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Northern Ireland's former unionist leader faces sexual abuse trial involving 2 girls
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Putin for direct negotiations in a neutral country
UN nuclear watchdog unable to implement its monitoring in Iran
EU invests in ocean monitoring as US cuts funding
Israeli troops kill 7-month-old baby in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
UK lawmaker says she is suing Elon Musk's company over fake Grok bikini images
Romania's president nominates MEP and advisor Eugen Tomac as PM in bid to end deadlock
Five Eyes alliance warns that China is targeting personnel via fake job ads
Former MI6 spy chief Alex Younger has died aged 62
Ukraine targets St. Petersburg again after Putin rejects direct talks
Northern Ireland's former unionist leader faces sexual abuse trial involving 2 girls
Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Putin for direct negotiations in a neutral country
UN nuclear watchdog unable to implement its monitoring in Iran
EU invests in ocean monitoring as US cuts funding
Israeli troops kill 7-month-old baby in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
LONDON (AP) – A British lawmaker said Thursday she is suing Elon Musk’s company xAI for invasion of privacy, alleging that fake images of her were created using the Grok chatbot. Jess Asato, a legislator with the governing Labour Party, says someone used Grok to create fake images of her in a bikini without her consent in January after she criticized the spread of deepfake pornography online.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Romania’s President Nicusor Dan nominated one of his advisors to be prime minister on Thursday as he seeks to end a political crisis after the previous coalition collapsed last month.
LONDON (AP) – China is targeting personnel linked to the English-speaking Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance – Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the U.K and the U.S. – on job websites to get access to classified or sensitive information, the group said Wednesday. In a bulletin, the Five Eyes powers highlighted an “aggressive” online recruitment strategy where spies for Chinese military intelligence pose as workers acting on behalf of private businesses or think tanks.
Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations. From Anthropic to SpaceX to OpenAI, tech giants are looking to take their shares public to access more capital in the race to shape the technology’s future.
WASHINGTON (AP) – The American job market continues to show surprising strength – good news for President Donald Trump who has taken a beating in the polls over the surging gasoline prices that followed U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause.
WASHINGTON (AP) – After Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cut nine Navy officers, including all the women, from a promotion list, several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military leaders.
CAIRO (AP) – Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain’s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to immediately cease attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a “serious escalation.”
BEIRUT (AP) – Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal.
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump tried to create a near $1.8 billion fund that could be funneled to his supporters as a means of settling a lawsuit he filed against his own government – even arguing that he “gave up a lot of money in allowing” it. After drawing outcry in Congress and the courts, however, the White House is reconsidering the fund.
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