Wildfires burn thousands of acres on tribal lands in North Dakota
Thousands of acres of tribal lands in North Dakota have burned in the last several days due to wildfires amid dry and breezy conditions.
Day: May 6, 2025
AMD reports Q1 revenue up 36% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.12B est., Data Center revenue up 57% to $3.7B, vs. $3.66B est., and forecasts Q2 sales above estimates (Ian King/Bloomberg)
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AMD reports Q1 revenue up 36% YoY to $7.4B, vs. $7.12B est., Data Center revenue up 57% to $3.7B, vs. $3.66B est., and forecasts Q2 sales above estimates — Second-quarter sales are forecast to be about $7.4 bil…
Controllers briefly lost contact with Newark planes before wider flight disruptions
The nation’s air traffic controllers union says the flight cancellations plaguing Newark’s Liberty International Airport and spilling over to U.S. airports can be traced to a week ago when controllers temporarily lost contact with planes.
Friedrich Merz Wins Second Vote to Become Germany’s Leader
Friedrich Merz had fallen six votes short of the chancellery in the first round of voting, a surprising and demoralizing setback.
Google Debuts an Updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI Model Ahead of I/O
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google on Tuesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview (I/O edition), an updated version of its flagship Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model that the company claims tops a number of widely used benchma…
Trump wants to pay couples $5,000 to have babies – Democrats want to throw out the idea with the bathwater
White House is reportedly fielded proposals to offer tax cuts or bonus checks to new families to address low U.S. birth rate
India fires missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, killing at least 1 child, officials say
Pakistani security officials say that India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing at a child and wounding two other people.
India fires three missiles across the frontier with Pakistan, Pakistani officials say
India fired three missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory early Wednesday, Pakistani security officials said, amid soaring tensions between the countries over last month’s militant attack in India’s portion of Kashmir.
Who are the Cardinals Who Will Pick the Next Pope?
This week 133 cardinals will meet in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to select a new pope who will lead the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. This will be the first papal conclave in which fewer than half the voting cardinals are European. During his time, Pope Frances selected many cardinals from the global south and our correspondent in Rome tells us how this could influence who the next pope will be.
Thousands of chickens euthanized in South Africa after they were left starving and eating each other
Animal welfare officers faced the grisly task of euthanizing more than 350,000 chickens by hand after they were left starving and cannibalizing each other.