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...
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...
