North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said exercising the country’s position as a nuclear weapons state is the only way to cope with an unpredictable and complicated global security situation, KCNA state news agency reported on Tuesday.
Trump team delays health funding with new screening process that uses AI to check for words like ‘culture’ and ‘gender’: report
A Democratic senator said the new process is ‘undermining America’s edge in research’ and ‘denying resources and services to communities because of politics’
Executive orders seek to hasten quantum computing—and guard against its use
One directs a “national effort” toward a useful quantum computer; the other sets deadlines for quantum-resistant encryption.
Former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of child sex offences
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Manchester’s ‘King of the North’ expected to replace Britain’s Starmer as prime minister
Andy Burnham, the former mayor of northwest England’s Manchester, is poised to replace outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer at No. 10 Downing Street following Mr. Starmer’s not-unexpected resignation on Monday.
Clive Davis, music mogul behind Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, dies aged 94
The record company executive also worked with Billy Joel, Pink Floyd, Alicia Keys and Aerosmith.
Gunman kills a Montreal officer at a Hilton hotel before being shot dead, police say
A suspect armed with a long gun opened fire Monday at a Montreal hotel, killing a police officer before officers returned fire, killing him, police said. A civilian also died but it wasn’t immediately clear who fired that shot.
US House committee reaches bipartisan deal on social media rules for kids
Committee leaders did not release details but said the legislation would ‘hold Big Tech accountable’.
A brutal gang rape in India revives painful memories of 2012 Delhi assault
The case from Begusarai in Bihar comes close in brutality to that inflicted on a woman during a sexual assault in 2012.
‘Stop genocide’: Activist stopped by police at Tokyo’s Israeli Embassy
An activist in Japan was surrounded by police after he approached the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo on Monday and shouted.