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May 6 (Reuters) – Washington and Beijing are weighing the launch of official discussions about artificial intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The White House and the Chinese government are considering putting AI on the agenda for a summit next week in Beijing between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, …
By Byron Kaye and Melanie Burton SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, May 7 (Reuters) – A few months before Australia’s conservative Liberal Party suffered its worst election defeat last May, Sydney stockbroker Angus Aitken donated A$230,000 ($165,000) to the party, a political cause he thought he would support for life. This year he is changing teams, committing A$1.1 million …
Asian shares jumped and the price of crude oil was holding above $100 a barrel on Thursday as investors bet on hopes the U.S. and Iran will strike a deal allowing tankers to deliver crude from the Persian Gulf again. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index jumped 4.6% to 62,243.88, while the Hang Seng in Hong …
HERSHEY, Pennsylvania, May 6 (Reuters) – U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts expressed concern on Wednesday about the public perception of the Supreme Court as an institution driven primarily by political outcomes rather than the law at a time when some prominent voices have raised questions about the top U.S. judicial body’s legitimacy. Roberts, who has …
SEOUL, May 7 (Reuters) – South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison over charges including his role in the brief imposition of martial law in 2024, after a court of appeals reduced his earlier sentence of 23 years. (Reporting by Heejin Kim and Jack KimEditing by …
Josh Doan and Jordan Greenway also scored for Buffalo making its first second-round appearance since 2007, and first overall in 15 years. Alex Lyon stopped 26 shots and improved to 4-1 since taking over the starting duties in Game 3 of Buffalo’s opening-round opponent Boston. Nick Suzuki and Kirby Dach scored for Montreal, which appeared …
May 6 (Reuters) – A federal judge on Wednesday released a document described as a suicide note purportedly written by the late Jeffrey Epstein and including the line: “It is a treat to be able to choose one’s time to say goodbye.” Epstein, the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, was found dead in his …
HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Supreme Court justices are not “purely political actors,” Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday, insisting unpopular court decisions are based solely on the law. “I think, at a very basic level, people think we’re making policy decisions, we’re saying we think this is how things should be, as opposed to what …
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 26 points and helped New York seize control of a close game after a run of blowouts, leading the Knicks to a 108-102 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night for a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinals. But those kinds of situations are made for …
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — A participant in a grueling 250-mile (402-kilometer) ultramarathon on trails across northern Arizona died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency, race organizers and local law enforcement said. First responders attended to a woman in her 40s who was participating in the race and collapsed at a trailhead in the Groom Creek …