Mexican parents criticise ending school year a month early for World Cup
The federal government faces widespread anger for saying the school year could end on 5 June to accommodate the football tournament.
Iran demands guarantees for World Cup participation
The Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) has presented Fifa with 10 conditions for participation at the World Cup in the US, Mexico and Canada.
WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents ahead of arrival of virus-hit cruise ship
“This is not another Covid,” Tedros Ghebreyesus tells islanders before MV Hondius docks on Sunday.
Health advice is all over social media. Here’s how to vet claims
A new survey finds about half of U.S. adults under 50 get health information from social media influencers or podcasts
15 hospitalized after possible boat explosion near Miami Beach
At least 15 people were hospitalized Saturday following a possible boat explosion near North Miami Beach
More than 100 sickened in norovirus outbreak aboard Caribbean Princess cruise
Even after more than 100 passengers and crewmembers fell sick during a norovirus outbreak aboard the Caribbean Princess cruise ship, passenger Jan van Milligen said
Conservative leader accuses Indonesian president of being under gay man’s “dangerous grip”
The leader of a conservative Muslim party in Indonesia threw the government into turmoil last week when he uploaded a video to YouTube accusing a
The new Wild West of AI kids’ toys
The main antagonist of Toy Story 5, in theaters this summer, is a green, frog-shaped kids’ tablet named Lilypad, a genius new villain for the
The unprecedented and deadly cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, explained
An unprecedented outbreak of hantavirus has rocked a luxury cruise ship off the coast of West Africa, triggering a tsunami of news stories and a
Anthropic’s Mythos found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities. The Fed chair called the banks.
Anthropic built an AI model that found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities in every major operating system and web browser. The Federal Reserve chair and
The University of Michigan invested 20 million dollars in OpenAI before ChatGPT existed. Court documents show the stake is now worth two billion.
The University of Michigan invested 20 million dollars in OpenAI before ChatGPT existed, before Microsoft committed billions, and before the company was worth more
Tucker Carlson’s pivot
From MAGA loyalist to antiwar dissident – is Tucker Carlson’s pivot sincere or a savvy reinvention?
Syria and Lebanon make ‘significant progress’ at talks on joint interests
In Damascus, Lebanese prime minister and Syrian president discuss issues including security, transport and energy.
Parent company of Trump’s Truth Social site reports $400m loss this year
Losses driven largely by depreciation of cryptocurrency assets as prices of digital currencies tumble.