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Texas execution would be the fifth in the state in 2026, while Georgia has yet to put anyone to death this yearA man convicted in the shooting deaths of three people is set to be executed Wednesday in Texas. Meanwhile, another execution that was scheduled for the same time in Georgia has been halted by a judge.This would be the fifth execution in Texas, while Georgia has yet to put anyone to death...
I attended this year’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok and took part in a dialogue on technological development. There, I had a deep discussion with Maxim Oreshkin, Russia’s deputy chief of the presidential executive office, who co-chairs the country’s national AI headquarters. I left Vladivostok with a broader impression: Russia increasingly sees its Far East as a place to build a new versi...
Hundreds remain in prison, including journalists, trade unionists and others who supported the 2020 protests against Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s re-election.
Hong Kong will create an “AI city brain” system to strengthen its response to extreme weather events, major incidents and public order management, while creating the role of artificial intelligence commissioner to tackle emerging challenges. While the city’s first five-year plan set out a vision to advance technology development, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu outlined seven key areas of AI risk...
What began as a single homemade bunk bed in 2012 has blossomed into a widespread volunteer movement, Sleep in Heavenly Peace. With over 400 chapters in the U.S. and Canada, this initiative has successfully built and distributed hundreds of thousands of beds for children in need. Through Bunks Across America, volunteers unite for larger projects, ensuring every child has a comfortable place to slee...
Dozens of people are missing beneath the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli strike last year, where some 10 families had been living.
The FBI says five men "conspired to intimidate, threaten, or murder people on US soil and around the world".
China is bracing for a potential massive sell-off of a high-profile artificial intelligence chip stock on Thursday, when a lock-up period affecting 14 million shares in MetaX Integrated Circuits is set to expire. Analysts expect MetaX to face “significant selling pressure” when the restricted shares are released for trading, after the expiry of a similar lock-up period for shares in fellow AI chip...
The election is tight, but one result is clear: the Sweden Democrats' bid to turn hate into votes failed.
Photos sent to CBS News by active service members are revealing the extent of damage to U.S. bases in the Middle East targeted by Iranian strikes. The visuals come on the heels of a Pentagon report estimating the war has cost more than $33 billion. Jonah Kaplan reports.
Photos sent to CBS News by active service members are revealing the extent of damage to U.S. military assets in the Middle East targeted by Iranian strikes. The visuals come on the heels of a Pentagon report estimating the war has cost more than $33 billion. Jonah Kaplan reports.
Hong Kong authorities have rolled out 11 new initiatives to encourage residents to have children, including an expanded cash bonus scheme and a reduced down payment for subsidised housing for parents with newborns. In the latest policy address delivered on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that the HK$20,000 (US$2,550) newborn bonus scheme, expiring on October 24, would be exte...
Hong Kong authorities have rolled out 11 new initiatives to encourage residents to have children, including an expanded cash bonus scheme and a reduced down payment for subsidised housing for parents with newborns. In the latest policy address delivered on Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced that the HK$20,000 (US$2,550) newborn bonus scheme, expiring on October 24, would be exte...
After a recent wildfire, Florida's Goethe State Forest has experienced a vibrant resurgence of wildflowers and grasses. These native plants, adapted to thrive post-fire, regrow vigorously from their roots. This rejuvenation not only revives the landscape but also offers new food and nesting opportunities for returning insects, highlighting a powerful, enduring cycle of fire-induced renewal in Flor...
The recent flare-up in the Yemen conflict has seen tens of thousands of people displaced in Taiz governorate.
The package of 2,000-pound bombs comes amid Israel's genocidal war on Gaza and its occupation of southern Lebanon.
Samantha Shepherd faced court martial over case of 19-year-old Jaysley Beck, who had made a sexual assault claimA senior army officer has been cleared by a court martial of failing to deal properly with allegations made by a teenage soldier who went on to kill herself.Col Samantha Shepherd had been accused of “conduct prejudicial to good order and service discipline” over the case of 19-year-old G...
Samantha Shepherd faced a court martial over the case of 19-year-old Jaysley Beck, who made a sexual assault claimA senior army officer has been cleared by a court martial of failing to deal properly with allegations made by a teenage soldier who went on to kill herself.Col Samantha Shepherd had been accused of “conduct prejudicial to good order and service discipline” over the case of 19-year-old...
Hong Kong will introduce a pilot scheme next year to bring in foreign domestic carers to look after older residents as part of a broader package of measures announced in the policy address to deal with an ageing population. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said in his address on Wednesday that the government would admit carers under a scheme modelled on the city’s existing foreign domestic helper ...
Hong Kong aims to boost the share of zero-carbon energy in its electricity generation fuel mix to 30 per cent by 2030, up from the current 28 per cent – one of four binding environmental protection targets set out in the city’s first five-year plan on Wednesday. The binding goal aligns with existing climate protection strategies that target a zero-carbon energy share of between 60 and 70 per cent ...
Pictures of Georgia Democrat looking into middle distance proliferate – and social media skills have boosted his profileDelivering a speech in Atlanta last month, Jon Ossoff accused Donald Trump of corruption, incompetence and fecklessness, and peppered his remarks with substantive observations of dates and times and places. But the comment that ricocheted across the internet – a clip of just a fe...
Claims that dismantling pollution rules will lower energy bills and have little climate impact are far from convincingIn allowing US power plants to emit any amount of planet-heating pollution they wish to, the Trump administration made two striking claims – that this will cut Americans’ electricity bills and that the pollution itself doesn’t really matter anyway. Both claims struggle to stand up ...
Exclusive: Plastic surfaces form hotspots with an increase of antibiotic-resistant genes, study findsMicroplastics act like a “Trojan horse” delivering pollutants, pesticides and bacteria through the soil, a five-year multinational research project has found.The EU-funded project, which has so far resulted in 22 peer-reviewed studies, found microplastics in the soil of all 227 agricultural fields ...
Donald Trump’s proposal to give adult Americans US$5,000 if Republicans win November’s midterm elections has drawn an unusual accusation from India: that the US president is borrowing from the country’s welfare-heavy political playbook. Speaking days after Trump floated the US$5,000 proposal on September 9, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar told an event held by India’s main oppositi...
With just a week to go until Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Washington for his first state visit in more than a decade, Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun opted for the diplomatic path in his address to China’s premier security conference on Wednesday. Speaking at the annual Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, Dong took veiled swipes at Washington and its allies but – unlike last year – appeared to ...
Government announces before vote on moratorium that any projects above 50MW must submit assessments in planning processLarge-scale datacentres will face mandatory environmental assessments before they can go ahead, the Scottish government has announced, amid growing public concern about the impact of the AI boom.Ahead of a vote on a moratorium on new hyperscale datacentres in Holyrood on Wednesday...
A gold mine collapse on Wednesday killed at least 82 people in a remote area in Sudan, a source in the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces reported. The destruction occurred at the al-Zara gold mine, located in West Kordofan province – an area under the control of the RSF, who have been at war with the country’s military for over three years.
A gold mine collapse on Wednesday killed at least 67 people in a remote area in Sudan, a medical group and survivors reported. The destruction occurred at the al-Zara gold mine, located in West Kordofan province – an area under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, who have been at war with the country’s military for over three years.
US President Donald Trump claimed Moscow and Kyiv have agreed not to target each other’s energy infrastructure, but no deal has been confirmed, and strikes have continued.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club has said it will funnel HK$3 billion to support the construction of a Life and Health Academic Research Building at the city’s new Northern Metropolis University Town. During his policy address on Wednesday, Hong Kong leader John Lee Ka-chiu announced the creation of an integrated teaching and scientific research building in the Northern Metropolis. In a statement issued ...
