Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI, arrives for a meeting with international investors in IA at the Elysee Palace as part of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 10, 2025. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Meta is forming a new artificial intelligence research lab and bringing on Alexandr Wang, founder and CEO … Read more
WASHINGTON — Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, making him a rare congressional Republican to endorse the historically liberal cause. The Higher Wages for American Workers Act would set the nationwide minimum wage to $15 on Jan. … Read more
This year has seen many drug trafficking crimes take place – from 18-year-olds to even pensioners – but this specific case reveals just how far some smugglers would go A woman was arrested after allegedly smuggling drugs in her fake pregnancy belly(Image: Jam Press) A woman has been arrested after police allegedly caught her wearing … Read more
Police in India say a woman who went missing after her husband was murdered during their honeymoon is in custody after turning herself in. According to the BBC, relatives of the couple believed the wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi, 25, was dead or had been abducted and launched a large-scale campaign to locate her after she and … Read more
Cargo shipping containers are loaded with cranes on container ships at the Burchardkai container terminal at the harbour of Hamburg, northern Germany, on June 3, 2025. Fabian Bimmer | Afp | Getty Images The World Bank sharply cut its global economic growth projections Tuesday, citing disruption from trade uncertainty in particular. It now expects the … Read more
“China has already approved a certain number of compliant applications and will continue to strengthen the approval process for compliant applications,” it said in a statement. Despite Beijing’s offer of dialogue, experts say China is unlikely to completely remove the restrictions and is “flexing its muscles.” That was clear to members of the foreign business … Read more
An angler was startled to find he had caught a weird vampire-like creature when he went night fishing – Stefan Scheer caught a rare and protected sea lamprey near his home city Sea lampreys strip the flesh off their prey(Image: Jam Press/Stefan Scheer) A fisherman was left stunned after they reeled in a weird ‘Men … Read more
Canada, alongside four other countries, is formally sanctioning two Israeli ministers for comments they say are “incitements of violence against Palestinian communities.” The sanctions were announced by the foreign ministers of Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Norway on Tuesday in a joint statement. Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister … Read more
Russia launched one of its largest airstrikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least three people, officials said on Tuesday. The overnight strikes followed Russia’s biggest drone assault of the war on Ukraine on Monday and were … Read more
Tourists and locals enjoy a warm spring day with high temperatures in El Postiguet Beach. Marcos Del Mazo | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. tourists seem to be cutting back on summer trips to Europe — but Chinese travelers are more than making up for it, a study found. Data from the European Travel Commission … Read more