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ChatGPT creator says Voice Engine can replicate a person’s voice based on a 15-second audio sample.OpenAI has unveiled a tool for cloning people’s voices but is holding back on its public release due to concerns about possible misuse in…

At least 7.6 million existing AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former users hit by the breach, the company says.Personal information belonging to millions of past and present AT&T customers has been leaked online, including…

US says crackdown by Hong Kong officials includes new national security law targeting treason, espionage and other crimes.The United States has said it will impose new visa restrictions on a number of Hong Kong officials responsible for…

A woman in the United States is rejoicing after a Texas appeals court on Thursday overturned her voter fraud conviction in a case that advocates say highlights efforts to disenfranchise Black people and other voters of colour in the…

Maryland Governor Wes Moore warns of ‘very long road ahead’ to recover from deadly bridge collapse.United States President Joe Biden’s administration has unveiled $60m in emergency funds to support cleanup and reconstruction efforts in…

A family statement said the four-term senator and vice presidential candidate died from complications after a fall.Joe Lieberman, Al Gore’s running mate during the hotly contested 2000 presidential election, has died at age 82 after…

Trump Media & Technology Group closes 16 percent higher, giving the company a market capitalisation of nearly $8bn.Shares of former Donald Trump’s social media company soared by as much as 59 percent on the first day of trading on…

Trump Media & Technology Group closes 16 percent higher, giving the company a market capitalisation of nearly $8bn.Shares of former Donald Trump’s social media company soared by as much as 59 percent on the first day of trading on…

Merchants have long accused the payment network of charging inflated ‘swipe fees’ when shoppers use their cards.Visa and Mastercard have reached an estimated $30bn antitrust settlement to limit credit and debit card fees for merchants in…

Alex Cosh is an editor with the status-quo-allergic independent Canadian news upstart, The Maple. Cosh is a young reporter with an old-style muckraker’s temperament. His bunkum antennae are tuned to detect and expose the…

Washington, DC – Describing the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza as a genocide, progressive Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called on the United States to suspend weapons transfers to Israel. In an impassioned speech on the…

In the United States, women’s reproductive rights, gained through half a century of feminist struggle, are rapidly being replaced with reproductive wrongs. In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade – the landmark 1973 ruling that…

Texas has upped its fight to make a controversial new law — which would allow local authorities to arrest and detain migrants — enforceable. The law has been the subject of an ongoing legal battle, with the United States Supreme Court…

The United States Supreme Court has lifted a pause on a controversial law that allows Texas state authorities to detain and deport migrants and asylum seekers, a measure critics have dubbed the “show me your papers” law. The top court on…

Peter Navarro, a key adviser to the White House under former United States President Donald Trump, has turned himself in to a federal prison in Miami, Florida, to serve a four-month sentence for defying a congressional subpoena. His…

The Russian presidential election was not expected to be a cliffhanger. The victory of incumbent President Vladimir Putin was very much ensured by the absence of registered candidates who could truly challenge his re-election. Yet it is…

Montreal, Canada – Marjorie Villefranche has never experienced anything like it. For the past six months, the head of Maison d’Haiti (Haiti House), a community centre in Montreal’s St-Michel neighbourhood, has received a wave of…

Washington, DC – The United States has issued its strongest public warning yet to Israel against invading the crowded city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying that such a ground operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis in the…

Launches come days after South Korea and the US wrapped up military drills Pyongyang sees as an invasion rehearsal.North Korea fired short-range ballistic missiles towards its eastern waters as United States Secretary of State Antony…

The digs against his Republican rival come as the US president deflects criticism that his memory is hazy and he appears confused.US President Joe Biden has joked about former President Donald Trump’s mental fitness during a speech at…

An ‘extremely dangerous’ suspect has been taken into custody in New Jersey following an hours-long effort to detain him.A suspect has been taken into custody in New Jersey after allegedly shooting dead three family members, authorities…

Twenty-one years ago today, an Israeli soldier drove an 80,000-pound (26,287kg) bulldozer over a 23-year-old woman from Olympia, Washington. Her name was Rachel Corrie, and she was part of an international team of peace activists who had…

The Wall Street Journal report also says the Food and Drug Administration is helping to investigate the Facebook owner.US prosecutors in Virginia are probing whether Facebook-parent Meta’s social media platforms facilitated and profited…

A judge in Georgia has ruled that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can remain on former President Donald Trump’s election interference case, but only if she removes a deputy she had a personal relationship with. Questions…

US president’s remarks come as he is seeking to shore up support in key swing state of Pennsylvania.United States President Joe Biden has opposed the proposed sale of a Pittsburgh-based steel manufacturer to Japan’s largest steel…

Amid concerns over user privacy and national security, Mnuchin told US media that TikTok ‘should be owned by US businesses’.Former United States Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has announced plans to rally investors in the hopes of…

The United States House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a bill that could eventually ban the social media platform TikTok in the country, in its latest salvo against both China and big tech. The bill received resoundingly…

United States President Joe Biden has unveiled a $7.3bn budget proposal that underscores his efforts to pursue several progressive objectives while pushing for more funding to combat crime, restrict immigration at the southern border and…

President Joe Biden has said the United States will set up a temporary pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian supplies to the besieged enclave as Palestinians begin to starve during Israel’s blockade of the strip. On Sunday, a US military…

Government authorities and institutions try to influence society through whatever means available to them, be it through coercion or the media, education or popular culture. This is often met with an anti-establishment reaction from the…

US president says Israel’s Netanyahu is ‘hurting Israel’ more than helping in his handling of the war.United States President Joe Biden has warned that there are “red lines” Israel should not cross in its war in Gaza while insisting he…

Montreal, Canada – Canada has announced it is lifting a freeze on funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), after facing fierce criticism for cutting assistance during Israel’s war in Gaza. In a statement on…

The victims of a rare Ottawa mass killing included four children and two adults. A 19-year-old acquaintance was arrested.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned the mass killing of an Ottawa family that had recently moved…

Washington, DC – Benny Gantz, an Israeli minister without a portfolio, was granted an audience with officials at the highest level of the United States government in Washington, DC, this week: the vice president, secretary of state and…

For most countries, the first day of fasting is likely to be March 12, depending on the sighting of the new moon.The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Monday, March 11 or Tuesday, March 12,…

Thousands have fled since gangs began a coordinated campaign to push Henry from power.Jimmy Cherizier, the Haitian gang leader behind a violent attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Ariel Henry, has warned of civil war and “genocide”…

Three days of negotiations end at an impasse, as Hamas and Israel insist the other give in to their demands.Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza have failed to achieve a breakthrough, less than a week before the…

Washington, DC – Three days after the attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States House of Representatives convened to authorise a military response, with legislation that would serve as the legal basis for the invasion of…

Everything’s bigger in Texas — and that includes this year’s political primary races. The second largest state in the United States — both in terms of population and land mass — Texas is set to hold votes this week for Super Tuesday, a…

During the UN Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai last year, the terms “climate migrants” and “climate refugees” echoed loudly across meeting rooms and panels. These labels were passionately used by high-ranking UN officials, external…

In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping mall in Nanjing featuring the words: “Happy 2024.” The vlogger claimed that what appeared to be innocent…

One of the busiest days in the United States election calendar is nearly here. Super Tuesday takes place on March 5, with millions of voters expected to cast their ballots in presidential primaries and caucuses across more than a dozen…

Election frontrunners make competing visits, but while Biden seeks compromise, Trump deploys incendiary rhetoric.US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made separate visits to the US-Mexico border in Texas, competing…

Republican lawmakers question how President Biden could go for days without knowing Austin was hospitalised.Republican lawmakers have criticised US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at a hearing for failing to disclose his prostrate cancer…

A day before the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union released an exhaustive new list of companies, entities or people in countries including Russia, India, Iran, China and Syria, that it said it was…

Company to try raising and lowering prices throughout the day based on demand, prompting backlash.Wendy’s, a United States fast food chain, is looking to test having the prices of its menu items fluctuate throughout the day based on…

Conservative justices express concerns about Florida and Texas laws that curb platforms’ content moderation policies.The United States Supreme Court has cast doubt on a conservative push to crack down on the alleged liberal bias of…

Arab- and Muslim-Americans and some 60 percent of all Americans have wanted for months for US President Joe Biden to pressure Israel into accepting an immediate ceasefire in the war on Gaza. The White House has all but ignored them. So…

Frontrunner Donald Trump has cruised to victory in South Carolina’s Republican primary with the support of an almost unwavering base of loyal voters. But rival Nikki Haley says she is not dropping out of the United States presidential…

Frontrunner Donald Trump has cruised to victory in South Carolina’s Republican primary with the support of an almost unwavering base of loyal voters. But rival Nikki Haley says she is not dropping out of the United States presidential…