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Debbie Shields took a seat on a New York City subway and ended up joking with comedian Conan O'Brien about their fictional family. Their exchange on internet talk show SubwayTakes went viral. The Brooklyn bar owner says she's always making people laugh, but this experience was surreal.

A United Nations commission says Israel ​continued to commit genocide in Gaza after last October's U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the enclave, in a report published Monday that Israel dismissed as part of a "misinformation campaign."

Rights-holders of Elvis Presley's music catalog have sued Anthropic for more than $41 million US, accusing the artificial intelligence giant of tapping the King of Rock and Roll's songs without consent to train its AI models and 'infringing copyrights at an unfathomable scale.'

Microsoft said on Monday it is offering voluntary buyouts to more than a quarter of its global workforce — including in Canada — as the technology giant looks to contain costs and help fund its ‌massive AI investments.

The parents of a 3-year-old soccer player in Florida say the police were called to a game this weekend because their son was dominating the ball. Police have confirmed with CBC News they were called to the game over reports of an "unruly parent."

Self-described "Crypto King" Aiden Pleterski admitted his $300-million fund never existed in a June 2022 audio recording played in court at his fraud trial in Toronto on Monday.

Officials on opposite sides of the African continent are trying to determine how a woman diagnosed with Ebola in Nigeria's capital last week contracted the deadly virus without having visited the Democratic Republic of Congo — the epicentre of one of the worst human outbreaks of the virus in history.

Canadian lawmakers heard from several experts on Monday morning as a parliamentary committee studies the impact of artificial intelligence on women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals.

Toronto police say they have found a vehicle believed to have been used to abduct three children from Scarborough on Friday, but the children and their mother have not been found.

Anthropic's IPO filing sets up the San Francisco company for a Wall Street debut next month, potentially eclipsing the SpaceX initial public offering in June that raised a record US$86-billion.

Israeli mission in Geneva dismissed the report as part of a misinformation campaign

Judge sharply rebukes DOJ for firing of Comey, the daughter of ex-FBI Director James Comey

Gernot Doellner’s appearance alongside U.S. President violates automaker’s company guidelines, says head of Germany’s top union

Flavio Volpe says the U.S. President ‘has shown flexibility for strategic midterm interests’

Republicans are scrambling to protect their threadbare majority in the House

Macron and his centrist government have faced criticism for failing to address students’ grievances since high school blockades began in mid-September

People celebrated in the streets of Belgrade on Sunday after Serbia's long-serving leader, Aleksandar Vučić, conceded defeat in the parliamentary election to a student-led opposition movement.

Plenty is at stake in the Nov. 3, 2026, midterm elections, as Democrats try to win majority control of the U.S. Congress. Democrats must win a net gain of four seats to win control of the Senate. Ten races, including those in Maine, Ohio, Texas and Kansas, could decide the outcome.

Singer was given an eight-month sentence, suspended for a year after pleading guilty to beating a music producer with a tequila bottle at a London nightclub

Andre McKechnie who is serving a life sentence for murder in the southern Australian state of Victoria, took his battle for the spread to the Supreme Court last year.

Netanyahu has been the country’s most dominant politician for nearly two decades, and his legacy is on the line in Tuesday's election.

For the Trump administration, which has sought to reassert its dominance in the region, Lula’s victory complicates its campaign to enlist Brazil in its military coalition

The two countries will "work in close partnership" on investment opportunities and challenges, according to a joint media statement.

High turnout and gathering tensions marked the highly contested parliamentary election that was a showdown between Vucic and university students.

Voting in Brazil is conducted electronically and the result is usually available within hours after polling stations close at 5 p.m. in Brasilia.

A day after attacks by Palestinian gunmen killed two soldiers, Israel imposed widespread closures, displacing residents in the city of Hebron.

Infantino is seeking re-election next year as the head of soccer’s world governing body in face of attempts to force him to stand down after he planned to sell World Cup stakes.

The shooting took place at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the capital, Amman.

In Paris, authorities restricted the main march to the city’s southeastern edge, keeping it away from the center.

Examining President Trump’s praise of a rallygoer who punched a protester last week, David E. Sanger, a White House and national security correspondent for The New York Times, studied the atmosphere at Mr. Trump’s recent events. What he found was a faint echo of the moments that made Mr. Trump’s 2016 rallies so shocking.

We broke down the A.I. company’s key figures, which give insight into the health of its business, its future plans and who’s in charge.

Struggling to find steady work, many migrants who have arrived recently from Senegal have adapted with a relentless sidewalk hustle, sustaining their families through street vending.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election victory prompted a sharp reversal in financial markets that had expected his opponent to win.

The Massachusetts bar, which catered to lesbians, lifted its Covid mask requirement once a week to attract more patrons. The decision brought criticism and national attention, but did not save the business.

The A.I. company took great pains to describe the many benefits that can come from using its Claude chatbot and technology, but also offered up a heavy dose of gloom.

As the baby-faced Russian navigator of the U.S.S. Enterprise, he was a mainstay of the original television series and seven films. He was 90.

Democrats are targeting G.O.P. strongholds that could set them up for new majorities. But if they don’t win those races now, it could be a long time before they have another chance.

Ahead of what could be the largest public listing ever, Anthropic said revenue soared to $16.3 billion in the first half of the year, and it planned to spend $807 billion on A.I. infrastructure.

Marci Webber was institutionalized after being acquitted by reason of insanity for killing her 4-year-old daughter. For years she has said she is cured and should be freed.

Microsoft is trying to balance a rapid AI infrastructure build-out with capital efficiency.

Investors are worried about the vulnerability of Saudi energy infrastructure and the risk of another disruption to production, refining or export facilities.

Apple on Monday said it was aware of the issue and that it would replace the devices under its AppleCare warranty.

While prediction market odds pointed to a clear Bolsonaro victory, Lula emerged the winner in a tight race.

The world's pension systems are confronting a demographic crisis as longer lifespans and dwindling birth rates threaten to stretch retirement finances.

Investors are already questioning the debt-fueled expansion of neoclouds and whether the large AI infrastructure build-out will generate long-term returns.

The league also inked a memorandum of understanding with the CFTC, the federal regulator of prediction markets.

An S&P 500 index without AI stocks is beating the traditional index. These sectors and stocks could be winners if the AI trade keeps fraying.

The deal further advances Apollo Global's ambitions in Abu Dhabi, often called the "capital of capital."

Fanatics is using AI to help shoppers navigate more than 1.5 million items of sports merchandise, with a Shop the Look feature powered by OpenAI Codex.

The Democrat himself has hit back, as has Senator Bernie Sanders and a key Trump supporter from 2024.

The BBC says it did not uphold any of the allegations of antisemitism but accepted there were "shortcomings" in how it treated Lucie Kon.

This complicated - and developing - story could prove to be a turning point for Meghan.

Anthropic’s IPO prospectus is 355 pages and full of never before disclosed company information.

Proceeds from the tour, which begins in Dublin next month, will go to organisations supporting Palestinians, he says.

"Whatever we're doing, we want to push it further," said an expert on why Americans are embracing the term, which is short for maximising.

Bristol Bears have signed 21-year-old Samoan forward Totoa Auvaa, two weeks after he was sacked by Saracens.

He played the eager Russian crewman in the original Star Trek series and later appeared in Babylon 5.

The building has been described as a "gloomy, mice-infested, bomb-curtained rabbit warren".

The Under-15 World Cup Group C match between England and Republic of Ireland is abandoned after England allege an opposition player made a racist comment.

The Labour MP had backed the idea of the UK paying reparations for ‘stolen labour, stolen wealth, stolen land or stolen opportunity’

Bolsonaro said he planned to request an annulment of the election following a chaotic extension of voting at the request of both candidates

The University of New Mexico Health System is racing to fix a cybersecurity issue that has disrupted its operations

‘President Trump’s priority has been and continues to be lowering gas prices for American families,’ a White House spokesperson said

The writer said she would donate the proceeds from her books to the banned protest group

Russia has repeatedly denied the accusations

Authorities say a man serving a life sentence for murder has escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee

Stockyards in New Mexico that had closed due to the New World screwworm outbreak are bustling again

Renewed conflict between the US and Iran and dwindling supplies in Europe has pushed gas prices to record highs

A 35-year-old man was shot dead in Enfield last week