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WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to respecting the rulings of courts, President Donald Trump has been of two minds.If the decision goes his way, as it did when the Supreme Court ruled 11 months ago that his name should be on the ballot in Colorado, he hails it as a “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA.”Now, as president, he has been critical of federal judges who have moved to block some of his most contentious actions, such as his move to freeze federal spending. His vice president, JD Vance, recently said, “Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.” Billionaire…

Iran’s envoy to UN Amir Saeid Iravani warns the US that ‘any act of aggression will have severe consequences’.Iran’s representative to the United Nations has condemned the “reckless and inflammatory statements” made by United States President Donald Trump threatening the use of force, and warned that “any act of aggression will have severe consequences”. In a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani referred to remarks made by Trump in media interviews, in which the US leader suggested stopping Iran from developing nuclear weapons could be achieved either “with bombs or with a…

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron at Station F, during an event on the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, France, Feb. 11, 2025.Aurelien Morissard | Via ReutersPARIS — Music was blaring and people were cheering at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris on Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron declared France is “back in the AI race.”The bold call comes after Macron touted a 109 billion euro ($112.8 billion) investment in AI in the country. But it also underscores Europe’s desire, led by France, to be a part of the…

North Korea has called for the US to stop ‘encroaching upon the dignity and sovereignty’ of the Palestinian people.North Korean state media has accused the US of “slaughter and robbery” over President Donald Trump’s proposed plan to occupy the Gaza Strip and expel its population of more than two million Palestinians. “The world is now boiling like a porridge pot over the US’ bombshell declaration,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary published on Wednesday, in which Trump was not explicitly named. The White House’s Gaza proposal was evidence of the US’s “hegemonic, invasive” ambition for world…

United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs – some threatened, others executed – have sent global markets into a tizzy, pushing down several currencies. But some things have become costlier, especially on grocery shelves. And for those who visit the jeweller, gold. With Trump’s 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminium imports kicking in this week, we look at why the price of the yellow metal has soared in recent days, why its value rises during periods of uncertainty, and whether some other assets are also benefitting from the Trump chaos. What happened to the price of gold? Following Trump’s economic…

El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, advirtió el martes a Hamás que si no liberaba a los rehenes antes del mediodía del sábado, el alto al fuego en la guerra en la Franja de Gaza terminaría y los soldados israelíes reanudarían los “intensos combates”.Netanyahu dijo que la amenaza de Hamás del lunes de aplazar la próxima ronda de liberación de rehenes equivalía a violar el acuerdo de alto al fuego. Netanyahu no especificó cuántos rehenes tendrían que ser liberados para detener la reanudación de la guerra. La oficina del primer ministro declinó confirmar a cuántos rehenes se refería.Sus declaraciones…

Men interact with a Baidu AI robot near the company logo at its headquarters in Beijing, China April 23, 2021.Florence Lo | ReutersBEIJING — China’s Baidu plans to release the next generation of its artificial intelligence model in the second half of this year, according to a source familiar with the matter, as newer players such as DeepSeek disrupt the segment.Ernie 5.0, called a “foundation model,” is set to have “big enhancements in multimodal capabilities,” the source said, without specifying its functions. “Multimodal” AI can process texts, videos, images and audio to combine them as well as convert them across…

Here are the key developments on the 1,084th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Here is the situation on Wednesday, February 12: Fighting A Ukrainian drone attack damaged an industrial facility in the Saratov region of Russia, regional Governor Roman Busargin said. A Ukrainian Security and Defence Council official, Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko, said the attack on Saratov targeted an oil refinery that supplied Russian forces with fuel. No casualties were reported. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said air defence units intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, out of which 18 were destroyed in the Saratov region. The Russian…

Law enforcement agency says about 2,400 newly discovered records are being transferred to archives for declassification.The FBI has announced the discovery of thousands of records related to the assassination of John F Kennedy following searches undertaken to comply with an executive order by United States President Donald Trump. The FBI said on Tuesday that searches had turned up about 2,400 “newly inventoried and digitized records that were previously unrecognized as related to the JFK assassination case file”. “The FBI has made the appropriate notifications of the newly discovered documents and is working to transfer them to the National Archives and…

King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday rebuffed President Trump’s proposal for his country to absorb Palestinians living in Gaza, saying that he remained opposed to a plan Mr. Trump has laid out to clear the territory so the United States can seize control of it.During a “constructive” meeting with the U.S. president at the White House, King Abdullah said, he “reiterated Jordan’s steadfast position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”“This is the unified Arab position,” he stated in a post on social media after the meeting. “Rebuilding Gaza without displacing the Palestinians and addressing…