Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis faced off with dueling events at Iowa’s state fair, taking their fight for the presidential nomination to the traditional political jamboree while avoiding a direct confrontation.
Kennedy Mays has just tricked a large language model. It took some coaxing, but she managed to convince an algorithm to say 9 + 10 = 21.
Across Wall Street, there’s growing relief that the Federal Reserve — at long last — may be done raising interest rates. But that doesn’t mean turbulence in the bond market will soon become a thing of the past.
The running mate of Ecuador’s assassinated presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio will seek to stand in place of him in next weekend’s election.
One of China’s largest developers is wobbling and has less than 30 days to avoid a default on its bonds, the latest signal of the government’s struggle to end the nation’s property slump as the economy slows.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to present a 2020 elections interference case against former President Donald Trump and others to a grand jury in Georgia early next week, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported.
Russia’s defense ministry vowed to retaliate after its air defenses shot down three missiles aimed at the Kerch Bridge that connects the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland. Ukraine hasn’t commented on the incident and the extent of any damage is unclear. The lengthy span was closed to traffic for a few hours, with multiple explosions reported in the area and images of billowing smoke shown on social media. Long lines of cars were backed up on either side of the bridge. Local officials urg
Rishi Sunak thought highlighting his efforts to stop the flow of migrants into Britain would rouse the government Conservative Party base and reinforce his political pitch around effective leadership. Instead, the prime minister has left voters unconvinced and both sides of his party unsatisfied.
The Eiffel Tower was briefly evacuated early Saturday afternoon after a security alert was raised, Agence France-Presse reported.
The leader of the fastest-growing US city is betting that Yellowstone mania and quality-of-life issues in bigger metros can help sustain the expansion even as corporate relocations slow from the peak of the pandemic era.
