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By Anuj CHOPRA WASHINGTON, Nov 3, 2023 (AFP) – From fabricated images of Donald Trump’s arrest to a video depicting a dystopian future under Joe Biden, the 2024 White House race faces a firehose of tech-enabled disinformation in what is widely billed as America’s first AI election. Campaigners on both sides of the US political aisle are harnessing advanced tools powered by artificial intelligence, which many tech experts view as a double-edged sword. AI programs […]
By Danny KEMP WASHINGTON, Nov 2, 2023 (AFP) – While the stakes could hardly be higher for American democracy, voters are increasingly turned off by the apparently inevitable rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “It’s hard to be excited about it,” said Keely Catron, 22, from Arizona, a swing state that Biden narrowly won in 2020. “It’s frustrating that our only two options seem like very old white men.” The education sciences student said […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1, 2023 (AFP) – The Walt Disney Company on Wednesday announced it will buy Comcast’s $8.6 billion stake in Hulu, completing its takeover of the streaming service. The acquisition will “further Disney’s streaming objectives,” the company said in a press release, and comes as it strives to boost subscriber numbers at its Disney+ streaming service. The deal values Hulu at $27.5 billion in total, according to Disney, which said the transaction will […]
By Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON, Oct 31, 2023 (AFP) – The Israel-Hamas war has heightened the threat of attacks in the United States, raising particular concerns for the Jewish and Muslim communities, FBI Director Christopher Wray warned Tuesday. “We assess that the actions of Hamas and its allies will serve as an inspiration the likes of which we haven’t seen since (the Islamic State group) launched its so-called caliphate several years ago,” Wray told the Senate […]
LONDON, Nov 1, 2023 (AFP) – The abbreviation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been named the Collins Word of the Year for 2023, the dictionary publisher said on Tuesday. Lexicographers at Collins Dictionary said use of the term had “accelerated” and that it had become the dominant conversation of 2023. “We know that AI has been a big focus this year in the way that it has developed and has quickly become as ubiquitous and […]
NEW YORK, Oct 31, 2023 (AFP) – Three Russians were arrested Tuesday in New York for evading US sanctions to ship electronic components for weapons used by Moscow in its war in Ukraine, authorities said. Nikolay Golstev, 37, and his wife, Kristina Puzyreva, 32 — both Russian-Canadian — were arrested along with their alleged partner Salimdzhon Nariddinov, 52, who has Russian-Tajik citizenship. The trio are accused of evading sanctions to dispatch, over the course of […]
WASHINGTON, Oct 30, 2023 (AFP) – The United States and China agreed Friday to work towards setting up a meeting between the two countries’ leaders next month, after President Joe Biden met Beijing’s top diplomat at the White House. Biden has invited Xi Jinping to San Francisco in November for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit at a time of tense relations between the two powers. Xi has not yet confirmed he will come. After […]
By Inès BEL AIBA LEWISTON, United States, Oct 28, 2023 (AFP) – The suspect in a mass shooting in the US state of Maine has been found dead after a two-day manhunt that mobilized hundreds of law enforcement agents to find the culprit in the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year. Robert Card, a 40-year-old Army reservist, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and his body was found at 7:45 pm (2345 […]
LEWISTON, United States, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – Police in Maine struggled for a second day Friday to catch a man who gunned down 18 people with a semi-automatic rifle in a bowling alley and a bar in a town where locals were enjoying an evening out. In Lewiston, a hard-scrabble city in the mostly rural north-eastern state, there was an atmosphere of dread and bewilderment as residents waited indoors, while authorities erected roadblocks and […]
By Inès BEL AIBA LEWISTON, United States, Oct 27, 2023 (AFP) – An urgent police dragnet entered its second day late Thursday for a man accused of gunning down 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the US state of Maine, as President Joe Biden mourned “yet another senseless and tragic mass shooting.” Dozens of law enforcement agents surrounded the family home of 40-year-old suspect Robert Card, but by mid-evening agents left […]
By Aurora Harrison ACAPULCO, Mexico, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – Mexican authorities rushed to send emergency aid, restore communications and assess damage in the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco on Wednesday after a powerful hurricane left a trail of destruction and tourists stranded. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador personally joined an official convoy heading for the seaside city by road, despite landslides and other debris blocking the way. “The army is bringing machinery and we’re […]
WASHINGTON, Oct 26, 2023 (AFP) – Police have released the name of an “armed and dangerous” person of interest in the deadly Maine shootings that have claimed the lives of at least 22 people and left many more injured. Police in the city of Lewiston said they are trying to locate Robert Card, 40, “as a person of interest regarding the mass shooting at Schemengees Bar and Sparetime Recreation this evening,” adding that he “should […]
