INDONESIA

7 die in waste mound collapse in West Java

The death toll from a massive garbage avalanche at Indonesia's largest landfill rose to seven, the Jakarta Search and Rescue Office said on Tuesday. The garbage mound at the Bantar Gebang site collapsed on Sunday afternoon, burying stall owners, truck drivers along with their vehicles, and waste pickers working in the area. The deadly landslide was not the first at the Bantar Gebang site. A similar collapse occurred in 2005 and claimed dozens of lives. According to the environment ministry, the repeated incidents highlight the serious risks posed by overloading at the more than 110-hectare site, which receives 6,500 to 7,000 metric tons of waste from across Jakarta each day.

VENEZUELA

Mining bill debated to attract foreign capital

Venezuelan lawmakers on Monday began debating a bill proposed by acting President Delcy Rodriguez to regulate the country's mining industry and create conditions to attract crucial foreign investment. The proposed bill regulates mineral rights, establishes small, medium and large-scale mining categories and allows for independent arbitration of disputes. The bill also bans the president, vice president, ministers, governors and others from holding mining titles. It is the latest legislative action that Rodriguez has proposed facing pressure from the United States after the US forcibly seized then-president Nicolas Maduro in January.

CANADA

Family sues OpenAI over school shooting

The parents of a girl critically wounded in a school shooting in Canada alleged in a civil lawsuit on Monday that ChatGPT-maker Open-AI knew the shooter was planning a mass attack. OpenAI has said it considered but didn't alert police about the activities of the person who months later committed one of Canada's worst school shootings in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Feb 10. The lawsuit said ChatGPT was used by the shooter as a confidant, collaborator and ally, and it behaves willingly to help shooters to plan a mass casualty event. A spokeswoman from OpenAI didn't immediately respond to the media.