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August 23, 2026
Tesla recalls nearly three million vehicles in China over door handle safety risks
Tesla and other Chinese carmakers are making a major recall of more than four million vehicles over safety concerns mostly related to their door handles, according to Chinese authorities on Friday.…
August 23, 2026
Harvard agrees to US$53m settlement over body parts stolen and sold
BOSTON (AP): Harvard Medical School says it agreed to pay US$53 million to settle class action lawsuits by relatives of body donors whose remains were sold on the black market by its former morgue…
August 23, 2026
Uber fined nearly $1 billion by Dutch regulators over automated suspensions of driver accounts
Dutch data-protection authorities have fined Uber nearly US$1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review…
August 23, 2026
by Billy J. Stratton
The importance of teaching students what AI can’t do
It is disconcerting to envision human thought becoming redundant or deemed inferior due to advancements in artificial intelligence. But for all its ills, AI cannot be ignored or wished away. It is…
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by Janet Silvera
‘I only represent Jamaica’
WESTERN BUREAU: At the age of four, Tegan Vincent-Cooke was placed on a horse as a form of physiotherapy. Twenty-one years later, the young Jamaican woman living with cerebral palsy and dystonia rode…
August 23, 2026
Can he rebuild his relationship with Prince William?
LONDON (AP): Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, plan to return to the United Kingdom from California in a matter of weeks. They have already enrolled their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess…
August 23, 2026
August 23, 2026
Now drought is exposing the cost
GÁRDONY, Hungary (AP): A fisherman disembarked from his boat in a small harbor on Lake Velence in Hungary last week, trudging up the dock plank that had become extremely steep as the water receded to…
August 23, 2026
What’s in a name? - Why naming storms, military operations and medical maladies matters
The Associated Press: The hurricane season is gearing up. And from Amanda and Boris onward, tropical cyclones’ names in the Pacific region are unfolding quickly. But why the monikers each year? Or at…