APRIL 24, 2023
Matt Huculak, an academic, used ChatGPT to help write a reference letter for a student. LAW Ho Ming/Getty Images
Matt Huculak, a university librarian, used ChatGPT to help write a letter of recommendation for a student.
The "heartfelt" letter may have helped the student win a prestigious scholarship to Cambridge.
Huculak said using ChatGPT can help academics...
APRIL 22, 2023
The “Turning Torso” tower in Malmö, Sweden. The nation’s third largest city, it has a population of 600,000 and is working to be carbon-neutral by 2030. The city is building new eco-neighborhoods that combine urban planning and energy-efficient buildings in areas that are walkable, bikable and inviting. The Western Harbor neighborhood, pictured, includes many public spaces, ponds...
APRIL 18, 2023
Warnings of a coming recession this year are wrong, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said.
Bullard pointed to strong economic data and shrugged off fears of an economic contraction.
A strong labor market and strong consumption are likely to fuel a "big chunk" of the US economy.
Wall Street is wrong for sounding the alarm on...
APRIL 18, 2023
Former US president Barack Obama, shown on Nov. 8, 2021. - Ian Forsyth, Getty Images
The claim: Photos show passport issued in Kenya to President Obama
An April 12 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of a tweet and several photos of a passport belonging to a man named Barack Obama.
"Many of us already knew and...
APRIL 18, 2023
US-JUSTICE-COURT-MEDIA-FOX-DOMINION. - ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images
The long-anticipated defamation trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox News ended before it truly began Tuesday, with a judge announcing the two sides had agreed to a settlement. Dominion says Fox has agreed to pay $787.5 million — nearly half of the $1.6 billion Dominion sought.
At issue in the...
APRIL 18, 2023
Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, speaks at a Multilateral Development Bank roundtable during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. The IMF trimmed its global-growth projections, warning of high uncertainty and risks as financial-sector stress adds to pressures emanating from tighter monetary...
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...
