Eleven people died in a fire at a shelter in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The country’s civil protection department said another 19 people were injured in the fire, which firefighters began fighting at 3:30 a.m. local time (04:30 GMT) on Thursday. They were still trying to extinguish the fire a little more than three
Respondents were asked whether they had a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable opinion of each superpower. The research center found that in 25 of the 36 countries, more people held favorable opinions of China than the United States. It’s the first time the center, which has been tracking global sentiments toward
Dense smoke from several large wildfires raging in Canada and Minnesota is expected to blanket large swaths of the Midwest and northeastern United States this week, exposing millions of people to dangerous air pollution. Minnesota officials issued an air quality alert Tuesday through Friday for areas including the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Alexandria and Two
Meanwhile, millions of people are under heat advisories in the US cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and as far west as Buffalo, New York, which will last through Wednesday. The Northern Plains, Midwest and Northeast will be hardest hit, with temperatures in Chicago forecast to reach 97°F on Wednesday. New York could reach 100F,
Users of OpenAI’s latest encryption and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, are posting horrible accounts on social media, claiming that the model simply deleted their files, data, and even entire databases on its own, without asking first. “GPT-5.6-Sol accidentally deleted almost ALL the files on my Mac,” wrote Matt Shumer, founder and CEO of AI
Anthropic is known for its creative marketing, but the AI company may have been a bit also creative when he evoked his most recent announcement. Titled “There is hope in difficult questions,” the company’s latest ad has unsettled viewers with its strange images and fatalistic tone. The ad begins with a video of a house