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GENEVA (AP) — The daughter of a former president of Uzbekistan was facing a trial in absentia starting Monday in Switzerland in connection with alleged bribery and money laundering involving assets worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of former President Islam Karimov, is behind bars in Uzbekistan as the trial opens in a Swiss federal criminal court in the southern city of Bellinzona. It’s set to […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fast-moving storms pummeled parts of the Midwest with hail, strong wind and heavy rain, flooding streets and leading to stranded commuters who needed to be rescued Monday, with more storms on the way, authorities said. More than 64 million people in the Midwest mostly are at risk of severe storms Monday afternoon and evening, with the St. Louis region at moderate risk for multiple long-track […]

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Monday the Canadian government is developing a government-owned investment fund. Carney said the fund will invest in major Canadian industrial projects in areas such as energy, infrastructure, mining, agriculture and technology. It will begin at 25 billion Canadian dollars ($18 billion). The prime minister said the federal government will put up funds alongside private investors. The money will help fund major projects […]

The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars” and “Toy Story.” But the most eagerly anticipated is not a superhero, toy, or franchise: It’s a 3,000-year-old epic poem. For filmmaker Christopher Nolan, “The Odyssey,” out July 17, isn’t just a story. It’s the story: A foundational piece […]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The president blocked accredited reporters from entering the government’s headquarters. He took to social media, in all caps, to furiously insult the country’s news media as “filthy scum that claims to be journalists.” He posted an AI-generated image that showed a local TV journalist in an orange prison jumpsuit. The president in question was not the one you might think. It was Argentina’s radical libertarian […]

Rhetoric dehumanizing immigrant and Latino communities may appear more open and in-your-face in the current political climate. But that has not been a barrier for Latinos seeking elective office or high-level roles in government. Voters are choosing an increasing number of nonwhite Hispanic leaders to local elective office — and many of the leaders are the first Latinos to hold their seats. Some political science experts attribute the rise of […]

By Michael Erman NEW YORK, April 27 (Reuters) – Johnson & Johnson is using artificial intelligence to slash by half the time it takes to generate new leads for developing drugs, the company’s chief information officer said on Monday. Discovering new products outright and bringing them to market using AI is not yet possible, but J&J is using the new technology to screen the “potential universe” for promising chemical compounds […]

By Manya Saini April 27 (Reuters) – When Amazon began selling books online, many feared traditional bookstores such as Barnes & Noble would fade into obsolescence. Drawing parallels with that episode from the 1990s, Bridgewater’s co-chief investment officers said similar existential threats now loom over legacy software companies as the rapid rise of artificial intelligence reshapes the sector. “With the latest release of Claude Code, an upstart competitor has created […]

Alex Cora was fired as manager of the Boston Red Sox over the weekend. That news could have come from any of three major markets. The Red Sox actually took two of three at Baltimore, but they’re still in last place in their division at 11-17. The New York Mets have been even worse, scoring one run Sunday while getting swept in a home doubleheader against lowly Colorado. The Mets […]