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Spanish tourist hotspot Malaga to ban horse-drawn carriages
Spanish tourist hotspot Malaga to ban horse-drawn carriages
Economy
by  AFP

A pair of tourists admire the shimmering Mediterranean from their horse-drawn carriage on the seaside promenade in Spain's southern port of Malaga -- a postcard image whose days are numbered. Animal rights activists criticise horse-drawn carriages for tourists because of the strain they put on the animals, especially during the searing summer heat.

OpenAI board rejects Elon Musk-led buyout offer
OpenAI board rejects Elon Musk-led buyout offer
Economy
by  AFP

OpenAI's board chairman on Friday said it has unanimously rejected an Elon Musk-led offer to buy the hot artificial intelligence company for $97.4 billion. "OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has unanimously rejected Mr. Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition," chairman of the board Bret Taylor said in a statement posted by the company on Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter.