How the 2024 US election could affect global fight against climate change | US Election 2024 News

How the 2024 US election could affect global fight against climate change | US Election 2024 News

With climate change fuelling more extreme weather events around the world — from record wildfires to powerful hurricanes, floods, heatwaves and drought — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres offered a dire warning. “We are playing Russian roulette with our planet,” he told reporters on June 5. “We need an exit ramp…

Tropical Storm Alberto forms over Western Gulf of Mexico | Weather News

Tropical Storm Alberto forms over Western Gulf of Mexico | Weather News

Alberto, the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, expected to make landfall in north Mexico on Thursday. Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, has formed over the Western Gulf of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said. The storm…

‘A lack of trust’: How deepfakes and AI could rattle the US elections | US Election 2024 News

‘A lack of trust’: How deepfakes and AI could rattle the US elections | US Election 2024 News

On January 21, Patricia Gingrich was about to sit down for dinner when her landline phone rang. The New Hampshire voter picked up and heard a voice telling her not to vote in the upcoming presidential primary. “As I listened to it, I thought, gosh, that sounds like Joe Biden,”…

Biden’s new immigration plan: How will it work? | US Election 2024 News

Biden’s new immigration plan: How will it work? | US Election 2024 News

EXPLAINER Joe Biden’s latest plan, announced ahead of the 2024 election, gives some undocumented migrants a pathway to United States citizenship. United States President Joe Biden has announced an initiative that can offer citizenship to roughly half a million undocumented immigrants married to US citizens in a move ahead of…

Chinese shadow bankers helped Mexican cartel launder drug money, US says | Drugs

Chinese shadow bankers helped Mexican cartel launder drug money, US says | Drugs

US prosecutors charge two dozen people over alleged $50m money laundering scheme. Prosecutors in the United States have charged two dozen people over an alleged money laundering scheme involving Chinese shadow bankers and Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. Chinese underground money exchanges helped the cartel launder $50m in drug trafficking proceeds…

McDonald’s scraps AI pilot after order mix-ups go viral | Food

McDonald’s scraps AI pilot after order mix-ups go viral | Food

Fast food giant pulls plug on AI-powered voice-ordering at about 100 outlets after viral videos of order mishaps. McDonald’s is scrapping a trial of artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted ordering at select drive-through restaurants after videos of order mix-ups went viral online. The fast food giant’s decision to retire the AI-powered voice-ordering…

Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company, dethroning Microsoft | Technology

Nvidia becomes world’s most valuable company, dethroning Microsoft | Technology

Chip giant’s market capitalisation hits $3.335 trillion as stock prices continues its stellar rise. Nvidia, the startup at the centre of the artificial intelligence boom, has become the world’s most valuable company, knocking Microsoft off the top spot. Nvidia’s market capitalisation hit $3.335 trillion on Tuesday as shares of the…

Netanyahu, Blinken provide conflicting accounts on US weapons to Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Netanyahu, Blinken provide conflicting accounts on US weapons to Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli PM says the US promised to remove restrictions on arms, but Washington says bomb shipment still under review. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the United States promised him to remove restrictions on arms transfer to Israel as the country continues its war on Gaza, a claim…

Teams, format, match-ups: All to know about the T20 World Cup Super Eights | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup News

Teams, format, match-ups: All to know about the T20 World Cup Super Eights | ICC Men’s T20 World Cup News

The ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2024 – cricket’s biggest tournament – has reached the Super Eights stage in the United States and the West Indies. The 20-team competition has slimmed to eight teams and there have already been major shocks and eliminations in the group stages. Here’s what you…