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Quinn Terry

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Deadly storms ravage Asia, killing over 700 with hundreds missing

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WEATHER
Deadly storms ravage Asia, killing over 700 with hundreds missing
The severe weather has claimed the lives of at least 435 people in Indonesia, 153 in Sri Lanka, 162 in Thailand and two in Malaysia, officials told the Reuters news agency. <p class="paragraph-block content-module"><strong>(CNN) &mdash;&nbsp;</strong>Heavy rainfall has unleashed widespread flooding and landslides across Asia, killing more than 700 people with hundreds still missing.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Cyclone-fueled downpours battered parts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia this week when a rare tropical storm formed in the Malacca Strait &ndash; a narrow waterway separating the Indonesian island of Sumatra from the other two nations.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Sri Lanka was struck by a separate storm from which heavy rains are now approaching India&rsquo;s southern coast.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">The severe weather has claimed the lives of at least 435 people in Indonesia, 153 in Sri Lanka, 162 in Thailand and two in Malaysia, officials told the Reuters news agency.</p> <h2 class="header-block header-2">In Indonesia</h2> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Indonesian rescue teams are struggling to reach the hardest-hit areas of Sumatra, where Cyclone Senyar caused catastrophic landslides and flooding.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">At least 435 people have died, government data on Sunday showed, an increase from 303 on Saturday. A further 406 people are reported still missing.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Video footage shows helicopters delivering supplies to the island, renowned for lush rainforests, active volcanoes and a critically endangered orangutan population.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;During the flood, everything was gone,&rdquo; a resident of Bireuen, in Sumatra&rsquo;s northernmost province Aceh, told Reuters.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;I wanted to save my clothes, but my house came down.&rdquo;</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Maulidin, a 41-year-old resident of North Aceh, fled her home with her family when she woke to the sound of flooding.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;My house is already destroyed, all my belongings are ruined, and mud is inside,&rdquo; she told AFP.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Rescuers have been trying to reach residents stranded by the floodwaters since Tuesday when monsoon rains caused rivers to overflow in North Sumatra province.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Local media footage shows people using rubber boats to evacuate those trapped.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">On the flood-hit Indonesian island of Sumatra, some residents have turned to stealing food and water in order to survive, according to authorities there.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;The looting happened before logistical aid arrived,&rdquo; police spokesperson Ferry Walintukan said, according to AP. &ldquo;(Residents) didn&rsquo;t know that aid would come and were worried they would starve.&rdquo;</p> <h2 class="header-block header-2">In Thailand</h2> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Across the strait, at least 162 people have died due to the extreme weather in southern Thailand, government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat told Reuters on Saturday.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Some 3.5 million people have been affected, with authorities airlifting patients and flying critical supplies, including oxygen tanks, to submerged communities, the outlet said.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Amphorn Kaeophengkro and her family of eight had no time to escape when floodwaters swept into their home in Hat Yai city last Saturday.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Instead, they rushed to the second floor as water levels swelled, eventually spending 48 hours perched atop a table, washing machine and on a window frame.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t thinking about anything else except surviving,&rdquo; the 44-year-old told Reuters by candlelight, as her family began to clean their dwelling after the water had receded.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;Sometimes we sat at the edge of the window and had to lift our legs to avoid keeping them too deep in the water.&rdquo;</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Hat Yai city was Thailand&rsquo;s hardest-hit region, recording the type of heavy rain the occurs&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/asia/thailand-hat-yai-floods-rain-intl-hnk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">once-in-300-years</a>, bringing floodwaters more than eight feet high on Tuesday and cutting off access to a maternity ward holding 30 newborn babies, staff and officials said.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">It is not yet clear when power will be restored to the area where agencies have provided evacuations, medical support and essential supplies.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">The city is part of Thailand&rsquo;s Songkhla region, where the government declared an emergency on Tuesday due to severe flooding, an official said on X.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Ten tourists, from Australia, Britain, China, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa, were rescued in Songkhla province on Friday, the Ministry of Tourism told CNN.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;The situation has improved significantly. Water levels have almost completely receded, with only some areas remaining flooded,&rdquo; a spokesperson said.</p> <h2 class="header-block header-2">In Sri Lanka</h2> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">More than half a million people felt the wrath of Cyclone Ditwah, which triggered mud slides and flooding on Friday, Reuters said.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Over 25,000 homes have been destroyed and 147,000 people have been forced into state-run temporary shelters, AP reported.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Mallika Kumari was among more than 78,000 people moved to relief centers, mostly set up in schools, after her home was quickly submerged, according to the news agency.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;I first heard about the flood warning on TV but we never expected the river to overflow so quickly. We just rushed out of the house without anything,&rdquo; Kumari told reporters.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t even had breakfast. Two of my sons have caught the flu. I have to get them medication. I&rsquo;ve brought a few garbage bags to collect their clothes.&rdquo;</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">In the rush, Kumari left behind her cat, which was later picked up by a navy boat and brought to dry land.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Some 191 people remain missing in Sri Lanka and most homes in low-lying areas near the capital, Colombo, are under water and without power, authorities told Reuters.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Some residents chose to stay on the upper floors of partially submerged homes to protect their belongings, the outlet said.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Selvi, a 46-year-old resident of Colombo&rsquo;s Wennawatte suburb, fled her home with four bags of clothes and other possessions. &ldquo;My house is completely flooded. I don&rsquo;t know where to go, but I hope there is some safe shelter where I can take my family,&rdquo; she told AFP.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">At the Dalugala Thakiya Mosque, volunteers prepared rice parcels with chicken and dhal curry for flood victims.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;We are getting more requests for food because people who work daily jobs cannot find work and are running low on savings,&rdquo; meal organizer Risham Ahmed told Reuters.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;They are worried about how to piece their lives back together.&rdquo;</p> <h2 class="header-block header-2">In Malaysia</h2> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">In Malaysia, two people were confirmed dead after Senyar, then a tropical storm, made landfall shortly after midnight on Friday, Reuters said.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Around 34,000 people were evacuated ahead of the storm, but Gon Qasim and her husband were less fortunate, stranded in a field in northern Perlis state last weekend when rising floodwaters cut off their escape.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">The elderly couple were eventually rescued by one of their children and brought to an evacuation center in the state capital of Kangar, where hundreds of families sheltered in tents provided by the national disaster management agency, Reuters reported.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;I was inside, and I couldn&rsquo;t go out. When I was out, there was nowhere to stay but the field,&rdquo; the 73-year-old Gon said told its reporters, recalling her ordeal in an interview on Wednesday.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">&ldquo;The water was like the ocean. That&rsquo;s what it looked like.&rdquo;</p> <h2 class="header-block header-2">Climate change</h2> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Southeast Asia, which includes Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, is one of the areas&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/10/asia/southeast-asia-extreme-heat-climate-intl-hnk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">most vulnerable to climate change</a>, scientists have warned.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Current extremes of weather in the region could stem from the interaction of two active systems, Typhoon Koto in the Philippines and the unusual formation of Cyclone Senyar in the Malacca Strait, meteorologists told Reuters.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Elsewhere in Southeast Asia this month,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/21/weather/video/central-vietnam-flooding-landslides-vrtc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">deadly floods&nbsp;</a>devastated parts of Vietnam, where flooding and landslides killed dozens of people.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">Also in the region this month, the Philippines endured two deadly typhoons &ndash;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/asia/typhoon-kalmaegi-philippines-damage-vietnam-intl-hnk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kalmaegi&nbsp;</a>and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/08/asia/philippines-typhoon-fung-wong-uwan-hnk-intl" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fung-wong</a>&nbsp;&ndash; in a week, which killed hundreds of people and forced more than 1.4 million to evacuate.</p> <p class="paragraph-block content-module">This summer, the region also saw temperatures&nbsp;<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/19/asia/asia-heat-records-intl-hnk/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reach unprecedented levels,</a>&nbsp;with little respite from merciless heat and humidity, climatologist Maximiliano Herrera told CNN.</p>
Elon Musk says philanthropy is very hard, calls DOGE just an interesting side quest

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TECHNOLOGY
Elon Musk says philanthropy is very hard, calls DOGE just an interesting side quest
Elon Musk&rsquo;s latest conversation with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath turned into one of his most revealing interviews in months, touching on everything from financial fraud inside government systems to the complicated reality of donating money. What stood out was Musk&rsquo;s candid admission that philanthropy is very hard when the goal is genuine impact and not cosmetic charity. He also described his experience with DOGE as an interesting side quest that unexpectedly exposed him to how inefficient certain government processes can be.<br /> The discussion drifted across multiple themes, but the main thread was <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/elon-musk-predicts-working-will-be-optional-in-less-than-20-years-with-ai-and-robotics-advances-2828503-2025-11-30" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Musk&rsquo;s</a> frustration with how large systems handle money, accountability and immigration policies and how difficult it becomes for anyone trying to make meaningful contributions without falling into the traps of waste and optics. <h3>The DOGE experiment and what it revealed</h3> <p>When Kamath asked Musk what DOGE taught him, the Tesla and X CEO didn&rsquo;t speak about crypto markets or memes. Instead, he spoke about inefficiencies within government payment systems that he encountered while overseeing DOGE-related work.<br /> &ldquo;It was like a very interesting side quest,&rdquo; he said, adding that the project made him realise how many payments were being processed without basic details such as a congressional payment code or even a meaningful comment field. According to him, this seemingly small issue could be costing &ldquo;$100 billion or even $200 billion a year&rdquo; because it makes auditing impossible.<br /> Musk narrated several incidents where payments were linked to claims like helping children or wildlife, but when his team asked for proof or direct access to the recipients, everything went silent. He joked about NGOs with heart-tugging names that save &ldquo;baby pandas,&rdquo; only to later discover no pandas existed in the process. Fraudsters, he said, always hide behind emotional arguments, never behind honesty.</p> <h3>Elon Musk reveals why giving money away is harder than earning it</h3> <p>Musk&rsquo;s tone changed when Kamath asked him about philanthropy. While many billionaires proudly attach their names to charitable foundations, Musk said he does the opposite.</p> <p>&ldquo;I have a large foundation, but I don&rsquo;t put my name on it,&rdquo; he said, explaining that his biggest struggle is not the act of donating but doing it in a way that actually improves lives. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s very difficult to give money away well,&rdquo; he said, stressing that it&rsquo;s much easier to create the perception of goodness than to achieve the reality of it.</p> <p>He described philanthropy as a space full of misaligned incentives, where appearances often trump genuine outcomes, making careful giving a far more demanding task than people assume.</p> <h3>Elon Musk also talks about immigration, brain drain and change in US policies</h3> <p>The conversation then moved to immigration, a topic deeply tied to innovation and global talent flows. Musk acknowledged that America has long benefitted from skilled workers, especially from India, calling it &ldquo;an immense beneficiary of talent from India.&rdquo;</p> <p>But he pointed out that US politics has become polarised, with both sides taking extreme positions. He criticised the Biden administration&rsquo;s handling of illegal immigration, arguing that a lack of border controls created incentives for unlawful entry and distorted the system.</p> <p>At the same time, he noted that some H-1B misuse by outsourcing companies has added to public resentment. While some on the right want the programme shut down, Musk strongly disagreed. He said his companies simply need the world&rsquo;s most talented people and usually pay above market rates, so the idea of foreign workers &ldquo;taking jobs&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t match his experience.</p>
IPL 2026 in doubt at Chinnaswamy as government demands stadium safety clearance

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SPORTS
IPL 2026 in doubt at Chinnaswamy as government demands stadium safety clearance
The fate of Indian Premier League 2026 matches at Bengaluru&rsquo;s M Chinnaswamy Stadium has come under a cloud, with the state government directing a comprehensive structural fitness test before granting approval for hosting games.</p> <p>The Public Works Department (PWD) has issued a formal notice to the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), instructing it to submit a detailed structural safety report for the stadium. The report must be prepared by experts certified by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), ensuring that the assessment meets stringent technical standards.<br /> Built on 17 acres of PWD-leased land in the heart of the city, the stadium must now demonstrate that its spectator galleries and overall structure are safe to accommodate large crowds. The government has made it clear that only after independent experts certify the stadium&rsquo;s structural fitness will IPL matches be permitted to return to Chinnaswamy in 2026.</p> <h3>Matches Taken Out of Chinnaswamy</h3> <p>The M Chinnaswamy has not been given hosting rights for a single match since the stampede incident in June, <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ipl-rcb-bengaluru-stampede-account-reporter-chinnaswamy-stadium-2735878-2025-06-04" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">which claimed the lives of 11 people</a>. Apart from the 11 deaths, nearly 50 people were injured during an event to felicitate the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) team after their maiden IPL title win.<br /> A month later, an independent commission led by Justice John Michael D&rsquo;Cunha, deemed the stadium fundamentally unsafe for large scale events. In its report, the commission issued a strong warning that continuing to host large events at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium could seriously endanger public safety.</p> <p>It said the stadium is not suitable for managing big crowds and that holding such events there comes with &ldquo;unacceptable risks&rdquo; related to crowd control, emergency response, and traffic movement in the city.</p> <p>After the report, the Indian Cricket Board <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/icc-womens-world-cup-bengaluru-m-cinnaswamy-stadium-venue-change-2775219-2025-08-22" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">took away Bengaluru&#39;s hosting rights of the Women&#39;s ODI World Cup</a> and gave it to Navi Mumbai&#39;s DY Patil Stadium. Bengaluru was initially set to host important games in the tournament, including the final. Apart from the Women&#39;s World Cup, the BCCI did not grant Bengaluru any matches in the men&#39;s T20 World Cup as well, set to be hosted in the months of February and March 2026.</p> <p>The M Chinnaswamy Stadium has been home to Royal Challengers Bengaluru since the start of the Indian Premier League. It is known to be one offer one of the best game-watching experience for fans in India.