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Month: August 2023

Poland to double troops number at border with Belarus, accuses it of organizing illegal migration

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pland’s government will deploy an additional 2,000 troops to its border with Belarus, twice the number the Border Guard agency had requested, as fears of illegal migration rise. A deputy interior minister, Maciej Wasik, announced the decision in an interview Wednesday with PAP, the state news agency and accused the Belarusian

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Humidity has arrived

The dew points and humidity values are up, and will stay that way through Friday. A moisture laden air mass is moving up from the South and will linger through the week. Highs will be slightly subdued thanks to the increased moisture levels. There is a small chance of thunderstorms around the region, particularly in

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Norway considers blowing up a dam after days of heavy rain over Scandinavia cause floods

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Days of heavy rain triggered landslides and flooding in mountainous southern Norway, where authorities said Wednesday they were considering blowing up part of a dam at risk of bursting to prevent downstream communities from getting deluged. The Glåma, Norway’s longest and most voluminous river, is

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Niger’s ousted president is said to be running low on food under house arrest 2 weeks after coup

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s deposed president is running out of food and experiencing increasingly dire conditions two weeks after he was ousted in a military coup and put under house arrest, an adviser said Wednesday. President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African nation’s democratically elected leader, has been held at

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Former Pence aide Keith Kellogg, who just endorsed Trump, backed Pence’s moves on January 6

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Former Vice President Mike Pence’s national security adviser Keith Kellogg – who endorsed Donald Trump’s reelection campaign on Tuesday – urged Pence to finish certifying the 2020 election “TONIGHT” while the US Capitol was still being secured during the January 6, 2021, insurrection. Kellogg’s private comments became public when

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Pope Francis warns about AI’s dangers

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Pope Francis warned that artificial intelligence could pose a risk to society, highlighting its “disruptive possibilities and ambivalent effects” and urging those who would develop or use AI to do so responsibly. In a statement Tuesday, Francis alluded to the threat of algorithmic bias in technology and called

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Donald Trump wants his election subversion trial moved out of Washington. That won’t be easy

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his legal team face long odds in their bid to move his 2020 election conspiracy trial out of Washington. They argue the Republican former president can’t possibly get a fair trial in the overwhelmingly Democratic nation’s capital. Criminal defendants routinely

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