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Brazil’s democracy has been under near-permanent tension for the past three years, in a systemic grip on a former president who refuses to admit defeat. Saturday morning, those muscles tensed again. Jair Bolsonaro, already convicted of coup plotting and sentenced to 27 years in prison, was placed in preventive detention after Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled he was a flight risk after trying to tamper with his ankle monitor. This was one of the most unusual responses a democracy can deploy against a former leader. However, given Brazil’s current trajectory, this was not at all surprising. Repeatedly during Bolsonaro’s presidency and…
With holiday shopping right around the corner, both OpenAI and Perplexity this week announced AI shopping capabilities that integrate with existing chatbots to help users research potential purchases. These tools are very similar to each other. OpenAI suggests that users can ask ChatGPT for help finding “a new gaming-friendly laptop with a 15-inch screen or larger for under $1,000,” or they can share photos of high-end clothing and ask for something similar at a lower price point. Meanwhile, Perplexity is researching how chatbots’ memories can enhance users’ shopping-related searches, suggesting that chatbots could ask for recommendations tailored to information they…
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at Gobble, one of two turkeys to be ceremonially pardoned on Thanksgiving, in the White House Rose Garden on November 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersGobble and Waddle won’t be gobbled up this Thanksgiving. After President Donald Trump pardoned these two turkeys on Tuesday, they are instead waddling their way to freedom.During the traditional Rose Garden ceremony of rescuing a bird from a butcher, President Trump also hinted that a U.S.-brokered peace deal between Ukraine and Russia could be forthcoming.”I think we’re very close to a deal. We’ll see,” President Trump said.…
Twenty schoolgirls abducted last week from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria’s Kebbi state have been freed, officials said, as Nigeria faces a wave of mass kidnappings in recent days. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu welcomed their release on Tuesday. “I am relieved that all 24 girls have been identified,” the president said in a statement from his special assistant, Bayo Onanuga. “Now we urgently need to get more shoes into vulnerable areas to prevent further kidnappings.” Last Monday, armed robbers attacked the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga town. State authorities said 25 girls were kidnapped and the school’s…
Joe Gerhardt: Confidence helped start this season Use Chrome Browser for a more accessible video player Joe Gerhardt speaks to Sky Sports about winning the Sky Bet Championship Goal of the Month award for his incredible goal for the Hull City team It is said that you should never fall in love with a loan player, but the same lesson applies to players who have left their parent club. It’s no exaggeration to say that both Hull’s support and Joe Gerhardt failed in this. “It was the place I wanted to be most in the summer after last season ended,”…
Warner Music Group (WMG) announced Tuesday that it has settled its copyright lawsuit against the AI music startup and reached an agreement with Suno. WMG said in a press release that the agreement with Suno “covers and protects artists, songwriters and the broader creative community, while breaking new ground in music creation, exchange and discovery.” WMG also announced that it has sold Songkick, a live music and concert discovery platform, to Suno for an undisclosed amount. WMG acquired the Songkick app and brand in 2017, and Live Nation later acquired Songkick’s ticketing business. WMG said Songkic will continue as a…
Last month, AI companion platform Character.AI announced it would ban users under 18 from having open-ended chats with its bots. The ban will begin on November 24, and teens will still be allowed to access other features of the app, such as video creation.”These are unusual measures for us and in many ways are more conservative than our peers,” Character.AI said in a statement. “But we believe it’s the right thing to do.”The platform allows users to create AI companions, chat with them, and publish them to other users. Users can also create videos and character voices. The first version…
Elon Musk attended the US-Saudi Investment Forum held in Washington DC, USA on November 19, 2025. Evelyn HochsteinReuterElon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI plans to close a $15 billion round next month at a pre-money valuation of $230 billion, a person familiar with the matter tells CNBC’s David Faber.The deadline for allocations is by the end of Tuesday, and the round is scheduled to end on December 19, the sources said.This confirms an earlier report by CNBC that the company was raising $15 billion. of tesla The CEO later called reports about the round “false” in a post on social…
Actors Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan arrive at the premiere of “Rush Hour 3” at Mann’s Chinese Theater on July 30, 2007 in Hollywood, California. Jeff Vespa | Wire Images | Getty Imagesparamount The revival was brought forward after President Donald Trump asked Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison to rescue the long-stalled buddy cop film series, according to multiple reports.Paramount secured financing for the film and signed a distribution deal. warner bros discoveryfirst reported by Puck’s Matthew Belloni, who previously owned the franchise under the New Line banner. The project had stalled for years. The studio had been approached several…
UNAIDS says millions of people around the world have lost access to treatment and preventive care due to lack of funding.Disruptions to global funding for treatment and prevention programs are leaving millions of people without access to care, the United Nations agency against AIDS has announced.In a report released Tuesday, UNAIDS said the global response to the disease “immediately went into crisis mode” after President Donald Trump took office in January and the U.S. withdrew funding.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listOn January 25, the Trump administration suspended all new foreign aid funds except for military aid to Israel…