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Olympics-Canada-US rivalry heats up at Milano Cortina Games
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (728+ words) MILAN, Feb 5 (Reuters) - With Canada'U.S. tensions bubbling from sport into geopolitics, Team Canada held their opening press conference of the Milano Cortina Olympics on Thursday facing a pointed question: will their athletes compete with 'elbows up' against the Americans? The…...
Trump says US 'will run' Venezuela until 'safe' transition
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (179+ words) USA TO 'RUN' VENEZUELA DURING TRANSITION? (Top headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:TRUMP NEWS CONFERENCE... DEVELOPING...Defense Minister Says Residential Areas Attacked...Chinese delegation caught in crossfire?Beijing Slams 'Hegemonic Acts'...Dictator and wife to stand trial in New York......
AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (433+ words) GENEVA (Reuters) -Leading AI assistants misrepresent news content in nearly half their responses, according to new research published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC. The international research studied 3,000 responses to questions about the news from…...
LGBTQ+ Catholics make Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and celebrate a new sense of acceptance
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (830+ words) The vice president of the Italian bishops conference, Bishop Franceseco Savino, celebrated Mass for the pilgrims in a packed Chiesa del Gesu, the main Jesuit church in Rome. He received a sustained standing ovation in the middle of his homily…...
Vance, in exclusive interview, says he's ready to be president while hailing Trump's health
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1762+ words) WASHINGTON " The first time Vice President JD Vance walked into the Oval Office, he noticed the drapes ("dark and gloomy") " but he insists he's not measuring them for a future turn behind the Resolute Desk. "I've gotten a lot of…...
Trump Loses a Lawyer—and Much More
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (163+ words) A line in the musical Hamilton claims, "Everything is legal in New Jersey." This is not precisely true. At the moment, however, nobody seems to know who in the state is in charge of enforcing federal law. The chaos around…...
California wildfire explodes over 72,000 acres, air quality alerts in place
6+ mon, 12+ hour ago (375+ words) Over 1,000 firefighters continue to battle a wildfire in California that has over 72,000 acres, prompted evacuation orders and caused three injuries, according to officials. The Gifford Fire, which began on Friday afternoon, is situated within the Los Padres National Forest in…...
Trump Says He Disagrees With Israel's Claim There Is 'No Starvation' In Gaza
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (434+ words) Donald Trump has just revealed he disagrees with Israel on its claim that there is "no starvation" in Gaza. The US president's claim, made during an impromptu press conference with UK prime minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria, is…...
Russia warns strike on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant could cause 'Chernobyl-style catastrophe"
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (532+ words) By Vladimir Soldatkin, Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -The head of Russia's nuclear energy corporation warned on Thursday that an Israeli attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant could lead to a "Chernobyl-style catastrophe". An Israeli military…...
Washington prosecutor probes threats against DOGE, names Schumer as target
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (471+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. prosecutor in Washington launched an investigation on Wednesday into threats against federal workers - and named Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer as a target of the probe - after people working in Elon Musk's drive to downsize and overhaul…...