President Donald Trump will face a difficult, potentially dangerous, decision when he meets with South Korean president Moon Jae-In at the White House today, three U.S. officials familiar with the matter tell TIME. The U.S. intelligence community has advised the White House that Moon will ask Trump to ease some of the economic sanctions imposed…
(BRUSSELS) — European Union leaders and Britain on Thursday agreed to a Brexit extension that will allow the U.K. to delay its EU departure date until Halloween. Leaders of the 27 remaining EU member states met for more than six hours before agreeing after midnight to postpone Brexit until Oct. 31. European Council President Donald…
The space was tiny and hot. On a fateful day last summer, Katie Bouman and three fellow researchers filed into a small room at Harvard University, safe from prying eyes, in order to see an image that had been years in the making. Researchers from all over the world had combined forces to gather masses…
Family, friends, fans and community members said goodbye to Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles with a memorial procession through the city. The rapper and entrepreneur was killed in front of his Marathon Clothing store in March.
Nipsey Hussle’s girlfriend Lauren London has paid tribute to the rapper at his memorial service. The 33-year-old was fatally shot outside his Los Angeles clothing store on 31 March.
Image copyright Reuters Image caption One of the last photos taken by Beresheet of the moon’s surface before it crashed The first privately funded mission to the Moon has crashed on the lunar surface after the apparent failure of its main engine.The Israeli spacecraft – called Beresheet – attempted a soft landing, but suffered technical…
Image copyright Alex Wong/Getty Images A former Obama White House counsel has been charged by a grand jury with lying to officials and concealing information about his lobbying efforts in Ukraine.The case against Gregory Craig, 74, arose from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.His lobbying was allegedly linked…
Image copyright EPA Image caption Anti-government protesters continued to throng the streets of Khartoum Large crowds have remained on the streets of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, ignoring a night-time curfew declared by the country’s new military council.Long-time President Omar al-Bashir was overthrown and arrested on Thursday after months of street protests.But demonstrators say the military…
Image copyright Getty Images The arrest and expected extradition of Julian Assange has set into motion what could prove to be the most important free speech and free press case in our history. Or not. Assange has been charged with a single count of participating in the hacking of intelligence computers with Chelsea Manning to…
Image copyright Getty Images Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps.News site Bloomberg highlighted the topic after speaking to Amazon staff who “reviewed” Alexa recordings.All three companies say voice recordings are occasionally reviewed to improve speech recognition. But the reaction to…
