No one has it worse than I-4 commuters, a respected analytics company has concluded, citing data that delays there stretch longer than in New York, Los Angeles or — you name it. The nearly 12-mile stretch of I-4 in Orange and Osceola Counties between State Road 528 and State Road 429 jumped to first place […]
Sophia Kianni is the youngest United Nations adviser in US history. Sophia Kianni is a climate activist, and founder and executive director of international nonprofit Climate Cardinals. Kianni, 22, is the youngest member of the UN’s advisory group on climate change. António Guterres, the UN secretary-general, has a unique ability to listen intently, understand diverse […]
The Center for Investigative Reporting, the nation’s oldest nonprofit newsroom that produces Mother Jones and Reveal sued OpenAI and Microsoft in federal court on Thursday for allegedly using its content to train AI models without consent or compensation. This is the latest in a long line of lawsuits filed by publishers and creators accusing generative […]
China’s space officials have said they would welcome scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission. However, they noted there were limits to that co-operation, specifically with the United States. Officials said at a televised news conference […]
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic mission, but noted there were limits to that cooperation, specifically with the United States. Officials said at a televised news […]
Malaysia’s Human Resources Minister Steven Sim called for a renewal of the global social contract — how states should act towards one another — not one of the country’s founding principles, contrary to social media posts that shared a misleading news headline about the minister’s speech at the International Labour Conference in June 2024. Malaysia’s […]
Lately, I find myself perplexed by the grim depiction of America that some politicians are fervently pushing. They paint a picture of a nation on the brink, proclaiming that unless they seize control, we are doomed to chaos and collapse. But the America they describe is not one I recognize. America is not in decline, […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries on Friday formally approved the launch of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova next week, another step in the two nations’ long journey to join the 27-nation bloc. Belgium, which currently holds the presidency of the European Union, said member states have agreed on a negotiating framework. “This opens […]
(Bloomberg) — Euro-area members must start reducing debt immediately in the face of enormous long-term fiscal risks from ageing populations, defence spending and climate change, the European Central Bank cautioned. Most Read from Bloomberg “These developments will be challenging enough in isolation, and countries will face all of them simultaneously,” it said Wednesday in an […]
(Photo by Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images) What in the world could they have been thinking? That’s one of the questions (or, at least, one hopes it is) that most white Americans ask themselves periodically when contemplating the evil of human slavery – the institution that undergirds so much of their modern privilege and wealth. How […]
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The head of a Canadian political party said on Thursday that an intelligence report about some members of parliament acting as agents for other nations was concerning and that offending lawmakers must be removed. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been on the defensive since a committee of lawmakers that focuses on security […]
By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – European governments may be wary of budget Chinese electric vehicles flooding their markets but they’re also fiercely competing for a share of the manufacturing investment and jobs the new competitors bring. While the European Union investigates China’s auto subsidies and considers tariffs on imports, national governments across the bloc […]