Glenn Kessler is the fact checker for The Washington Post. He describes what it is like to check the nation’s most notorious prevaricator. Kessler writes: In my 14 years as The Washington Post Fact Checker, nine have been devoted to dissecting and debunking claims made by Donald Trump. Indeed, no person has been fact-checked more … Read more
OpenAI is enhancing its flagship product ChatGPT with a new set of search features, intensifying its competition with Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The new option, ChatGPT Search, allows users to search for timely information within the chatbot just like on the web, providing responses with in-line attribution to news publishers and other data sources, OpenAI announced … Read more
It is evident that billionaire Jeff Bezos instructed the editorial board not to publish their endorsement of Kamala Harris. The editorial had already been written, but Bezos intervened to stop it. The directive came from Will Lewis, who Bezos had brought in from Rupert Murdoch’s conservative publishing empire. The reasons behind Bezos’s decision remain unknown … Read more
Greens leader on Trafford Council, Cllr Michael Welton, was addressing the authority’s executive during discussions on an expected deficit of £9.84m in its finances for 2024/25. It has been suggested that installing pelican crossings instead of using lollipop officers might lead to a saving of £100,000 for the authority. Sacking existing lollipop men and women … Read more
This week, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer expressed his desire to engage in discussions with Commonwealth leaders regarding current challenges, particularly climate change, rather than focusing on the past. Despite Downing Street’s insistence that the issue of reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade is not on the agenda for the upcoming summit of 56 … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the BRICS Business Forum in Moscow, Russia on October 18, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Via Reuters Russia is hosting the latest BRICS summit, welcoming its geopolitical allies and promoting its agenda to establish a “new world order” that challenges the Western powers. The BRICS group initially consisted of Brazil, Russia, … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Moldovan President Maia Sandu was on track to win the first round of Sunday’s elections, but a crucial referendum on joining the European Union remained too close to call, indicating the challenges the country will face in breaking away from Russia’s influence. Sandu secured about 42% support, the highest among a group of … Read more