Belarus’ Lukashenko Says ‘Saboteurs’ Detained on Border With Ukraine

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that several “saboteurs”, including Ukrainian and Belarusian nationals, had been detained on the border of the two countries. Speaking at an event in Minsk, Lukashenko said that the detainees had been transporting explosives for use in Russia and Belarus. (Writing by Felix Light; editing …

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WATCH: Trump, Greek prime minister hold joint press conference

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the U.S. stands with Greece as they recover from their economic crisis. He is speaking with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the White House in a joint news conference. The U.S. president says the two leaders have discussed defense, energy, commerce and trade. Trump is praising Greece for …

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Karen Pence to outline goals for art therapy initiative

WASHINGTON — When Karen Pence found out that an art therapist in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico couldn’t afford the clay her clients needed, she sprang into action. A trained watercolor artist and advocate of the little-known mental health profession, Vice President Mike Pence’s wife went to the Virginia art supply store she frequented when they …

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Trump’s Threat to NATO Is the Scariest Kind of Gaffe: It’s Real

One prediction about the 2024 political season has already come true. The election year, to the delight of Donald Trump’s superfans and the dread of just about everyone else, is all about the former President: his trials, his feuds, his insufferable family. We learned this week that he wants his daughter-in-law, Lara, to become …

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Putin trolls ‘soft’ Tucker Carlson – POLITICO

Of course, had Putin actually wanted to go toe-to-toe with a formidable opponent, the Kremlin wouldn’t have hand-picked Carlson for his first interview with a Western journalist since he launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Carlson, the famously Russia-friendly ex-Fox News host, is known more for a penchant for cozying up to autocrats than for probing reportage. Putin, …

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OpenAI has a new video generator called Sora

OpenAI introduced Sora, its premier text-to-video generator, on Thursday with beautiful, shockingly realistic videos showcasing the AI model’s capabilities. Sora is now available to a small number of researchers and creatives who will test the model before a broader public release, which could spell disaster for the film industry and our collective deepfake problem. …

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US Ally Sends Navy Reinforcements to China-Claimed Waters

A U.S. ally has dispatched a newly upgraded warship to the front lines of its territorial feud in the South China Sea, the site of dramatic run-ins with Chinese forces over the past year. Philippine Jacinto-class patrol vessel the BRP Emilio Jacinto arrived at the western island province of Palawan on Wednesday to reinforce …

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