June 19, 2024

AI Steve: The AI candidate on the ballot in the UK election

British voters will get the chance to elect what’s being billed as the world’s first AI lawmaker in the July 4 general election. Businessman Steve Endacott, 59, is standing for election, but unlike other candidates, he has campaign leaflets showing not his face but an AI-generated avatar. “AI Steve” will appear on the ballot in […]

June 18, 2024

Top US health official wants warning labels on social media

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the country’s top health official, wants warning labels on social media similar to those on tobacco products. He wants labels warning against social media’s harmful effects, especially on the young. “It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated […]

June 17, 2024

Biden criticizes US Supreme Court

President Joe Biden criticized the US Supreme Court and expressed concern that Trump could appoint more justices to the bench if re-elected president. That would be “one of the scariest parts” of a second Trump term,  he said at a gala fundraiser in Los Angeles on Saturday (June 15) night. Biden predicted that the “next […]

June 17, 2024

Biden-Trump debate on June 27: CNN sets rules for ‘civilized discussion’

President Joe Biden will face his Republican rival, Donald Trump, in their first televised debate on June 27. CNN, which will host the debate, said there would be two commercial breaks and no props.  Microphones will be muted except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak. The rules are designed to reduce interruptions […]

June 14, 2024

What did Rishi Sunak sacrifice as a child? Sky TV, he says

When Queen Marie Antoinette of France was  told the peasants were starving and had no bread, she allegedly said: “Let them eat cake.” Now critics are claiming the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said something just as silly. Asked what he had to sacrifice as a child, Sunak, a multimillionaire richer than King Charles, said […]

June 12, 2024

Labour has to win whiter seats to wrest power from Tories

Opinion polls show Labour in a commanding lead, the Tories heading for certain defeat after 14 years in power. But Labour’s base, more diverse than the Tories’, may not be enough  to pull off that feat. Labour needs to capture constituencies that are whiter, older and have more homeowners. Currently, the average Labour-held seat has […]

June 12, 2024

Conservative US Supreme Court justices’ differences revealed in secret recordings

The conservatives are said to have a 6-3 majority on the US Supreme Court, including Chief Justice John G Roberts, Jr. However, there are differences. The chief justice does not share the views of hardline conservative Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. The differences were caught on tape when a woman posing as a Catholic conservative […]

June 11, 2024

Trump’s search for a running mate narrows down

Donald Trump’s search for a running mate is getting more rigorous with his campaign staff requesting documents from at least eight contenders, half of them senators. The Trump camp is reportedly vetting the following Republicans: Senators Marco Rubio (Florida), J.D. Vance (Ohio), Tom Cotton (Arkansas), and Tim Scott (South Carolina); North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum; […]

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