Christian, Muslim Nigerians push back on threatened US strikes
ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) — Nigerians across the religious spectrum pushed back Monday on U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of military intervention over the killing of Christians in the country. Africa’s most populous country, which is roughly evenly split...
Republicans break with Trump on calls to nuke filibuster
WASHINGTON (CN) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday distanced himself from President Donald Trump’s demand that Senate Republicans override the filibuster to end the government shutdown. And while he stressed that his opinion on Senate matters was “irrelevant” as...
Spain regional leader resigns, a year after deadly floods
VALENCIA, Spain (AFP) — The heavily criticized leader of Spain’s Valencia region said on Monday he was stepping down, a year after the area was hit by floods that were the country’s deadliest natural disaster in a generation. “The reality is that...
Spain’s top prosecutor denies leaking documents against opposition
MADRID (AFP) — Spain’s top prosecutor denied Monday leaking legal secrets against the conservative opposition, on the first day of his unprecedented trial. The politically explosive case against Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, the first serving attorney general to face...
UK police charge man with attempted murder over train stabbing that wounded 11 people
LONDON (AP) — U.K. police on Monday charged a 32-year-old man with attempted murder over a mass stabbing attack on a train that wounded 11 people, and revealed that he may have stabbed two other people in the 24 hours before the attack. British Transport...
Pregnant British teen arrested for drug smuggling in Georgia released after guilty verdict
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — British teenager Bella May Culley, who was arrested in Georgia on drug smuggling charges earlier this year, was released from prison Monday as part of a plea deal. Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi Airport and accused...
Agent washing
Even more evidence that artificial intelligence is becoming more like human intelligence: we have to worry about which AIs are faking it. We now have a concept called “agent washing.” If you haven’t heard of this, it means someone faked an AI’s resume. The company...
National Guard again blocked from coming to Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) — Federalized National Guard troops may not deploy to protect “war ravaged” Portland and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut ruled on Sunday. In a 16-page order, the Donald Trump-appointed judge...
Hurricane Melissa deals another heavy blow to Jamaica’s farmers and fishers
The updates sent by friends and neighbors on WhatsApp confirmed what fisher Prince Davis already feared: Hurricane Melissa put a hole in the stern of his 50-foot (15-meter) fishing boat, and damaged the cabin and back deck. His father’s boat was nowhere to be...