Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Zimbabwe’s ‘Patriotic Bill’ outlaws criticism of government before election
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's parliament has outlawed criticism of the government ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in August, with violations of a new law punishable by up to 20 years...
Jun 01, 2023
Italian senator reads AI-generated speech in parliament ‘to stir debate’
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian senator has surprised his colleagues by reading out in parliament a speech drafted by a chatbot, saying afterwards that he pulled the stunt to stir "a serious debate" on ri...
Jun 01, 2023
More Oath Keepers convicted of sedition in US Capitol attack face sentencing
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two more members of the far-right Oath Keepers militant group are set to be sentenced on Thursday for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Ja...
Jun 01, 2023
EU sues Italy over failure to treat urban waste water properly
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Thursday said it had decided to sue Italy over the country's failure to treat urban waste water properly. "Today, the Commission decided to refer Italy back ...
Jun 01, 2023
Digital doubles, fake trailers: AI worries Hollywood actors before labor talks
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A search for Wes Anderson on YouTube turns up trailers that the famed director with a distinctive style appears to have made for adaptations of "Star Wars," "H...
Jun 01, 2023
Analysis-US debt-ceiling deal dooms Biden’s revolutionary tax plans
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign promise to make wealthy Americans and corporations pay more in taxes to finance a range of social priorities breathed it...
Jun 01, 2023
Kyiv raid kills three shut from shelter, Russian town shelled
By Valentyn Ogirenko and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) - Moscow's relentless aerial assaults on Ukraine killed another three people on Thursday, including a nine-year-old girl and her mother shut out o...
Jun 01, 2023
NATO squabbles over speedy accession of Ukraine as decisive summit looms
By Sabine Siebold and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - Moscow cannot stop Ukraine from becoming a NATO member, the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, as divisions among allies about th...
Jun 01, 2023
Canada’s slowing home building is bad news for buyers and Trudeau
By Fergal Smith and Steve Scherer TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's residential construction activity has slowed in recent months due to a tight labor market and higher borrowing costs, a factor that could...
Jun 01, 2023
‘California is meant to burn’: Experts teach landowners art of prescribed burns
By Nathan Frandino GEORGETOWN, California (Reuters) - The prescribed burn begins on a California hill with a drip torch to light brush, needles and fallen branches, the flames spreading out on the for...
Jun 01, 2023
