MSNBC anchor Alicia Menendez found herself in an awkward position on Tuesday — breaking the news of her embattled father’s latest legal troubles. Indicted US Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) was hit with fresh allegations that a wealthy businessman pal showered the lawmaker with fancy gifts — including Formula One race tickets and a Patek Philippe … Read more
Oil rose after Iran sent a warship to the Red Sea in response to the US Navy’s sinking of three Houthi boats over the weekend, adding to regional tensions as ships continue to avoid the key waterway. Brent crude climbed above $78 a barrel after declining by 5% over the prior three sessions, with West … Read more
Iran dispatched a warship to the Red Sea after the US Navy destroyed three Houthi boats, a move that risks ratcheting up tensions and complicates Washington’s goal of securing a waterway that’s vital to global trade. The Alborz destroyer traversed the Bab El-Mandeb strait, a narrow choke point between the Red Sea and the Gulf … Read more
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda will veto the new government’s spending plan, which includes a 30% pay increase for teachers, in protest against the shakeup of public broadcasters. The decision, announced by the president on social platform X on Saturday, marks an escalation of tensions between the new administration of Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Duda, … Read more
In this image released by Lionsgate, Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen, left, and Liam Hemsworth portrays Gale Hawthorne in a scene from “The Hunger Games.” (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Murray Close) Murray Close Blank check firm Screaming Eagle Acquisition Corp said on Friday it has agreed to merge with the studio business of entertainment company Lionsgate in … Read more
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank conference in Brussels, Belgium, on Jan. 20, 2020. Yves Herman | Reuters The MedLM suite includes a large and a medium-sized AI model, both built on Med-PaLM 2, a large language model trained on medical data that Google first … Read more
Google shares jumped Thursday, a day after the company announced its latest artificial intelligence model called Gemini. Google executives said Gemini outperforms OpenAI’s GPT-3.5, but the company did not share how it compares with OpenAI’s latest model, GPT-4. Analysts are encouraged by Google’s progress in AI, but questions remain about how the company will monetize … Read more
India began counting votes in four state elections, with early trends showing a close contest for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party as he seeks a third term in office in 2024. Three states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh — will be key to watch as a testing ground for Modi’s support. Exit polls … Read more
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Sports Illustrated says it is firing a company that produced articles for its website written under the byline of authors who apparently don’t exist. Photo / AP Sports Illustrated is the latest media company to have its reputation damaged by being less than forthcoming — if not outright dishonest — about who or what is … Read more
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