MTV cancels Europe Music Awards over Israel-Gaza war

Agence France Presse 10/20/2023

PARIS—MTV canceled on Thursday, Oct. 19, its Europe Music Awards ceremony, due to be held in Paris on Nov. 5, citing the “devastating events” taking place in Israel and Gaza. “As we watch the devastating events in Israel…

Van Gogh Museum scraps Pokemon cards over safety concerns

Agence France Presse 10/15/2023

The Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam said Saturday, October 14, it would no longer hand out a prized Pokemon card after the giveaway sparked crushes by “scalpers” reselling it for exorbitant prices. Launched with great fanfare…

A week into war, Gazans flee homes as Israeli ground offensive looms

Agence France Presse 10/14/2023

GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories — Thousands of Palestinians sought refuge Saturday, Oct. 14, after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week after the deadliest attack…

Celebrities from Madonna to Gigi Hadid react to Israel-Gaza war

Agence France Presse 10/13/2023

Celebrities have been expressing their horror over Hamas’ attack and Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, with Bono, Gigi Hadid, Madonna and others speaking up. U2 frontman Bono changed the lyrics to the group’s hit song “Pride (In the Name of Love”)…

Chatbots as therapists? Only if you want them to be

Agence France Presse 10/08/2023

A manager at artificial intelligence firm OpenAI caused consternation recently by writing that she just had “a quite emotional, personal conversation” with her firm’s viral chatbot ChatGPT. “Never tried therapy before but this is probably it?” Lilian…

‘Stoneman Willie’: Mummified man in US town finally buried after a century

Agence France Presse 10/08/2023

After more than a century living with a macabre mystery, the US town of Reading, Pennsylvania closed the casket Saturday on its oddest-ever resident — a mummified man who was finally buried. Crowds of people have lined…

Joy and pride for Filipino fans as Gilas wins basketball gold in Asian Games

Agence France Presse 10/07/2023

Filipinos roared in joy and relief as the Gilas Pilipinas men’s basketball team ended decades of heartbreak by winning its first Asian Games gold medal in 61 years. Many in the basketball-crazy nation of 110 million people were…

New York flooded by heavy rains, subway partly paralyzed

Agence France Presse 09/30/2023

Heavy rains overnight in the northeastern United States left parts of New York under water on Friday, partially paralyzing subways and airports in America’s financial capital. LaGuardia airport closed down one of its terminals, with social media…

Meta explores AI in smart glasses as it tries to move past smartphones

Agence France Presse 09/28/2023

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said the tech giant is putting artificial intelligence into digital assistants and smart glasses as it seeks to gain lost ground in the AI race. Zuckerberg made his announcements at the…

Poisonous banana spider of Brazil aids in erectile dysfunction treatment

Agence France Presse 09/28/2023

Three decades ago, Brazilian researchers began studying a curious side effect from banana spider bites: the toxin left victims with priapism, a painful and persistent erection. The scientists were inspired to develop a synthetic molecule using some…

Iraq wedding fire kills at least 100, injures 150

Agence France Presse 09/27/2023

Al-Hamdaniyah, Iraq—At least 100 people were killed and more than 150 injured when a fire broke out during a wedding at an event hall in the northern Iraqi town of Hamdaniyah, state media and health officials said early…

Mexico gun attack: Police officer, journalist killed

Agence France Presse 09/26/2023

  Mexico City, Mexico — An armed attack on a group of off-duty police in northwestern Mexico killed an officer and a journalist who was speaking to them at the time, authorities said Monday, September 25, 2023. Three suspects…

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