APRIL 18, 2023
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is on a trip to Brazil.
The White House has sharply criticized Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for accusing the United States of "encouraging" the war in Ukraine.
Lula said after a visit to China at the weekend that the US needed to start talking about peace in Ukraine.
Visiting Brazil, Russian Foreign...
APRIL 18, 2023
Dog crosses a road at a financial district with buildings under construction, in Beijing.
BEIJING - China's economic recovery gathered pace in the first quarter, as the end of strict COVID curbs lifted the world's second-largest economy out of a crippling pandemic slump, although some headwinds persist.
Gross domestic product grew 4.5% year-on-year in the first three months of...
APRIL 14, 2023
U.S. President Biden completes Irish tour with return to ancestral home.
KNOCK, Ireland (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he has decided to run for a second term and would formally announce his re-election campaign "relatively soon."
"We'll announce it relatively soon. But the trip here just reinforced my sense of optimism about what can be done,"...
APRIL, 14 2023
This photo illustration created on April 13, 2023, shows the suspect, national guardsman Jack Teixeira, reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. - STEFANI REYNOLDS, AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira’s job – essentially a military IT tech – likely allowed him access to the trove of secret documents...
APRIL 14, 2023
A solar plasma "waterfall" was spotted on the sun recently. More odd solar phenomena has been seen recently as the sun nears a peak of activity. - Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau
An astrophotographer captured a structure that looked like a plasma waterfall on the sun.
The structure is believed to be around 60,000-miles-tall.
This is the latest in...
APRIL 14, 2023
OpenAI hired a team of experts to examine whether GPT-4 could present prejudiced responses or assist illegal activities. Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images
A professor hired by OpenAI to test GPT-4 said people could use it to do "dangerous chemistry."
He was one of 50 experts hired by OpenAI last year to examine the risks of GPT-4.
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APRIL 13, 2023
Josh Harris, speaking to the media in 2019, has a tentative agreement to purchase the Washington Commanders. (Matt Rourke/AP)
An investment group led by Josh Harris reached a preliminary agreement to purchase the Washington Commanders from owner Daniel Snyder, according to three people with direct knowledge of the sale process.
Harris’s group would buy the team from Snyder for...
APRIL 13, 2023
The allowances of IPL chairman has also been bracketed in the office-bearers’ category. Twitter@BCCI
The increase in allowances doled out to the BCCI office bearers was tabled in the Apex Council meeting on Sunday but came into effect last October.
New Delhi: An office bearer of the all-powerful BCCI will now be paid a daily allowance of US$1000...
APRIL 13, 2023
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a telephonic conversation with UK's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
During the phone conversations, the two leaders reviewed the progress on a number of bilateral issues, particularly in trade and economic sectors. The Prime Minister also sought progress on the return of economic offenders.
"PM Modi raised the issue of...
APRIL 13, 2023
Fort Lauderdale experienced the rainiest day in its history Wednesday – a 1-in-1,000-year rainfall event – sparking a flash flood emergency in Broward County that has prompted emergency rescues, forced drivers to abandon cars, shuttered schools and shut down the airport through 5 a.m. Friday. And more rain is on the way.
The region recorded widespread rainfall totals...
