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In March, we saw the launch of a “ChatGPT for music” called Suno, which uses generative AI to produce realistic songs on demand from short text...
They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They date from the early days of what would become the...
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The Justice Department proposal would...
“Pat the Bunny,” the 1940 classic touch-and-feel book, is still in print – a testament to the value of touch in introducing infants and toddlers...
The future of automobiles is electric, but many people worry about the safety of today’s electric vehicles. Public opinion about EV crash safety...
As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the...
Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isn’t very dependent on it. Indeed,...
April proved to be a busy month in Japanese-U.S. diplomacy. The month saw a state visit to the U.S. by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida that included a...
Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively...
President Joe Biden is out to win votes by scoring some laughs at the expense of Donald Trump, unleashing mockery with the goal of getting under the...
If you’ve spent time on Facebook over the past six months, you may have noticed photorealistic images that are too good to be true: children holding...
TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent...
Germany is waging a charm offensive inside the Republican Party. Japan is lining up its own Trump whisperer. Mexican government officials are talking...
The U.S. government moved closer to banning the video social media app TikTok after the House of Representatives attached the measure to an emergency...
For the exhausted Ukrainian artillery gunners holding off Russian forces near the eastern town of Kupiansk, the U.S. aid package expected to finally...
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from...
In November 2023, Geert Wilders’ stridently anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim party swept the Dutch elections in what the media called a political...
An anti-vaccine group founded by U.S. presidential contender Robert F Kennedy Jr raised millions of dollars during the coronavirus pandemic, tax...
As artificial intelligence creeps further into people’s daily lives, so do worries about it. At the most alarmist are concerns about AI going rogue...
Japan is well-known for being a mostly homogenous nation. However, it’s aging population necessitates change. So far, the measures taken to address...
Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, never wrote things down. He warned that writing undermines memory – that it is nothing but a reminder of...
Right-wing activists who have long criticized liberalism and “wokeness” in higher education and helped force the resignation of Claudine Gay,...
Iran's direct attack on Israel over the weekend upended decades of its shadowy warfare by proxy, something Tehran has used to manage international...
Spring is upon us, and more importantly than blooming flowers or warm sunshine, that means the 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season is underway....
A dog’s plaintive wail. A courtroom couplet-turned-cultural catchphrase about gloves. A judge and attorneys who became media darlings and villains....
When Simon Harris became Ireland's prime minister-in-waiting in March, he turned to a favored platform to express himself: TikTok. In a video with...
It has long been held that embassies should be treated as “off-limits” to other nations. Yet in a single week, two governments – both...
From her down-to-earth demeanor to chopstick skills, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been under scrutiny on her China visit, where she...
Americans seem to have quite a positive view of dietary supplements. According to a 2023 survey, 74% of U.S. adults take vitamins, prebiotics and the...
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has called him a “threat to democracy.” Former national security adviser John Bolton has declared him...
The latest battle in the culture wars cleaving American society centers around diversity programs on university campuses, now restricted or banned in...
European policymakers have scaled back rules to protect nature, drawn up limits on the import of tariff-free Ukrainian grains and scrapped new...
Ultra-competitive workplaces – places where employees battle against each other for rank, bonuses and promotions – are common in many high-status...
Elon Musk, one of the world's richest people, says he won't directly back Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the U.S. election -- but one look at his X feed...
The NATO military alliance marks its 75th anniversary on Thursday, reinvigorated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine -- but menaced by the growing threat...
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Houdini of Israeli politics and its longest serving prime minister, has been written off many times before. But with thousands...
Struggle to wrap your head around daylight savings? Spare a thought for the world's timekeepers, who are trying to work out how climate change is...
When employees don’t have control over their work schedules, it’s not just morale that suffers – mental health takes a hit too. That’s what my...
The MV Dali, a 984-foot, 100,000-ton cargo ship, rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge when leaving Baltimore harbor on March 26, causing a portion...
One of the nation's most prominent news outlets has found itself in an embarrassing mess over the hiring — and quick firing — of someone who isn't...
A media frenzy was born on Feb 27, when the hashtag #WhereIsKate exploded online with speculation about the whereabouts of Britain's Princess of...
Contemporary South Korean politics has traditionally been dominated by just two main parties – in common with many other countries with strong...
After a whirlwind ascent to the top of Irish politics, Simon Harris has little time and few levers to pull to secure a fourth term for his weary...
“First comes love, then comes marriage” – so goes the classic children’s rhyme. But not everyone agrees. Increasingly, the idea that love is...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza, have left tens of thousands dead and sent shockwaves across Europe and the Middle East. But...
Artificial intelligence’s capacity to process and analyze vast amounts of data has revolutionized decision-making processes, making operations in...
Every now and then, an elected official will suggest bringing in the National Guard to deal with violence that seems out of control. A city council...
“Dune,” widely considered one of the best sci-fi novels of all time, continues to influence how writers, artists and inventors envision the...
Since the 1990s, American aerospace giant Boeing and its European competitor Airbus have dominated the market for large passenger jets. But this year,...
Does the Chinese government have officials inside TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, pulling the strings? And does the storing of data from the...