Alex Saab, a former Venezuelan minister and close ally of ousted president Nicolas Maduro, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to money laundering under a deal with US prosecutors, court filings showed. The Colombian-born businessman’s case has been closely watched for his potential willingness to testify against Maduro and former first lady Cilia Flores, who were seized […]
Read MoreHelen Mirren makes no secret of her admiration for writers, something reflected in her portrayal of American author Patricia Highsmith in “A Talent for Murder,” the thriller that premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.”It was a fascinating journey to go into her psychology,” the 81-year-old British Oscar winner commented this week at a roundtable with […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the Kennedy Center will close down — possibly for good — after a judge ruled his name cannot be added onto the famed arts institution’s exterior. Trump said the Washington cultural venue’s trustees voted to shut down for what it is says are vital emergency renovations, and that […]
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US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the Kennedy Center will close down — possibly for good — after a judge ruled his name cannot be added onto the famed arts institution’s exterior. Trump said the Washington cultural venue’s trustees voted to shut down for what it is says are vital emergency renovations, and that […]
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South African police are racing to crack the killings of at least eight women whose bodies have been found east of Johannesburg in two months, the latest on Tuesday. The country has one of the world’s highest homicide rates but the discovery of the women’s bodies, partially naked and battered, has sparked fresh anxiety and […]
Read MoreBundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) hat seine für kommende Woche geplante Reise nach New York zur Generaldebatte der UN-Vollversammlung abgesagt. “Der Bundeskanzler wird kommende Woche entgegen ursprünglicher Planungen nicht nach New York reisen, da seine Präsenz in Berlin erforderlich ist”, verlautete am Dienstagabend aus Regierungskreisen in Berlin. Merz steht seit dem Wahldebakel bei der Landtagswahl in […]
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Das US-Technologieunternehmen OpenAI will gemeinsam mit den Konkurrenten Anthropic und Google Regeln für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) festlegen. Dafür solle eine Selbstregulierungsorganisation geschaffen werden, erklärte OpenAI am Dienstag. Hintergrund sind Warnungen aus der Branche, die Technologie könne unkontrollierbar werden. Vorbild ist den Angaben zufolge die private Aufsichtsorganisation Finra, die im Auftrag der Börsenaufsicht SEC den Wertpapierhandel in […]
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Nach Razzien in Kneipen und Wohnungen von türkischen LGBTQ-Aktivisten am Wochenende sind bei Protesten gegen das Vorgehen der Sicherheitskräfte in Istanbul zahlreiche Demonstranten festgenommen worden. Bis zum Dienstagmittag wurden 91 Menschen in der türkischen Metropole in Haft genommen, erklärten deren Anwälte. Unter den Festgenommenen ist nach Angaben der türkischen Journalistengewerkschaft ein ARD-Journalist. Die Demonstranten versammelten […]
Read MoreSchools in Venezuela’s quake-scarred coastal state of La Guaira were deserted on Tuesday, a day after the start of the new school year, with many parents opting to keep children home for fear of further deadly tremors. La Guaira, home to a popular resort of the same name 40 kilometers from Venezuela’s capital Caracas, was […]
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