A week after threatening to withhold some arms, the Biden administration announced a $1-billion weapons package for Israel
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US drug deaths decline, hinting at progress against opioid crisis
There were an estimated 107,543 such deaths in the country in 2023, down three per cent compared to the year before
Wildfire closes in on Fort McMurray
A wildfire doubled in size as it drew closer to Fort McMurray, but officials were hopeful shifting winds could soon push it away
Swiss daycare lets robot do the talking
Interacting with robots may be as normal as using a smartphone in the near future. One daycare decided to give kids a head start
In major change, Google to use AI-generated answers in search results
Google’s search results will feature an AI summary at the top of the page before the more typical unfurling of links
Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian author, dead at 92
Alice Munro earned the moniker “our Chekhov,” with PM Trudeau calling her “the greatest writer of the short story form of our time”
Parts of Fort McMurray evacuated as wildfire draws near
Thousands of residents in four neighborhoods were ordered to be evacuated by 4 p.m. local time due to growing wildfires
Netanyahu: Hamas fighters comprise almost half Gaza’s death toll
Netanyahu suggested in an interview that the death toll in Gaza was actually around 30,000 and that Hamas fighters accounted for nearly half
‘Drive like a woman’, French road safety campaign tells men
A French report said 84 per cent of deadly road accidents were caused by men, as well as 93 per cent of those cause while under the influence
OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
The new model from OpenAI gives ChatGPT the ability to generate content or understand commands in voice, text, or images
