WASHINGTON -- Two of Elon Musk's companies on Monday sued Apple and OpenAI, accusing the pair of "perpetrating their anticompetitive scheme" to maintain monopolies in smartphone and generative AI markets.
The lawsuit was filed by Musk's AI startup xAI and social media platform X in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
The complaint noted that in June 2024, Apple and OpenAI announced that Apple would integrate OpenAI's ChatGPT into Apple's iPhone operating system. Apple and OpenAI's "exclusive arrangement" has made ChatGPT the only generative AI chatbot integrated into the iPhone. (U.S.-Musk-Apple-Lawsuit)
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CAIRO/JERUSALEM -- The Arab League and Egypt on Monday condemned an Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser hospital that killed at least 20 people, an incident Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "tragic mishap."
Gaza health authorities said the strike on the hospital in Khan Younis, the last one operational in southern Gaza, killed five journalists and four medical staff.
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit called the attack "just one episode in a relentless series of massacres deliberately targeting civilians." The Egyptian Foreign Ministry labelled it a "new episode in a long series of blatant Israeli violations of international humanitarian law." (Israel-Gaza-Hospital Attack)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that he hopes to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), later this year.
Speaking to reporters at the White House during the outset of his meeting with visiting South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, Trump said he maintains a "very good relationship" with Kim and looks forward to meeting him again. (U.S.-Trump-DPRK)
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NEW DELHI -- At least 11 people were killed and two others went missing as heavy rains battered several parts of India's western state of Rajasthan over the past 48 hours, officials said Monday.
According to officials, relentless downpours for five consecutive days have led to flash floods, inundating homes and submerging roads, thus disconnecting dozens of villages from main towns. The transport service has been badly hit. (India-Rains) ■
