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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, leaders of rival nations in a race to dominate artificial intelligence, are expected to meet this week against a backdrop of rising concerns about the threats that rogue AI could pose to humanity. The hopes for finding common ground on concerns around global AI safety are…
LONDON — British police announced on Sunday morning that five people were arrested “on suspicion of offenses under the explosives act” close to a major air base hosting U.S. forces in the southwest of England. “A number of properties are currently being evacuated in the Whelford area following the declaration of a major incident,” Gloucestershire…
British counterterrorism police were leading an investigation Monday after five men were arrested on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act in an English village near a Royal Air Force base used by U.S. bombers. The Metropolitan Police said officers received a call around 12:45 a.m. local time on Sunday about three suspicious vehicles traveling toward…
PARIS (AP) — Firefighters across Europe struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of the continent, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes. The historic temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change, and are hitting countries more designed for long cold seasons and ill-equipped for this…
A mum and her six-year-old son have raised more than £1,450 for Breast Cancer UK after completing a 200-mile fundraising challenge in memory of their beloved mum and nana, who recently lost her life to breast cancer. Throughout the school summer holidays, Jade Conway and her son Archie, six, took on the challenge of running…
The United States and China have agreed to extend their trade truce through Jan. 10, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Wednesday. The extension provides a short-term reprieve from economic tensions as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington earlier Wednesday for a high-profile state visit hosted by President Donald Trump. Bessent announced the extension on…
British counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Iran was behind a suspected bomb plot targeting RAF Fairford, a British air base used by US forces in operations against Iran, The Telegraph reported on Sunday. Five men were arrested under the Explosives Act and on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act after three suspicious vans were reported…
China has announced a new shipping route through the Arctic Ocean, which could ease the way for global trade amid the Middle East crisis that has paralysed critical waterways, including the Bab al-Mandeb Strait on the edge of the Red Sea. Shipping companies have become increasingly interested in alternative trade routes through the Arctic in…
As Europe faces a host of economic challenges, an excessive despondency about its current condition may be one of the more pernicious. Sunset in Frankfurt in June. ING’s Blom argues many of the weaknesses attributed to Europe are exaggerated. That is the contention of Marieke Blom, chief economist at Dutch bank ING, who has embarked…
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. “If they’re going to be killer robots, I’d rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots,” Ted Cruz told Politico in early September. It was the most concise version of the…