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By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Humanoid robots working on factory floors, AI models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle plants churning out cars at breathtaking scale are drawing a new wave of foreign visitors to China. Investors and entrepreneurs are paying thousands of dollars for rare access to Chinese factories, seeking a front-row seat to what many believe could be the next technological revolution. The influx reflects mounting […]

Sept 3 (Reuters) – A Russian air attack damaged a multi-story residential building in Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa early on Thursday, said Serhiy Lysak, the head of its military administration. Eight people were injured in the attack, Lysak added on the Telegram messaging app, while a Reuters witness reported an explosion on Wednesday in the capital, Kyiv, amid continued Russian air strikes. (Reporting by Jekaterīna Golubkova in […]

By Field Level Media Sep 02 (Field Level Media) – Jordan Chiles is returning for a run at her third Olympics, announcing Wednesday she intends to compete in the 2028 Games in Los Angeles. Chiles shared her decision in a video narrated by basketball legend Michael Jordan. “Why continue? Because there’s still more to give,” Jordan says in part. “Why now? Because not every chapter ends when people expect it […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — No NFL team receives more hype on a regular basis than the Dallas Cowboys, at least in relation to their lack of success over the past three decades. So it’s not a shock there is some preseason commentary that the Cowboys could be in line for a strong season. Longtime handicapper Bruce Marshall is one of those who argue this season is indeed different, saying the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An immigrant rights group sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from using federal databases that it alleged are being used to target naturalized citizens who are eligible to vote. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington on behalf of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, alleges that DHS and the U.S. Justice Department are interfering with fair […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Platner, who won the nomination in June but dropped out in July after Politico reported that a former girlfriend said he sexually assaulted her, had been scheduled to speak Monday […]

LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) – Uber launched autonomous rides in London on Thursday using AI technology developed by Britain’s Wayve, making the city the second in Europe after Zagreb where the company offers robotaxis.  Here are more details:    • Initially a licensed operator will be on board to monitor the car before fully driverless operations begin at some point in the future, the companies said. • Riders who request an UberX, […]

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged a U.S. judge on Wednesday to dismiss criminal drug trafficking charges against him, arguing he should be immune from prosecution as the head of a sovereign country.  The charges, filed in Manhattan federal court, formed the basis for the January 3 operation in which the U.S. military raided Caracas and captured Maduro. He has pleaded not guilty and […]

(Corrects day in lede to Tuesday from Wednesday) Sept 2 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice said in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday that its antitrust division has expanded an investigation on beef affordability to add eight major retailers, including Walmart and Costco.  The Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward has sent letters regarding the recent surge in retail prices for beef to a list of […]