By SYLVIA HUI and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” decades after the band broke up, Paul McCartney said Tuesday. McCartney, 80, told the BBC that the technology was used to separate the Beatles’
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is ready to open a consulate in Shusha, a city that Azerbaijan took from Armenian forces in a war in 2020. Erdogan made the comment on Tuesday during a visit to Azerbaijan at the start of his third term in office following elections
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las fuerzas rusas y ucranianas informan de intensos combates a lo largo de la frontera de las regiones del este de Donetsk y el sur de Zaporiya en Ucrania mientras los militares de Kyiv intentan atravesar las líneas del frente y recuperar territorio en una contraofensiva en curso. Los nuevos
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A mammoth three-year public inquiry into Britain’s handling of COVID-19 has opened. It is investigating whether suffering and death could have been avoided with better planning. Lawyer Hugo Keith is counsel to the inquiry. He said the coronavirus pandemic had brought “death and illness on an unprecedented
Continue ReadingBy EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The leader of Cameroon’s opposition Social Democratic Front and one of the party’s founders has died after a prolonged illness. John Fru Ndi was 81. The party says he died on Monday in the capital, Yaounde. Fru Ndi had been battling health issues for months.
Continue ReadingBy Ingrid Formanek, Zahid Mahmood and Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — At least 46 people, including 23 children, were killed and six were wounded at a displacement camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to network of observers based in the country. The Kivu Security Tracker said the incident happened in the Djugu
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — The Denver Nuggets won their first NBA championship Monday night, downing the Miami Heat 94-89 at Ball Arena in Denver to take Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Two-time MVP Nikola Jokić led the way for the Nuggets with a game-high 28 points and
Continue ReadingBy Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A total of 15 US service members have been evacuated for treatment after a helicopter accident in Syria on Sunday, including some who are in serious condition, according to a US defense official familiar with the incident. The service members were taken to Landstuhl Regional Medical
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The powerful lower house of Japan’s parliament has passed a bill to promote awareness of LGBTQ+ issues amid protests by activists who say that last-minute revisions by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s conservative party favor opponents of sexual equality instead of guaranteeing equal rights. The passage followed only
Continue ReadingBy SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT offer a novel way to research travel plans. They provide clear, easy-to-read suggestions that can be customized to almost any personal preference, leading to off-the-beaten-path suggestions that no guidebook or web search could provide. The more information you give, the better the recommendations get. And
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El caso es Estados Unidos de América vs. Donald J. Trump. Por primera vez en la historia, la nación busca llevar a juicio penal a una persona que fue elegida para encabezarla como presidente. Trump debe comparecer ante un tribunal en Miami este martes para responder a una acusación de
Continue ReadingNYON, Switzerland (AP) — The Champions League for next season formally got under way Tuesday. Four national league winners from Europe took part in the UEFA draw for the preliminary round. It was made one day after new champion Manchester City’s victory parade to fans at home in England. The draw paired Atlètic Club d’Escaldes
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — A greater number of small businesses are worried about inflation and future business conditions, according to a survey released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business. If even more business owners become concerned about inflation in the coming months, then that might be a problem for the
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declared Tuesday that his country had already received some of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons and warned that he wouldn’t hesitate to order their use if Belarus faced an act of aggression. The brash comments from Lukashenko contradicted earlier statements by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said Russian nuclear
Continue ReadingCNN, WFOR, WSVN By Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A California-based startup is on a mission to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space, arguing medicine may be better produced in microgravity. If the firm is successful, analysts say some of this work may lead to changes in the drugs that people on Earth take today. Here’s
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — A California-based startup is on a mission to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs in space, arguing medicine may be better produced in microgravity. If the firm is successful, analysts say some of this work may lead to changes in the drugs that people on Earth take today. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Hong Kong (CNN) — Lionel Messi y sus compañeros de la selección argentina quedaron temporalmente “atrapados” en su hotel de Beijing el fin de semana después de que un gran número de aficionados se reunieron fuera para ver a la estrella, informaron los medios estatales chinos, mientras que la policía advirtió de
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A shooting in downtown Denver amid fans celebrating the Nuggets’ first NBA championship win was likely sparked by a drug deal gone wrong, police said Tuesday. The violence left 10 people wounded, including one of two people arrested in connection with the shooting. All
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A shooting in downtown Denver amid fans celebrating the Nuggets’ first NBA championship win was likely sparked by a drug deal gone wrong, police said Tuesday. The violence left 10 people wounded, including one of two people arrested in connection with the shooting. All
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People are hungry for accurate and reliable information online and may just need help to find it, according to a new media literacy project launched by Microsoft. The tech company worked with the Trust Project, a nonprofit consortium of news organizations, to create advertisements directing internet users
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