Saturday, April 27, 2024

World

US sets up board to advise on safe, secure use of AI

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The chief executives of OpenAI, Microsoft and Google are among the high-profile members of a new federal board created to advise the US government on the...

Britney Spears settles long-running legal dispute with estranged father

Britney Spears has reached a settlement with her estranged father more than two years after the court-orderd termination of...

Pelosi urges Gaza campus protesters to target Hamas as well as Israel

Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has urged protesters on college campuses to...

300 Nigerian inmates escape after suspected Islamist raid

Around 300 inmates are on the run after a suspected raid by Islamist Boko Haram militants on a...

815 hit by vomiting bug at Stuttgart spring festival

A norovirus outbreak at a festival in south-west Germany has affected more than 800 people. They caught the vomiting...

Investigations continue into blast

NEW YORK - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Sunday there was still no indication that an explosion that injured 29 people in...

Explosion in Manhattan neighbourhood

NEW YORK – An explosion rocked the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan on Saturday night, injuring at least 29 people, authorities said, adding that they...

Disappointing turnout at Maduro summit

MARGARITA ISLAND – Only a handful of leaders have travelled to a meeting of a large Cold War-era bloc in Venezuela this week, in...

US House panel slams former NSA contractor Snowden

WASHINGTON – A United States congressional intelligence committee on Thursday issued a scathing report accusing former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden of leaking...

Venezuela opposition running out of options to force 2016 Maduro vote

CARACAS – Venezuela's opposition failed to draw large numbers on Friday in its latest protests against President Nicolas Maduro and the national election board...

Samsung recalls 1 million Galaxy Note 7 phones in US

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD formally recalled 1 million Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in the United States, replacing or refunding the flagship phones, whose...