Taipei, Taiwan — Nvidia unveiled new powerful chips on Monday that would bring advanced artificial intelligence functions into laptops and desktop computers, with new personal computer models from brands including Microsoft and Dell set to roll out later this year. While Santa Clara, California-based Nvidia has already been massively successful in supplying high-end chips for …
LAGOS, June 1 (Reuters) – Nigerian politician Peter Obi said he would run for president again in January after winning his party’s nomination, setting up another contest between incumbent Bola Tinubu and a divided opposition. Obi was declared winner of the Nigeria Democratic Congress primary on Sunday, less than a month after quitting an alliance …
NEW DELHI, June 1 (Reuters) – The founder of an online Indian youth group that has amassed millions of followers in days said on Monday he plans to take his movement on to the streets with a protest against the education minister and in a show of dissent against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Cockroach …
By Julia Symmes Cobb, Nelson Bocanegra and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, June 1 (Reuters) – Right-wing Colombian lawyer Abelardo De La Espriella and leftist senator Ivan Cepeda will compete in a June presidential runoff after a tight vote on Sunday, in a contest dominated by voter concerns over security and the economy to which each …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When she isn’t working on a novel, Ann Patchett is often thinking of what she can do for others: maybe coming up with a blurb for Douglas Stuart, or recording a video birthday message for fellow author-bookseller Emma Straub, or beginning an interview with a plug for another admired peer. “The …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, June 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — The dog didn’t eat your homework. You started it, not your sister. Your phone did not die when I was trying to reach you. Kids’ lies can infuriate adults, no doubt. But most lying children will not grow up with criminal records or certain …
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterMONDAY, June 1, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Folks who regularly exercise can lower their risk of heart attack and heart failure linked to a genetic heart condition, a new study says. People with higher levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity had lower rates of heart health problems caused by genetically …
LONDON, June 1 (Reuters) – Britain has blocked Cenk Uygur, a left-wing Turkish-American media personality, and his nephew, Hasan Piker, a U.S. left-wing commentator and influencer, from entering the country to speak at events, both said on Monday. Uygur, who co-hosts the popular YouTube channel “The Young Turks”, and Piker said they had been barred …
WASHINGTON (AP) — A standoff between the White House and the Senate remains unresolved after Republican senators defiantly left town 10 days ago without passing legislation to fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies. Senate Republicans who are returning to Washington on Monday say they won’t have the votes to pass the Homeland Security spending …
NEW YORK (AP) — When Ann Patchett opened Parnassus Books in 2011, two major bookstores in Nashville had closed and physical bookstores in general seemed endangered as Amazon’s share of the market kept growing. Amazon remains the dominant force, but physical, brick-and-mortar stores have rebounded — and stores owned by authors such as Patchett are …