the country recently. “So far we have confirmed six bodies, but also five people have been rushed to Imara Daima Hospital,” Duncan Ochieng, the assistant inspector general of police in charge of disaster management in Kenya, told media ⁠gathered at the scene. A total of 405 workers were on ‌site..

A head-on collision between a container truck and a passenger bus killed at least 23 people, including three children, in eastern India on Friday, a police official said The crash took place on a highway bordering Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern state of Assam. The road is a designated animal corridor, where strict speed limits are in place. “The total number of casualties is 23,” said Swapneel Deka, the local district police chief. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he...

China and the United States have a shared interest in preventing artificial intelligence (AI) from being misused, but differing views over what constitutes a serious safety incident could complicate efforts to build a bilateral communication mechanism, according to analysts. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Tuesday that Washington and Beijing should cooperate on AI risks while harbouring no illusions about their differences. He noted the two governments had established a new dialogue.

Why differing views on safety could cloud US-China AI dialogue South China Morning Post