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Serena Williams has added another stop to her comeback tour: the Berlin Tennis Open. Just a day after announcing her return to professional tennis, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has been added to the 16-team doubles field at Germany’s WTA 500 event. “Every tournament I add to my schedule right now feels special, and Berlin is no exception,” Williams said in a statement shared by the event on Tuesday. “I’m excited to compete in front of the German fans and continue building momentum throughout the grass-court season.” Williams is set to play in the doubles tournament at the HSBC…

Anthropic is proposing that the world’s top artificial intelligence companies come up with a coordinated way to pause development of advanced AI systems, warning that the technology is improving so quickly that there’s a risk humans would lose control.The company behind the Claude chatbot said in a blog post on Thursday that, as cutting-edge AI gets increasingly faster at carrying out tasks, “it would be good for the world to have the option to slow or temporarily pause” its development.Anthropic said its internal research institute plans to explore the issue in collaboration with others and “take actions” to help build the…

Alexis Goldstein has a simple pitch to American voters. Let her take out the data centers.  There’s more to it, of course. Goldstein has a long background in the finance and tech worlds, and a host of ideas on where public money that’s being used for tax breaks to Big tech should be spent. But the core of her campaign for Maryland’s 6th congressional district revolves around the clear image of a humming, reeking building soaking up cash in a needy community, hoarding its wealth in bytes of zeroes and ones. The district is currently represented by April McClain Delaney,…

  3m ago Lebanese prime minister says Hezbollah-Israel fighting «is not our war» Lebanon’s prime minister said the ongoing fighting between Hezbollah and Israel is a war «that is not being fought for our sake, but on our land and at the expense of our people.»Addressing a humanitarian appeal conference in Beirut, Nawaf Salam criticized Iran, which backs Hezbollah, saying it is using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the U.S.»Have mercy on our south and stop treating it and its people as merely a card to improve the terms of your negotiations,» Salam said in a speech.He…

When most people think about Friday the 13th as a franchise, Jason and the hockey mask come to mind. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing. The creators unknowingly struck gold when giving their brutish killer a goalie mask, creating one of the most iconic horror villains of all time. But it didn’t start that way. Not for Jason. The original 1980 Friday the 13th is a rare example of an original film overshadowed by its more iconic sequels. When listing franchise rankings, people generally won’t put the original Friday the 13th at the top of their lists. Far from its…

BUCHAREST, Romania — A maritime drone that is being used in the war in neighboring Ukraine exploded Friday at a Black Sea port in Romania but did not cause any casualties, the Defense Ministry said.It said the drone self-detonated in the port of Constanta at around 10:30 a.m., and that the area had already been secured and isolated by the Romanian Intelligence Service, coast guard and the Defense Ministry. The drone was not part of the Romanian army’s equipment and was not involved in the recent exercises in the Black Sea area, the ministry said. The area was evacuated, authorities…

Jun 4, 2026; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Kansas City Royals third baseman Nick Loftin (12) scores a run against Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Andrew Morris (78) during the second inning at Target Field. Mandatory Credit: Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images Pinch hitter Josh Rojas ripped a tiebreaking two-run single up the middle in the top of the ninth inning, and the Kansas City Royals held on for an 8-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in Minneapolis. Carter Jensen hit a two-run double for Kansas City in the opener of a four-game series. Michael Massey finished 2-for-4 with a solo home run.…

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi declined to answer questions about President Donald Trump’s role in the Justice Department’s release of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, invoking privilege during her interview with the House Oversight Committee.Bondi declined to answer if Trump directed her or any DOJ officials to take actions related to the files — though she acknowledged that he ordered an investigation into prominent Democrats — and refused to address reports that she informed Trump that his name appeared multiple times in the files in May, before Congress passed a law requiring their release last November.»I won’t discuss…

A pedestrian walks past an Indian rupee symbol installation outside the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) building in Mumbai on May 17, 2026. Punit Paranjpe | Afp | Getty ImagesIndia’s central bank on Friday held interest rates at 5.25% at a time when surging global energy costs have hammered its currency, while the Iran war risks accelerating inflation.The Reserve Bank of India was widely expected to keep rates steady, as per economists polled by both Reuters and CNBC. RBI raised its inflation projection for the financial year ending March 2027 by 50 basis points to 5.1%, while tempering the economy’s…