15+ hour, 25+ min ago   (163+ words) The regional train was carrying 186 passengers from Rouen to Caen when it derailed Friday evening at Cléon, in the Seine-Maritime department of northwestern France. An 18-year-old woman was among the injured and was evacuated by helicopter to Rouen University Hospital,…...

17+ hour, 4+ min ago   (304+ words) BREAKING: Anthropic's CEO calls on the AI industry to deliberately 'slow the pace' of development The CEO of one of the world’s leading AI companies is calling for the industry to slow the development of increasingly powerful AI systems, continuing…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (510+ words) LOS ANGELES — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law on Thursday new tech company restrictions barring children under 16 from exposure to behaviorally addictive features on social media platforms and banning toys containing AI companion chatbots. The two measures were among…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1762+ words) Follow live coverage of 9/11 memorial ceremonies 25 years later as Americans reflect on the attacks. Crowds across the country, from New York City to Los Angeles, gathered today to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Former New York City Mayor…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (299+ words) BUKAVU, Congo — A fire swept through two adjacent schools Thursday in the city of Bukavu in eastern Congo, killing at least 26 students and injuring dozens, the provincial government said. The South Kivu provincial government said in a press release that…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (877+ words) HONG KONG — Three pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong who organized annual vigils for victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced to prison terms between five and over seven years Friday after being convicted under a national security law that…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (358+ words) A new study shows that little, wrinkly Mercury may be shrinking faster than expected, the cosmos’ version of a grape shriveling into a raisin under the sun. Scientists from the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Space Research reported Thursday that…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (427+ words) Morning Rundown: Key takeaways from Trump’s midterm convention keynote and Apple’s foldable iPhone unwrapped JAKARTA — Respiratory infections caused by hazardous wildfire pollution in Indonesia have ​more than doubled in just over a week, data from the country’s health ministry showed…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (514+ words) Morning Rundown: Key takeaways from Trump’s midterm convention keynote and Apple’s foldable iPhone unwrapped A news anchor was unexpectedly named the next monarch of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom on Wednesday following last month’s death at age 34 of a monarch once known…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (286+ words) Iceland’s government will submit a bill in ​February to ban whaling, a move that would leave Norway and Japan as the only two countries in the world to continue commercial whaling. Whaling in Iceland has ⁠sparked years of protests from…...