11th Circuit rejects challenge to Florida limits on Chinese immigrants buying property
(CN) — An 11th Circuit panel shot down a challenge Tuesday to a Florida law that bans many immigrants from China and other foreign countries from purchasing homes in vast portions of the state. Four Chinese immigrants who live, work, study and raise families in...
Foundations want to curb AI developers’ influence with $500 million aimed at centering human needs
NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence is a matter of design — not destiny. That’s the message from ten philanthropic foundations aiming to loosen the grip that the technology’s moneyed developers, fueled by an investing frenzy, hold over its...
Sudan defense minister says army to keep fighting after US truce proposal
PORT SUDAN, Sudan (AFP) — Sudan’s defense minister said on Tuesday that the army would press on with fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces after the country’s security and defense council met to discuss a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire. “We...
Trump tax return leaker asks DC Circuit to audit sentence
WASHINGTON (CN) — An ex-Internal Revenue Service contractor sentenced to five years in prison for leaking President Donald Trump’s tax records to the press argued before a D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday that he should be resentenced because a federal judge had...
Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves at least 26 dead in Philippines, with survivors trapped on roofs and in cars
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 26 people dead in the Philippines, mostly in flooding set off by the storm, which barreled across the central part of the country on Tuesday, disaster response officials said. Floodwaters trapped scores of...
Germany offers money to Afghans to forgo refugee scheme
BERLIN (AFP) — Berlin is offering cash to Afghan refugees in Pakistan if they agree to give up their places on a program for resettlement in Germany, activists said Tuesday. The Afghans were accepted under a refugee scheme set up by the previous German government but...
Californians set to decide fate of mid-decade redistricting
FOLSOM, California (CN) — At exactly 7 a.m. Tuesday — Election Day for Proposition 50 — the doors of Oak Hills Church’s auditorium swung open. “The polls are open,” declared poll worker Bill Parker. “Don’t all come in at once,” quipped Trish Pittman as she propped...
Europe could struggle to mobilize troops, arms in case of war with Russia: Study
PARIS (AFP) — Europe could struggle to mobilize enough troops or quickly produce enough weapons in case of a direct confrontation with Russia, a new report warned Tuesday. The French Institute of International Relations, a top think tank, highlighted Europe’s...
Shein vows to cooperate with France in probe over childlike sex dolls
PARIS (AFP) — Asian e-commerce giant Shein Tuesday pledged to “cooperate fully” with French judicial authorities after an uproar over it selling childlike sex dolls, and said it was prepared to disclose the names of people who bought them. The controversy...