It’s the latest effort to rein in rapidly developing technologies that, if misused, could easily deceive and mislead.
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Higher temperatures mean higher food and other prices. New study links climate shocks to inflation
By 2060, the climate-triggered part of inflation should grow, with global food prices predicted to increase 2.2 to 4.3 percentage points annually, the study said.
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Blinken says Israeli assault on Rafah would be a ‘mistake’ and isn’t needed to defeat Hamas
Blinken heads to Israel on Friday to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war cabinet.
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Ghost Army members who staged secret WWII battle deceptions awarded Congressional Gold Medal
House Speaker Mike Johnson said during the ceremony that it’s estimated that between 15,000 to 30,000 lives were saved because of the Ghost Army’s work.
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Congress unveils $1.2 trillion plan to avert federal shutdown and bring budget fight to a close
Both parties were touting ‘wins’ in the package well before unveiling the massive 1,012-page bill, which had already won President Biden’s blessing.
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EU leaders mull ways to get more arms to outgunned Ukraine amid a new sense of urgency
There is also a growing awareness that the EU must provide for its own security, with election campaigning in the U.S. raising questions about Washington’s commitment to its allies.
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Russian court rejects suit by Navalny’s mother claiming poor medical treatment by prison
Navalny had been behind bars since January 2021 after returning to Russia from Germany where he had been recovering from nerve-agent poisoning that he blamed on the Kremlin.
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Prosecutors say Trump’s hush money trial should start April 15 without further delay
Trump’s criminal trial, the first of a former U.S. president, had been scheduled to begin on Monday. The hush money case is among four criminal indictments against Trump, the Republican Party’s presumptive 2024 presidential nominee.
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Trump’s lawyers keep fighting $454 million fraud appeal bond requirement
Trump’s lawyers want the court to hold off collection, without requiring him to post a bond or otherwise cover the nine-figure judgment, while he appeals the outcome of his recent civil business fraud trial.
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Major airlines want to hear Boeing’s plan to fix manufacturing problems
Airline CEOs have been outspoken in their frustration with Boeing’s manufacturing problems, which have slowed deliveries of planes that the carriers were counting on.