Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3, wounds 7 at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees
Police say an explosion has ripped through a hotel in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost, killing at least three people and wounding seven others.
Day: August 14, 2023
Cambodia school shut after war-era explosives unearthed
Deminers discover more than 2,000 explosives inside the grounds of a high school in northeastern Kratie province.
AI’s Role in the Next Financial Crisis: A Warning from SEC Chair Gary Gensler
TL;DR – The future of finance is intertwined with artificial intelligence (AI), and according to SEC Chair Gary Gensler, it’s not all positive. In fact, Gensler warns in a 2020 paper —when he was still at MIT—that AI could be at the heart of t…
Hawaii mourns the dead in ferocious wildfires while officials warn the full toll is not yet known
As Hawaii residents mourned those killed in ferocious wildfires, officials warned that the full human and environmental toll was not yet known and the recovery only just beginning from the destruction wrought by flames that galloped a mile every minute.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits military factories including missile plant
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited key military factories, including a tactical missile production plant, state media KCNA said on Monday. Kim “expressed satisfaction” with a factory’s “recent focus on tactical missile production” and “expanding p…
‘Breakfast, lunch & dinner,’ Maui hotel cook feeds evacuees
J.P. Mayoga, a cook at the Westin Maui in Kaanapali, is feeding the roughly 200 hotel employees and family members now living there. (Aug. 14)
Supreme Court Blocks Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Deal
The Supreme Court paused the $6 billion opioid settlement on Aug. 10, CNN reports. According to the Biden administration, the “unprecedented” deal would grant the Sackler family, Purdue Pharma founders, protection against civil opioid-related claims.
‘We’re just going, going, going’: Volunteers in Hawaii deliver supplies by sea to wildfire victims
Volunteers in Hawaii are delivering essential goods via sea to victims of the wildfires that largely destroyed the town of Lahaina. “The road keeps on getting shut down,” boat captain Doug Clement says. “We get calls from people on the other side, they…
Attack on Iran Shiite shrine leaves one dead
A shooting Sunday at a Shiite Muslim shrine in Iran’s south killed at least one person and wounded eight others, state media reported, revising down a previous toll of four fatalities. The attack comes less than a year after a similar one on the same h…