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Month: November 2023

Kosovo says it is setting up an institute to document Serbia’s crimes in the 1998-1999 war

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s prime minister said the country is setting up an institute to document Serbia’s crimes against its population in the 1998-1999 war. Albin Kurti said Wednesday the institute would document the war crimes so “the Kosovar Albanians’ tragic history suffered at the hands of criminal Serbia is more widely known.” The

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Tentative deal is close with Las Vegas hotel workers union amid strike threat, says MGM’s CEO

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The CEO of MGM Resorts International said in an earnings call that he believed contract negotiations underway Wednesday would lead to a tentative agreement with the Culinary Workers Union. Experts say a deal between the hotel workers union and the Strip’s largest employer would almost certainly

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Wins in local races will disrupt Michigan and Pennsylvania Democrats’ hold on legislative chambers

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan and Pennsylvania will emerge from the Tuesday election with House legislative chambers evenly split between Republicans and Democrats in yet another sign of how narrowly divided the two swing states have become. The change will be at least temporary after House members

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Trump appeals to South Florida’s Cuban community during rally aimed at upstaging GOP debate

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and JILL COLVIN Associated Press HIALEAH, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has appealed to South Florida’s Cuban community during a rally aimed at upstaging his 2024 Republican presidential rivals while they engaged in their third debate without him a half-hour’s drive away. Trump’s Wednesday night event was part of

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Facebook and Instagram will require political advertisers to disclose AI deepfakes

By Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — Meta, parent company of Instagram and Facebook, will require political advertisers around the world to disclose any use of artificial intelligence in their ads, starting next year, the company said Wednesday, as part of a broader move to limit so-called “deepfakes” and other digitally altered misleading content. The

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Shakespeare portrait sent to edge of space to celebrate 400 years since ‘First Folio’

By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — William Shakespeare’s influence over the world remains unwavering more than four centuries after the renowned dramatist began his career. To mark the continued resonance of the famed playwright’s words 400 years after the publication of his “First Folio” on November 8, 1623, British filmmaker Jack Jewers has sent a

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