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Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 2:16 PM

DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis is telling owners of nearly 220,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs worldwide to park them outdoors and away from other vehicles because the power liftgates can catch fire even when the engines are off. The company is ...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 12:56 PM

The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that government intervention “will be critical to mitigating the risks of increasingly powerful” AI systems. “As this technology advances...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 11:02 AM

MIAMI (AP) — Five people have pleaded guilty in South Florida to participating in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal shortcut for aspiring nurses to get licensed and find employment. Krystal Lopez and Damian Lopez, both of...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 8:55 AM

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — The union for Canada's second-biggest airline has issued a 72-hour strike notice to WestJet, and they warn the airline could be shut down before the weekend. The Air Line Pilots Association said in a statement late...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 1:35 AM

ABUJA (AP): A Nigerian chef on Monday set a new global record for the longest hours nonstop cooking as she cooked for 100 hours, surpassing the current record. Hilda Baci had been cooking since last week Thursday when she set out to beat the...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 12:30 AM

NEW YORK (AP): A woman who says she worked as an off-the-books employee for Rudy Giuliani during his stint as Donald Trump’s personal lawyer alleges in court papers that the former New York City mayor coerced her into sex and owes her nearly US$2...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 12:29 AM

DUNKIRK (AP): Building factories to boost job creation and make France more independent – that’s President Emmanuel Macron’s ambition for the French economy. It’s a big challenge, as France reels from protracted protests, rising food and energy...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 12:26 AM

ANKARA (AP): Turkish voters will head back to the polls in two weeks for a runoff election to decide if conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his main rival will lead a country struggling with sky-high inflation as it plays a key role in...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 12:25 AM

LONDON (AP): Volodymyr Zelenskyy set off across Europe with a long shopping list. Ukraine’s president will head home with much of what he wanted – though not the Western fighter jets he seeks to defend against Russian air attacks. European leaders...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 3:26 PM

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Authorities in Serbia on Sunday displayed stacks of guns and cartons of hand grenades from the thousands of weapons, including anti-tank rocket launchers, that they said people handed over since back-to-back mass...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 12:23 PM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian chef on Monday continued her quest to set a new global record for the longest hours of nonstop cooking as she cooked for nearly 100 hours, surpassing the current record. Hilda Baci has been cooking since last...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 12:07 PM

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescuers on Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 metres deep along western Myanmar's coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Six deaths were...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 10:28 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years ago, but it will soon be bustling again — reopening to accommodate an anticipated influx of asylum seekers just as other New York City hotels are...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 8:37 AM

KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurisation this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers. Joseph Dituri's 74th day residing in Jules' Undersea...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 8:14 AM

WARREN (AP): A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ interacting with women in New Testament scenes has stirred up questions about race, Rhode Island’s role in the slave trade, and the place of...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 8:16 AM

LA PAZ (AP); On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuño hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, unsure whether the vehicle would be able to handle the steep, winding streets of...

Published:Saturday | May 13, 2023 | 1:00 AM

MADRID (AP): Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday upheld the 135-year prison sentence of a British teacher and nanny who created and distributed pornography of children in his care after changing his name and country following previous convictions. Ben...

Published:Saturday | May 13, 2023 | 12:56 AM

LIMA (AP): The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is poised to face charges linked to the young woman’s vanishing for the first time after the government of Peru authorised his extradition to the...

Published:Saturday | May 13, 2023 | 12:51 AM

ISLAMABAD (AP): Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan left a high court in Islamabad on Friday after being granted broad protection from arrest in multiple legal cases against him. The ruling struck a blow to the government in a stand-off...

Published:Saturday | May 13, 2023 | 12:49 AM

EL PASO (AP): The border between the US and Mexico was relatively calm Friday, offering few signs of the chaos that had been feared following a rush by worried migrants to enter the US before the end of pandemic-related immigration restrictions....

Published:Friday | May 12, 2023 | 9:47 PM

LONDON (AP) — London's top police officer defended the department Friday from complaints of a heavy-handed response to protesters during the coronation of King Charles III, saying his officers intervened to prevent “...

Published:Friday | May 12, 2023 | 8:22 PM

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A court in Nigeria has been asked to stop the planned inauguration of the country's next president and to extend the incumbent's tenure, court documents obtained Friday show. Five Nigerians made the request to...

Published:Friday | May 12, 2023 | 7:35 PM

LIMA, Peru (AP) — The chief suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is poised to face charges linked to the young woman's vanishing for the first time after the government of Peru authorised his...

Published:Friday | May 12, 2023 | 3:55 PM

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan left a high court in Islamabad on Friday after being granted broad protection from arrest in multiple legal cases against him. The ruling struck a blow to the government in a...

Published:Friday | May 12, 2023 | 11:34 AM

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) — McDonald's and a franchise holder are at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal that fell on a little girl's leg and caused second-degree burns, a jury in South Florida found in a case...

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