A mayoral candidate has been assassinated and three others injured in a shooting in the Mexican city of Celaya, in the latest violence to mar the run-up to the country’s looming general election. Bertha Gisela Gaytán, a mayoral candidate for Celaya, died on Monday after being shot while campaigning in the community of San Miguel Octopan, the Guanajuato state prosecutor’s ...
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to shut down news network Al Jazeera following the passage Monday of a sweeping law allowing the government to ban foreign networks perceived as posing a threat to national security. Netanyahu said he intended “to act immediately in accordance with the new law” to stop the Qatari-based news outlet’s activity in the country, according to ...
Twenty-five years ago, few gadgets were on as many Christmas lists as Nintendo’s Game Boy Colour. The iconic handheld, released in November 1998 and home to classics like Pokemon, Super Mario Land, and Tetris, was wrapped up under the tree in living rooms up and down the country. With almost 120 million units sold, the Game Boy is one of ...
School closures, pet care and fake glasses are just three of the things that have prompted warnings ahead of Monday’s total solar eclipse. Residents in multiple US states, as well as parts of Mexico and Canada, will be able to witness the natural phenomenon on Monday 8 April. The first place to experience ‘totality’ – the moment when the face ...
Google is considering charging users for “premium” internet search results powered by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a report. The tech giant is said to be exploring several ideas about how to use the technology, including incorporating enhanced search tools as part of its premium subscription services. Google‘s main search engine would remain free to use under the proposals, with ...
The first patient to receive a kidney transplanted from a genetically modified pig has been discharged from hospital. Richard “Rick” Slayman received the organ in March in a world first after undergoing a four-hour surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. The 62-year-old suffers from end-stage renal failure, a chronic disease where the kidneys can no longer function ...
Judge Aileen M. Cannon has left many legal experts dumbfounded with her handling of the criminal classified documents case against former president Donald Trump, the man who nominated her to the federal bench. And special counsel Jack Smith appears to be losing patience with her. Smith’s office late Tuesday night filed an especially withering response to Cannon’s request for proposed ...
If you are presented with the word “Zuckerbucks,” the odds are extremely good that you will have one of two reactions. The first is confusion. You will see the word and either have no idea what it refers to or, perhaps, remember that you have seen it floating around in the context of Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donald Trump planned his campaign schedule this week to spotlight what he calls “Biden’s border bloodbath” — which he recently labeled “the biggest” issue of the election, even more pressing than the economy. When a reporter shouted a question about abortion at Trump’s event here, the audience drowned it out with boos and yelled “fake news!” ...
Special counsel Jack Smith warned the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case that she is pursuing a legal premise that “is wrong” and said he would probably appeal to a higher court if she rules that a federal records law can protect the former president from prosecution. In a late-night legal filing Tuesday, Smith’s office pushed back hard against ...