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A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading

New York Times In a recent experiment, researchers used large language models to translate brain activity into words. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html

Gas leak in India kills 11, sends 4 others to the hospital

Fox News Eleven people died and four more were hospitalized after a gas leak Sunday in northern India’s Punjab state, local media reported. The incident occurred at an industrial area in Ludhiana city, but the source of the gas leak is still unclear, police told the Press Trust of India news agency. India’s National Disaster…

New Zealand’s prime minister wants his country to become a republic

Fox News New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said Monday he personally favors his country becoming a republic, but it’s not a change he intends to push for as leader. Hipkins made the comments to reporters hours before he was due to depart for this week’s coronation of King Charles III in London. New Zealand,…

Hundreds of thousands of French protest Macron’s pension law on May Day

Washington Post Normally raucous May Day protests across France are expected to be even larger this year amid the public rage over President Macron’s moves to raise the retirement age. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/france-may-day-protests-pension/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

In photos: Workers rally around the world to mark May Day

Washington Post People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to the streets of cities across Asia and Europe to mark May Day on Monday, in a global outpouring of worker discontent not seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic sent the world into lockdowns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/photos-may-day-rallies-labor-conditions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Nearly 1,000 Americans extracted from Sudan as evacuations continue, State Department says

Fox News A second U.S.-led convoy arrived in Port Sudan Sunday carrying hundreds of Americans who are being evacuated from Sudan amid violent conflict in the region, the State Department announced. Nearly 1,000 Americans have now been evacuated from Sudan over the last week, State said. The department tweeted Sunday that the latest convoy of…

Tornado in Virginia Beach destroys homes, causes gas leaks

Washington Post Officials are assessing tornado damage Monday after the storm moved through the City of Virginia Beach Sunday, damaging dozens of homes, downing trees and causing gas leaks https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/virginia-beach-tornado-emergency/d9cb89d0-e823-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Alibaba founder Jack Ma named as visiting professor at Tokyo College

Fox News Jack Ma, a cofounder of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, will be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a research institute run by the prestigious University of Tokyo, the university said Monday. Ma will carry out research in sustainable agriculture and food production, it said in a statement. It said that Ma, who…

New dig likely buries hopes of unearthing Dutch WWII loot

Washington Post An officially sanctioned hunt for a stash of precious jewelry looted by the Nazis during World War II and purportedly buried in a sleepy Dutch village has — like many previous searches — failed to unearth any treasure https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/01/netherlands-nazi-treasure-hunt-map/7d5f82d6-e81f-11ed-869e-986dd5713bc8_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russian missile barrage rains down on Kyiv as Ukraine prepares counteroffensive

Fox News A barrage of Russian missiles rained down on Kyiv and the rest of Ukraine on Monday, while Ukrainian forces are preparing for an expected counteroffensive in the coming days. Kyiv’s air raid sirens blared for hours throughout the day as Russia launched 18 cruise missiles and an unknown number of drones at the…