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BBC Front PageMay 21, 2024
Scarlett Johansson 'shocked' by AI chatbot imitation
The star says she is "shocked" after OpenAI launched a chatbot with a voice "eerily similar" to her own.

Int'l Herald TribuneMay 20, 2024
At Trump Trial, Tensions Rise in Courtroom After Cohen Completes Testimony
Michael D. Cohen admitted stealing from the Trump Organization. The judge excoriated a defense witness. And Donald J. Trump's entourage included a former leader of the Hells Angels.

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Trump trial: Judge warns witness over 'side eye' (BBC Front Page)

MSNBC Int'l NewsMay 20, 2024
After death of Iran's president, U.S. says there are no signs of outside interference
A day after President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran died in a helicopter crash, the U.S. said it saw no signs of outside interference. An adviser to the Iranian government told NBC News not to expect policy changes after Raisi's death. The U.S. sent condolences to the Iranian people. NBC News' Keir Simmons reports.

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What the Death of Iran's President Raisi Means for His Country, and the World (Int'l Herald Tribune)

BBC Front PageMay 20, 2024
What ICC arrest warrants mean for Israel and Hamas
The Israeli and Hamas leaders are suspected of committing war crimes during the continuing war in Gaza.

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Biden criticizes ‘outrageous' ICC arrest warrant ask for Israeli leaders (Washington Post World News)

Int'l Herald TribuneMay 20, 2024
Amal Clooney Was Among the Experts Consulted on I.C.C. Warrants
Ms. Clooney, a prominent human rights lawyer, was on a panel that recommended arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas. She had been criticized for not speaking out on the war.

NPR Headline NewsMay 20, 2024
The ICC is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas and Israeli leaders
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has announced that it is seeking arrest warrants for leaders of both Hamas and Israel - including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

MSNBC Int'l NewsMay 20, 2024
Amal Clooney played key role in decision on war crimes charges in Israel-Hamas war
Amal Clooney is one of the legal experts who recommended that the chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and leaders of the militant Hamas group.

MSNBC Int'l NewsMay 20, 2024
International Criminal Court seeks arrest of Israel's Netanyahu and Hamas leader
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applied for arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the top Hamas official in Gaza on charges of crimes against humanity. Netanyahu denied the charges and called the action a "travesty of justice." And President Biden called the move "outrageous," saying there was no equivalence between Israel and Hamas. NBC News' Raf Sanchez reports.

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Netanyahu calls ICC a ‘farce' and likens prosecutor to antisemites in response to warrant threat (Washington Post World News)
Biden says it's 'outrageous' ICC is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israeli leaders (MSNBC Int'l News)

Int'l Herald TribuneMay 20, 2024
Scarlett Johansson Said No, but OpenAI's Virtual Assistant Sounds Just Like Her
Last week, the company released a chatbot with an option that sounded like the actress, who provided the voice of an A.I. system in the movie "Her."

CBC Top StoriesMay 20, 2024
Is that Her? OpenAI halting ChatGPT voice after some say it sounds like Scarlett Johansson
Company said it had "heard questions" about how it selects the lifelike audio options available for its flagship artificial intelligence chatbot and wanted to address them.



MSNBC Int'l NewsMay 20, 2024
Grief, but also relief for some, after President Raisi dies in helicopter crash
The death of President Ebrahim Raisi was greeted with grief and relief in Iran after he was confirmed to have been among those killed in a helicopter crash Sunday.

Int'l Herald TribuneMay 20, 2024
Iran Moves to Project Stability After President Raisi Dies in Helicopter Crash
The ayatollah announced five days of mourning for the president and foreign minister who died when their helicopter plunged into a mountainous region. Some Iranians celebrated the deaths.

Int'l Herald TribuneMay 20, 2024
How Trump's Hush-Money Case Failed to Capture America's Imagination
A strange sense of anticlimax hangs over the Trump trial.

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5 big takeaways from Day 19 of Trump's hush money trial (ABC News)

Washington Post World NewsMay 20, 2024
Helicopter crash that killed Iran's president caused by ‘technical failure,' state media says
The Middle Eastern nation declared five days of national mourning after the helicopter crashed in thick fog in East Azerbaijan province. Mohammad Mokhber will be acting president.

NYT Middle EastMay 20, 2024
Biden and Blinken Accuse ICC Prosecutor of Falsely Equating Israel and Hamas
The forceful denunciations of the International Criminal Court came even as tensions have risen between the United States and Israel over its conduct of the war in Gaza.

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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders (BBC Front Page)

MSNBC Int'l NewsMay 20, 2024
Trump allies meet with Netanyahu and other Israeli officials as pressure builds on prime minister
O'Brien was accompanied by John Rakolta, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, and Ed McMullen, a former U.S. ambassador to Switzerland.

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Former Trump Officials Meet With Netanyahu in Israel (Int'l Herald Tribune)

NPR Headline NewsMay 20, 2024
Prosecution rested its case in Trump's hush money trial in New York
The prosecution has rested its case in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York. The main action came with the conclusion of the testimony of Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen.

NYTimes GlobalMay 20, 2024
The Disease Detectives Trying to Keep the World Safe From Bird Flu
When a child in a small Cambodian town fell sick recently, his rapid decline set off a global disease surveillance system.

BBC News Front Page | WorldMay 20, 2024
Children top up pocket money with extra work
Doing housework and developing side hustles is helping kids top up pocket money, a report claims.

NPR Headline NewsMay 20, 2024
What we know about the failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Questions are mounting about a failed coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the weekend that involved several U.S. citizens.

NPR Topics: NewsMay 20, 2024
The International Criminal Court is seeking warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders
The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said he will seek arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders.

NPR Topics: NewsMay 20, 2024
Trump's New York criminal hush money trial continues into a fifth week of testimony
Former Trump lawyer andonce-loyal ally Michael Cohen is still on the witness stand testifying about his relationship to Trump, the Trump family and negotiations with adult film star Stormy Daniels.

Christian Science Monitor--worldMay 20, 2024
Chief prosecutor of international court seeks warrants for Israel and Hamas leaders
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has called for the arrests of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas chief leader Yehia Sinwar as war fatalities continue to rise. Neither party accepts blame.

BBC News Front Page | WorldMay 20, 2024
Sunak promises 'comprehensive' blood compensation
Victims and others affected by the infected blood scandal are waiting to hear how much they will be paid.

ABC NewsMay 20, 2024
'Are you staring me down?': Fiery moment between judge witness in Trump trial
In a fiery moment on Monday, Judge Juan Merchan reprimanded a key witness testifying in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial.

NYTimes GlobalMay 20, 2024
NYPD Responded Aggressively to Protests After Promises to Change
Violent responses to pro-Palestinian activists follow a sweeping agreement aimed at striking an equilibrium between preserving public safety and the rights of protesters.

NewsweekMay 20, 2024
Caitlin Clark Exits Fever Game With Apparent Injury; Here's the Latest
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark exited Monday's game with an apparent ankle injury, and did not return until the start of the third quarter.

BBC Front PageMay 20, 2024
The Papers: 'A day of shame for the British state'
Tuesday's front pages focus on the release of a damning public inquiry report on the infected blood scandal.

BBC News Front Page | WorldMay 20, 2024
'It felt like children were droids at toxic school'
Teachers speak out anonymously about standards enforced by a trust at four of its secondary schools.

Int'l Herald TribuneMay 20, 2024
Trump Trial Day 19 Takeaways: Cohen Finishes Testimony as Defense Begins
The judge became furious with a defense witness, a former Hells Angels leader turned up and Michael D. Cohen kept his cool.

FT.com - Comment & AnalysisMay 20, 2024
The tainted blood scandal is a failure of the British state
Suffering and deaths of thousands of victims could have been avoided

NPR Topics: NewsMay 20, 2024
Jacob Zuma banned from running in South Africa's election
Former South African president Jacob Zuma has been barred from contesting in next week's elections, South Africa's top court ruled Monday.

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Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma disqualified from parliamentary election (MSNBC Int'l News)
South Africa's top court bars ex-president Zuma from standing in election (BBC Front Page)

MSNBC Int'l NewsMay 20, 2024
Watch: IAEA chief leads a minute's silence for Iranian president and foreign minister
International Atomic Energy Agency Director, Rafael Grossi, led a minute of silence at an international conference on nuclear security in Vienna, after the news of the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash.

BBC News Front Page | WorldMay 20, 2024
Why thousands of NHS patients were given infected blood
Thousands were infected with HIV and hepatitis C, in the worst treatment disaster in NHS history.

NYT Middle EastMay 20, 2024
Who Was Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian?
A hard-liner and career diplomat long focused on Iran's relationships in the Middle East, he died in a helicopter crash that also killed Iran's president.
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