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STOCKHOLM, June 11 (Reuters) – Sweden’s right of centre government will drop its controversial plan to cut the age of criminal responsibility to 13-years-old from the current 15-years-old, it said on Thursday. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer said there was not enough support in parliament for the measure and that the government instead would introduce new legislation that will set a lower limit of 14-years-old. “We are going to propose that […]

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is visiting the Canary Islands on Thursday to draw attention to the plight of migrants who risk their lives every year trying to reach Europe, fulfilling a wish of Pope Francis to visit one of the epicenters of the European migration debate. Leo is spending the final two days of his weeklong trip to Spain in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago closer […]

By Jerome Terroy June 11 (Reuters) – French music platform Deezer has launched a free online tool to detect AI-generated tracks in playlists, available to users of all major streaming platforms, it said on Thursday. The company is also licensing its AI-detection technology to the wider music industry, building on earlier deals like the one it signed with France’s royalty agency Sacem in January. • The free detector allows users of around […]

By Jerome Terroy June 11 (Reuters) – French music platform Deezer has launched a free online tool to detect AI-generated tracks in playlists, available to users of all major streaming platforms, it said on Thursday. The company is also licensing its AI-detection technology to the wider music industry, building on earlier deals like the one it signed with France’s royalty agency Sacem in January. • The free detector allows users of around […]

By John Irish, Michel Rose and Andrea Shalal PARIS, June 11 (Reuters) – Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed at projecting unity and avoiding confrontation with U.S. President Donald Trump. The June 15–17 gathering in Evian-les-Bains, on the shore of Lake Geneva, brings together the leaders of France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, […]

By John Irish, Michel Rose and Andrea Shalal PARIS, June 11 (Reuters) – Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s Group of Seven summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed at projecting unity and avoiding confrontation with U.S. President Donald Trump. The June 15–17 gathering in Evian-les-Bains, on the shore of Lake Geneva, brings together the leaders of France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, […]

June 11 (Reuters) – An American official has died in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon, according to the U.S. State Department, in an incident that two sources on Thursday said took place at a hotel last month. “We can confirm the death of a U.S. government employee assigned to U.S. Embassy Rangoon,” a State Department spokesperson said, without providing additional details. Yangon was known as Rangoon during its colonial era. […]

June 11 (Reuters) – An American official has died in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon, according to the U.S. State Department, in an incident that two sources on Thursday said took place at a hotel last month. “We can confirm the death of a U.S. government employee assigned to U.S. Embassy Rangoon,” a State Department spokesperson said, without providing additional details. Yangon was known as Rangoon during its colonial era. […]

BANGKOK, June 11 (Reuters) – A Thai court handed out death sentences on Thursday to two ethnic Uyghur men from the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang for a 2015 bombing in the centre of Bangkok that killed 20 people, according to a court statement. The explosion occurred at the Erawan Shrine in the centre of Bangkok, an area popular with foreign tourists. As well as the 20 people killed, another […]