Pope Leo urged governments to slow down and closely regulate the development of AI systems in his first major document, released on Monday, warning that they spread misinformation, prioritise conflict and risk leading the world down a path of unending war. The first US pope also expressed concern
Russia's U.N. ambassador said on Tuesday that the United States did not grant a visa for Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alimov to attend a U.N. Security Council meeting and called it a breach of U.S. obligations under the U.N. Headquarters Agreement. Vassily Nebenzia made the co
President Donald Trump has repeated his false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him at least 107 times in the last six months, keeping the grievance front and centre even as he faces new political risks from the war with Iran and looming midterm elections. Trump devotes near-daily atten
A train crashed into a school van at a level-crossing in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on Tuesday, killing four people including two special needs pupils, authorities said. The driver and an adult accompanying the pupils also died while two other students were badly injured. Images in Belgian me
Seven people have died in France in circumstances related directly or indirectly to the current heatwave, French Junior Energy Minister Maud Bregeon said on Tuesday. Five of the seven fatalities were people drowning in lakes, rivers or beaches, Bregeon said. The government has ordered local autho
