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Month: June 2024

India’s popular but polarizing leader Narendra Modi is extending his decade in power. Who is he?

By ASHOK SHARMA, SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who claimed victory for his alliance in an election seen as a referendum on his decade in power, is a popular but polarizing leader who has presided over a fast-growing economy while advancing Hindu nationalism. Modi,

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Maryland’s Hogan will skip GOP convention again as party leaders hedge on funding his campaign

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican running to flip a Senate seat that could determine control of the chamber, will once again skip the Republican National Convention. The decision comes as national party leaders hedge on whether the GOP will help fund his campaign. Hogan’s

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Biden rolls out asylum restrictions, months in the making, to help ‘gain control’ of the border

By SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG, ELLIOT SPAGAT and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration is responding to President Joe Biden’s effort to restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border by acknowledging challenges posed by increasing migrant crossings. But the U.N. agency says measures to manage migration must respect

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OpenAI insiders’ open letter warns of ‘serious risks’ and calls for whistleblower protections

By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN (CNN) — A group of OpenAI insiders are demanding that artificial intelligence companies be far more transparent about AI’s “serious risks” — and that they protect employees who voice concerns about the technology they’re building. “AI companies have strong financial incentives to avoid effective oversight,” reads the open letter posted

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Interpol and FBI break up a cyber scheme in Moldova to get asylum for wanted criminals

By THOMAS ADAMSON and STEPHEN MCGRATH Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A sting by Interpol and the FBI has broken up attempts in Moldova to sabotage the international police agency’s Red Notice system. Officials said on Tuesday that four people were detained in the eastern European country. Moldova’s anticorruption chief said the operation, with help

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