The U.S. unsealed an indictment last week that charged 94-year-old Raúl Castro, the former Cuban president, with murder as Washington intensified its pressure campaign against Havana over, in part, national security concerns that the island has been sharing intelligence with Russia and China.
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JPMORGAN WILL HIRE MORE AI SPECIALISTS, FEWER BANKERS
JPMorgan Chase, the richest U.S. bank by assets, will switch its hiring to emphasize AI specialists and reduce the number of traditional bankers it brings aboard, CEO James Dimon told Bloomberg.
SPOTLIGHT: THE IRAN WAR’S ECONOMIC FALLOUT
The Iran War will reduce real labor income by 1.1 percent this year and 3 percent in 2027, which is equivalent to abolishing 14 million jobs this year and 43 million next year, the United Nations’ International Labor Organization (ILO) is forecasting.
ISRAEL CARRIES OUT FRESH NEW STRIKES ON LEBANON AFTER DEADLY WEEKEND
The IDF on Monday carried out new airstrikes across southern Lebanon and issued new evacuation orders following another deadly weekend as the U.S. and Iran tried to reach a peace deal that Tehran has insisted ends the fighting on all fronts.
TRUMP REJECTS FACT THAT IRAN WAR IS DEEPLY UNPOPULAR IN U.S., SAYS IT IS VERY POPULAR
President Donald Trump rejected polls that say that the Iran War is unpopular in the United States and said he had no other choice but to attack because Tehran could not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, because it would mean a “nuclear holocaust.”
AI IS FLOODING COURTS WITH DIY LAWSUITS
People with legal grievances but without enough money to hire a lawyer are filing lawsuits anyway, thanks to their pro bono attorney: artificial intelligence.
CHATGPT IS INFLATING COLLEGE GRADES
Since ChatGPT made its debut, the number of “A” grades college teachers have given in courses on writing and coding – subjects where AI makes its greatest impact – has grown much more than in classes where AI can make less of a difference, according to research from the University of California Berkeley.
CHINA LEADS WEST IN AI VIDEO GENERATION
Western AI labs such as Anthropic and OpenAI lead the world in large language model AIs and coding apps, but ByteDance, Kuaishou, and other Chinese companies are turning out video-generating apps that outperform any made in the West in quality and usefulness, those in the industry told the Financial Times.
OPENAI BUYS VOICE-CLONING STARTUP
OpenAI acquired weights.gg, a small startup that offers voice-cloning tools. The companies did not disclose the price or terms of the deal.
DEEPSEEK DESIGNS NEW AI TO RUN ON CHINESE CHIPS
In a significant advance for China’s semiconductor industry, AI lab DeepSeek has designed its newest model to use inference chips made by Huawei, the country’s primary chip producer.









