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By Kenrick Cai and Krystal Hu SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet and Nvidia have joined prominent venture capital investors to back Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a startup co-founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist Ilya Sutskever that has quickly risen to become one of the most valuable artificial intelligence startups months after its launch, a source familiar with …

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By Jeff Mason, Nandita Bose and Andrea Shalal ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -President Donald Trump, who in January became the oldest person to assume the U.S. presidency, underwent his first physical exam of his second term on Friday and said it went well, with results set to be released Sunday. Trump, who turns 79 …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) – The National Transportation Safety Board launched a probe on Friday into the crash of a tourist helicopter into New York City’s Hudson River the day before that killed all six aboard including three children. The NTSB has a team of 10 investigators at the scene, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said. …

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By Nayera Abdallah DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran said on Friday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States on Saturday “a genuine chance”, after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed.     Trump made a surprise announcement on Monday that Washington and Tehran would begin talks in Oman, a Gulf state that …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer consider race as a factor in admissions as the military schools had long done to boost enrollment of Black, Hispanic and other minorities, President Donald Trump’s administration said on Friday. The changes were detailed in court filings by …

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(Reuters) – Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff that focused on settling the Ukraine conflict concluded late on Friday after more than four hours. The Kremlin posted a photo on its website of the two men shaking hands, saying the meeting had taken place. “The theme of the meeting …

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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration has terminated temporary deportation protections for thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians in the U.S., a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said on Friday, building on Trump’s far-reaching immigration crackdown. An estimated 14,600 Afghans eligible for Temporary Protected Status will now lose it in May. Some …

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(Reuters) -Former President Jair Bolsonaro was stable and without symptoms after being hospitalized earlier on Friday in northeast Brazil with abdominal pain, forcing him to break off a regional tour aimed at drumming up political support. The former president interrupted a political event with supporters in the state of Rio Grande do Norte after feeling …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated sharply in April and 12-month inflation expectations surged to the highest level since 1981 amid unease over escalating trade tensions. The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers on Friday said its Consumer Sentiment Index dropped to 50.8 this month from a final reading of 57.0 in March. Economists polled …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – An explosion occurred outside the offices of Hellenic Train in Athens, Greek police said on Friday, adding there were no immediate reports of injuries. Police cordoned off the area after two Greek media organizations received warning calls that an explosive device would go off within 35 minutes, police officials said. A suspicious-looking …

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