
‘We know that Mark Carney wants to sort of embrace Europe,’ says competition director Martin Green Canada is welcome to join Eurovision if it wishes, its director has said, months after the country revealed it wanted to “explore” joining the song contest in its federal budget. Eurovision director Martin Green told the BBC on Wednesday that Canada hadn’t yet applied, but would be welcome to. Continue reading...

Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills after their game in Kansas City, Mo., in 2022.

Ping Ping in Chengdu, China in May 2026.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Cuba to "personally deliver President Trump's message" to Cuban leaders that the United States is ready to engage in discussions on economic and security issues.

Ahead of the crucial talks, security has been heightened in Beijing, with the US president set to meet Xi at the Great Hall of the People The Trump-Xi summit will span two days . It was originally scheduled for late March or early April but was delayed due to the Iran war. Now that Trump is in China, here are some of the hazards the US president faces. Continue reading...
NBC News · Oct 8
In the latest round of panda diplomacy playing out between the U.S. and China, NBC News’ Janis Mackey Frayer got exclusive access to the two pandas getting ready for their upcoming journey to Zoo Atlanta in America.
NBC News · Oct 8
China’s leader gave President Trump a lavish welcome in Tiananmen Square as the superpower summit began. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas that key topics included Iran, Taiwan and trade deals.

Guardian - World · Oct 8
A 2023 supreme court decision banned the use of affirmative action in college admissions The justice department on Thursday accused Yale University of illegally considering race in admissions to its medical school – the second institution to face discrimination allegations by the federal agency this month. In a letter to a lawyer for Yale, Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights, said a justice department investigation found that Black and Hispanic students have a much highe

Guardian - World · Oct 8
Jury set to deliberate and return a verdict on whether they believe AI firm and Altman are liable in case Closing arguments began on Thursday in Elon Musk ’s lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI , bringing the weeks-long courtroom battle between the two tech moguls nearer to a decision. A nine-person jury is set to deliberate and return a verdict on whether they believe the AI firm and Altman are liable in the case. The trial, which began last month in an Oakland, California, federal courthouse