LA GUAIRA, Venezuela — Upon entering the ruins of the Jurel building, one hears two things: the murmur of a few curious passersby gazing at the tomb of memories left by the June 24 earthquakes and the creaking of the rubble. Three months have passed since two earthquakes in quick succession shook this area of…
France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has warned that any escalation in the country’s current wave of student protests would be “irresponsible”, following the arrests of 164 people on Monday. The demonstrations, which started in Paris and have seen teenagers blockading their schools for days, stem from issues including overcrowded classes and teacher shortages. Lecornu cited…
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., leaves the U.S. Capitol after the last vote of the week on Thursday, September 3, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Silicon Valley Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna will introduce a bill to regulate artificial intelligence, which includes strict liability standards and a ban on “recursive” self-improving AI…
Choosing whether to have children is one of the most personal decisions an adult can make. Some people want to raise biological children, while others choose adoption. Some decide not to become parents at all. Others build their families around partners, friends, relatives and companion animals. Psychology suggests that choosing to become a pet parent…
With her execution days away, the lone woman on Tennessee’s death row says she is prepared to die but “nervous” about how the state intends to carry it out. Before learning Monday that Gov. Bill Lee would not be intervening in her case, Christa Pike wrote in a letter to NBC News, shared by her…
Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences has been hit by a Russian drone strike, killing one person and leaving three injured, according to city’s mayor Vitaliy Klitschko. Footage showed people leaning out of windows as they evacuated the burning building. Firefighters helped people evacuate through the windows as a plume a black smoke billowed out of…
AMD announced on Monday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire World Labs, a San Francisco-based AI lab developing a kind of model called a world model, which can be used to simulate 3D environments. AMD said on Monday that the lab was acquired for about $8.2 billion in an all-stock transaction. The…
As per the International Business Times, Priyanka didn’t dress it up. She said being away from home for an entire year was tough, especially when her mother and brother were in India, her husband in America and she was in the UK. The uncertainty of not being able to simply board a flight if something…
Outrage has been building nationwide over the handling of an alleged sexual assault at Cornell University two years ago, prompting prosecutors to announce they are taking a new look at the case, while defending their past decision not to seek criminal charges. Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said in a statement Monday that…
Case 12 Boitumelo Gift Mashita was shot and killed on Monday in Tembisa Ekurhuleni. The 23-year-old woman was on her way to work when she was gunned down and her belongings were taken. Police say her estranged husband, who they suspected of being responsible for her murder, was later found dead inside his vehicle in…
