Month: November 2023

The Associated Press YouTube is rolling out new rules for AI content, including requiring creators to reveal whether they’ve used generative artificial intelligence to make realistic looking videos. In a company blog post Tuesday outlining a number of AI-related policy updates, YouTube said creators that don’t disclose whether they’ve used AI tools to make “altered

BERLIN (AP) — The German government says it is granting a 7.5 billion-euro ($8 billion) loan guarantee to energy technology company Siemens Energy as part of a package to help the firm. Siemens Energy is an important player in the transition to renewable energy sources. It sought help from the government as it struggles with

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli tanks and armored vehicles pushed further into the Gaza Strip late last week as part of an offensive squeezing Gaza City as fighting raged between its forces and Hamas militants in the coastal enclave, satellite photos analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press show.

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have adopted a series of amendments to a draft law that is intended to keep sexually explicit photos and videos of minors from circulating online. The EU lawmakers say they are trying to find a balance between protecting children and protecting privacy. The draft

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The government in Finland is considering whether to close some crossing points on the country’s long border with Russia to prevent people from trying to enter without proper documentation. Interior Minister Mari Rantanen said on Tuesday that the number of migrants at Finland’s southeastern border crossings has

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been creating more protected natural areas, but environmentalists accuse it of trying to “greenwash” an image of favoring petroleum in a time of climate change. They note the administration is entering its final year after focusing

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s opposition Left Party says it will dissolve its parliamentary caucus next month after prominent member Sahra Wagenknecht broke away to found a new party with a more nationalist, migration-skeptic agenda. The Left Party emerged in 2005, bringing together ex-communists from eastern Germany with leftists from the west disgruntled by welfare state

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC said Tuesday two more people have come forward to complain about Russell Brand since the broadcaster launched a review into the actor and comedian’s behavior. The BBC was giving an update to its investigation after British media outlets in September published claims by four women

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — General Motors has registered with Formula One’s governing body to become an engine supplier starting in 2028 in what is seen as a huge boost to Michael Andretti’s bid to join the global motorsports series. The announcement comes ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas

WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal border crossings from Mexico fell 14% in October from a month earlier, U.S. authorities said Tuesday, ending a three-month streak of big increases. U.S. officials highlighted the resumption of deportation flights to Venezuela on Oct. 18, shortly after Venezuelans replaced Mexicans as the largest nationality appearing at the border. Arrests of

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court has ruled that the speaker and a rival lawmaker should be ousted from the country’s Parliament, following a high-profile feud between the two men. The Federal Supreme Court says in a statement it has decided to terminate Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi’s

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Tuesday said it imposed a third round of sanctions on a group of Hamas officials, members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad who work to transfer money from Iran to Gaza, and a Lebanese money exchange service that facilitates the transfers. The Treasury Department

By AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Vivian Silver, a Canadian-born Israeli activist who devoted her life to seeking peace with the Palestinians, was confirmed killed in Hamas’ Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel. For 38 days, Silver, who had moved to Israel in the 1970s and made her home in Kibbutz Be’eri, had

LONDON (AP) — An expert scientific committee advising the British government recommended for the first time Tuesday that children should be immunized with the chickenpox vaccine — decades after the shots were made widely available in other countries, including the U.S., Canada and Australia. In Britain, those who want to be immunized against the disease

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Amnesty International is strongly criticizing UNESCO and its World Heritage program for not challenging the Cambodian government’s mass evictions of people around the centuries-old Angkor Wat complex. The human rights group said Tuesday the evictions of an estimated 10,000 families violated international and national law. It said

By ED DAVEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A flagship EU law intended to push European companies toward net zero faces being seriously weakened by member states, a confidential document passed to The Associated Press reveals, with firms seemingly no longer forced to implement Paris Agreement goals. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive was designed