Top Stories — Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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- Thai Court Orders Thaksin, Ex-Premier, to Serve One Year in Prison — nyt News
- OpenAI denies that it's weighing a 'last-ditch' California exit amid regulatory pressure over its restructuring — TechCrunch
- Gaza-Bound Flotilla Struck by Drone in Tunisia, Aid Group Says — nyt News
Thai Court Orders Thaksin, Ex-Premier, to Serve One Year in Prison
Source: nyt News • Published: 9/9/2025, 12:00:26 PM
A Thai court on Tuesday ordered Thaksin Shinawatra, an influential former prime minister, to serve one year in prison for previous convictions, the latest blow to his political fortunes.
The Supreme Court in Bangkok ordered Mr. Thaksin, 76, to report to a prison in the city later on Tuesday.
In 2023, Mr. Thaksin had been given an eight-year prison sentence on charges of corruption and abuse of power. But he was transferred to a hospital after arriving in prison, for health reasons. Mr. Thaksin then spent six months in a V.I.P. suite in the hospital and was released after he received a royal pardon. His sentence was eventually commuted.
For months, Mr. Thaksin's critics argued that effectively he had avoided prison altogether. That changed after Tuesday's verdict, which is the latest twist in a turbulent time in Thai politics — Mr. Thaksin's daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra was dismissed as prime minister last month.
Last week Mr. Thaksin had abruptly flown to Dubai, spurring speculation that he was going into self-exile, but by Monday he had returned to Bangkok. For decades, Mr. Thaksin has clashed with Thailand's royalist-military establishment for power. He was ousted in a coup and lived in self-exile for years but remained a political force back home.
In 2023, Mr. Thaksin made a dramatic return to Thailand, and soon it appeared that his political fortunes were on the upswing. The following year Ms. Paetongtarn became Thailand's prime minister.
Muktita Suhartono and Kittiphum Sringammuang contributed reporting.
Sui-Lee Wee is the Southeast Asia bureau chief for The Times, overseeing coverage of 11 countries in the region.
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OpenAI denies that it's weighing a 'last-ditch' California exit amid regulatory pressure over its restructuring
Source: TechCrunch • Published: 9/9/2025, 11:30:44 AM
OpenAI executives are discussing a potential relocation out of California as increasing political resistance threatens the company's efforts to convert from nonprofit to for-profit status, according to The WSJ, though the company says it has no plans to leave.
California's attorney general is investigating whether OpenAI's restructuring violates state charitable trust law, while a coalition of nonprofits, labor groups, philanthropies, and even rival Meta are pushing back against the conversion. OpenAI has about $19 billion in funding tied to this restructuring – if it doesn't happen, investors could walk away, which would be catastrophic for the ChatGPT maker.
Moving OpenAI out of the state would be particularly stunning given CEO Sam Altman's deep ties to the Bay Area. He served on San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie's transition team following Lurie's election last year and reportedly owns at least four homes in San Francisco and another in Napa Valley. Such a move would also face major logistical challenges, since OpenAI's AI researchers are heavily concentrated in San Francisco.
The company continues working with state and Delaware attorneys general on the restructuring process; in the meantime, the regulatory pressure adds to OpenAI's existing challenges, including competing in an escalating AI talent war.
Gaza-Bound Flotilla Struck by Drone in Tunisia, Aid Group Says
Source: nyt News • Published: 9/9/2025, 11:30:35 AM
An international group on a mission to deliver humanitarian aid by sea to Palestinians in Gaza said late Monday that one of its boats, docked in Tunisia, had been struck by what it believed was a drone, resulting in a fire.
No one on the vessel was injured, the group, the Global Sumud Flotilla, said in a statement. It said the boat was docked at the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said, part of a flotilla that was on its way to Gaza, when the incident occurred.
The Tunisian National Guard, in a statement posted on Facebook, said there was no evidence that a ship in the port had been attacked, dismissing social media reports to the contrary as "baseless." Based on initial investigations, it said, the fire on the boat appeared to have started in a life jacket, caused by a cigarette butt or a lighter.
In video shared by the aid group, apparently taken on a ship, a man on deck looks up toward the sky, reacts with shock and alarm and backs quickly away. There is a flash of light and the sound of an explosion, followed by cries for help, and smoke emerges from the direction of the ship's bow.
A Tunisian official told Mosaique FM, a local news outlet, that investigations into the incident would continue. Attempts to contact the National Guard were not immediately successful.
The ship, which had set out from Barcelona, was sailing under the flag of Portugal and was one of the main boats of the Global Sumud Flotilla's aid operation, the group said. Known as the Family Boat, it was slated to bring members of the group's steering committee, including the Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, to Gaza, it said.
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