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Hurricane Ernesto lashed Bermuda with heavy rains and strong winds early Saturday as it neared the British Atlantic Ocean territory, with meteorologists warning of a dangerous storm surge and floods. The cyclone, which hit Puerto Rico earlier this week leaving at least 600,000 people without power, was 40 kilometers southwest of the archipelago at 0600 […]

OpenAI said on Friday it had taken down accounts of an Iranian group for using its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content meant for influencing the U.S. presidential election and other issues. The operation, identified as Storm-2035, used ChatGPT to generate content focused on topics such as commentary on the candidates on both sides in the […]

The militant group Hamas said Wednesday that Israel assassinated its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran, where Haniyeh had traveled to attend the swearing-in of Iran’s new president. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Haniyeh was killed in a predawn airstrike, although details of the attack were not immediately known. Hamas said in a […]

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington late Monday, the day after President Joe Biden announced he is withdrawing from the U.S. presidential race – a decision that adds another layer of uncertainty to U.S.-Israel relations at a crucial moment in the Gaza war. Without a cease-fire agreement in place, many had questioned the […]

KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine needs 25 Patriot air defense systems to fully defend its airspace and protect the entire country from Russian missile attacks, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, adding that he also wants Western partners to send more F-16 warplanes than those already pledged. In his first news conference since returning from a trip to […]

KYIV — A village in western Russia’s border region was evacuated Sunday following a series of explosions after debris from a downed Ukrainian drone set fire to a nearby warehouse, local officials said. Social media footage appeared to show rising clouds of black smoke in the Voronezh region while loud explosions could be heard in succession. […]

WASHINGTON — The NATO summit scheduled for this week will include a discussion among the allies about strengthening security ties with South Korea and Japan against deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, experts said. The leaders of 32 NATO members will convene in Washington July 9 to 11 to discuss ways to provide continued […]

Israeli forces carried out attacks Tuesday in the southern Gaza Strip with Palestinian health officials saying at least eight people were killed. The attacks included bombardments of Khan Younis, a day after Israel ordered the latest evacuation of Palestinian civilians. Israel’s military said Tuesday it carried out airstrikes overnight in an area of Khan Younis […]

BEIJING — Beijing Tianbing Technology Company said Sunday that the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket under development had detached from its launch pad during a test due to structural failure and landed in a hilly area of the city of Gongyi in central China. There were no reports of casualties after an initial investigation, Beijing […]