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Artificial Intelligence Creates Voices for Films, Ads

Artificial Intelligence Creates Voices for Films, Ads

A growing number of startups are using artificial intelligence to replicate human voices. A company is creating synthetic voices for...

Italy Faces New Drought Alert After Another Dry Winter

Italy Faces New Drought Alert After Another Dry Winter

Weeks of dry winter weather have raised concerns that Italy could face another drought after last summer’s emergency, with the...

BBC Uncovers Sexual Abuse on Kenyan Tea Plantations

BBC Uncovers Sexual Abuse on Kenyan Tea Plantations

The BBC said Monday it has uncovered evidence of sexual exploitation on Kenyan tea plantations that supply some of Britain’s...

Scottish Finance Minister Kate Forbes to Run for Leadership

Scottish Finance Minister Kate Forbes to Run for Leadership

Scottish finance minister Kate Forbes said on Monday she would run in the leadership contest to replace Nicola Sturgeon as...

Earthquake Response, NATO Expansion on Agenda as Blinken Visits Turkey

Earthquake Response, NATO Expansion on Agenda as Blinken Visits Turkey

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting Monday with Turkish leaders in Ankara, with Turkey’s recovery from a devastating...

‘All Quiet’ Wins 7 Baftas, Including Best Film, at British Awards

‘All Quiet’ Wins 7 Baftas, Including Best Film, at British Awards

Antiwar German movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” won seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film...

IAEA Talks to Iran After Reports of High Uranium Enrichment

IAEA Talks to Iran After Reports of High Uranium Enrichment

The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday it was in discussions with Iran about the results of recent verification work...

Blinken: China May Consider Providing Lethal Assistance to Russia

Blinken: China May Consider Providing Lethal Assistance to Russia

The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern Sunday that China may be contemplating sending lethal assistance to support...

Turkey Winds Down Quake Rescue Efforts, Official Says

Turkey Winds Down Quake Rescue Efforts, Official Says

Turkey has ended rescue efforts in all provinces except the two hardest hit by the massive February quake that killed...

Russia’s Year of War: Purge of Critics, Surge of Nationalism

Russia’s Year of War: Purge of Critics, Surge of Nationalism

Moscow’s nights display few signs of a nation at war. Cheerful crowds packed restaurants and bars in the Sretenka neighborhood...

US Sending Additional $100M in Earthquake Aid to Turkey, Syria 

US Sending Additional $100M in Earthquake Aid to Turkey, Syria 

The United States is sending another $100 million in humanitarian assistance to Turkey and Syria to help the two countries...

 Macron Wants to See Russia Defeated but Not Crushed in Ukraine 

 Macron Wants to See Russia Defeated but Not Crushed in Ukraine 

Russia is not happy with the comments the French president made in a newspaper interview. Emmanuel Macron told Le Journal...

Anthem for Charles III’s Coronation Written by Lloyd Webber 

Anthem for Charles III’s Coronation Written by Lloyd Webber 

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such as “Cats,” “The Phantom of the...

IEA’s Birol Warns of Tighter Energy Supply Next Winter

IEA’s Birol Warns of Tighter Energy Supply Next Winter

International Energy Agency (IEA) head Fatih Birol has warned of possible energy shortages next winter as relatively little new liquefied...

Report: Ukraine Shot Down Balloons Over Kyiv Last Week

Report: Ukraine Shot Down Balloons Over Kyiv Last Week

Ukraine shot down at least six balloons over Kyiv on Wednesday, according to the British Defense Ministry’s daily intelligence update...

Blinken Visits Turkey on Sunday

Blinken Visits Turkey on Sunday

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Turkey on Sunday to observe firsthand the devastating aftermath of of the 7.8...

Amid ChatGPT Outcry, Some Teachers Are Inviting AI to Class

Amid ChatGPT Outcry, Some Teachers Are Inviting AI to Class

Under the fluorescent lights of a fifth grade classroom in Lexington, Kentucky, Donnie Piercey instructed his 23 students to try...

Turkish Teen Filmed ‘Last Moments’ From Quake-Hit Apartment

Turkish Teen Filmed ‘Last Moments’ From Quake-Hit Apartment

A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his loved ones as...

In Baltics, Poland, Grassroots Groups Strive to Help Ukraine

In Baltics, Poland, Grassroots Groups Strive to Help Ukraine

In a dusty workshop in northern Lithuania, a dozen men are transforming hundreds of wheel rims into potbelly stoves to...

Ukraine Unit Faces Blizzard of Russian Attacks

Ukraine Unit Faces Blizzard of Russian Attacks

On the deserted edge of a town near the front line in eastern Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier kneels in a...

Couple Rescued 296 Hours After Turkey Quake, 3 Children Die

Couple Rescued 296 Hours After Turkey Quake, 3 Children Die

A couple and their son were pulled alive from under a collapsed apartment building more than 12 days after a...

Angry Bing Chatbot Just Mimicking Humans, Experts Say

Angry Bing Chatbot Just Mimicking Humans, Experts Say

When Microsoft’s nascent Bing chatbot turns testy or even threatening, it’s likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from...