Roommate of slain USF student is charged with two counts of murder
The roommate of a slain University of South Florida doctoral student was charged with murder on Saturday as the search continues for another missing student
Gunfire and blasts rock Mali as attackers hit capital and other cities, residents say
BAMAKO, Mali — Gunmen attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities early Saturday in a possible coordinated assault, residents and authorities said
Meta signs multibillion-dollar deal for Amazon Graviton5 chips as AI compute demand outstrips $135B capex budget
Summary: Meta signed a multibillion-dollar, multi-year deal to deploy tens of millions of Amazon’s Graviton5 ARM CPU cores in AWS data centres for agentic AI
Meta is firing 8,000 people. Microsoft is paying 8,750 to leave. Both are spending the savings on AI.
Summary: Meta and Microsoft announced workforce reductions on the same day, April 23, affecting up to 23,000 positions combined. Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs (10%
After years of avoidance, Trump to attend first White House press dinner
Professional organisations call on attendees to ‘speak forcefully’ at annual event, which will not feature a comedian.
African governments need to take urgent action on fertiliser shortages
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have slowed fertiliser shipments which could put harvests at risk.
Deporting soldiers? Why immigrant veterans fear removal from the US
Trump’s push for mass deportation has heightened fears that immigrant veterans of the US military could be expelled.
Explosions and gunfire as armed groups launch co-ordinated attacks across Mali
Witnesses report clashes in the centre and north, in what has been described as the largest jihadist attack in years.
Thirty-one sloths die in Florida before opening of attraction
Many died due to conditions at a warehouse they’d been shipped to, while others arrived dead, authorities say.
Watch: 20,000 teddy bears highlight plight of missing Ukrainian children
Each bear in the installation in Washington, DC, is meant to represent one of the children Ukraine says have been abducted by Russia.
South Korea police arrest man for posting AI photo of runaway wolf
The widely circulated image had prompted authorities to move their search operation.
Gunmen stage simultaneous attacks in and outside Mali capital, army says
Militants staged attacks in Mali’s capital Bamako and in several locations in the interior of the country on Saturday morning, the Mali army said, in
Russian attacks kill 5 and wound more than 30 in Ukraine’s Dnipro
Russian drone and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro killed at least five people and wounded 34, local authorities said Saturday.
Some Planned Parenthood clinics are using Botox to smooth over federal cuts
After Tweety McTreason and Congress cut certain Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood in last year’s budget, some clinics have started offering aesthetic services, including Botox