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Mamdi Doumbouya, junta leader, is declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election

CONAKRY, Guinea — Junta leader Gen. Mamdi Doumbouya was declared the winner of Guinea’s presidential election held over the weekend, according to incomplete results released late on Tuesday, the country’s first election since a 2021 coup. Doumbouya won 86.72% of the votes counted so far, according to the General Directorate of Elections. Ahead of the […]

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Trump administration halts federal child care payments to Minnesota amid fraud charges

The Trump administration said late Tuesday it was freezing child care payments to Minnesota over the reported fraud schemes that have plagued the state. Jim O’Neill, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made the announcement on X, saying three actions were taken against the “blatant fraud that appears to be rampant […]

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14 New Billionaires Who Joined the Giving Pledge in 2025

Pictured clockwise from top left: Drew Houston, Lisa Sonsini, Jim McKelvey, Bob Lurie, Glen Tullman, Noubar Afeyan, Craig Newmark, Cameron Adams. Photos:: Big Event Media, Craig Barritt, Ben Gabbe/Association of Magazine Media, Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle, Kimberly White/TechCrunch, Alex Kent, Arturo Holmes, Katie Jones/Variety for Getty Images The founders of Moderna, Canva and […]

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Syria Replaces Assad’s Face on Currency with National Symbols

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa rolled out the country’s new currency at a ceremony in Damascus on Monday. The redesigned banknotes have been redenominated, which means they have fewer zeroes in the amounts, and they no longer bear the visage of deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad, memorably condemned as a “gas-killing animal” by President Donald Trump […]

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The ascent of the AI therapist

AI therapists could flatten humanity into patterns of prediction, and so sacrifice the intimate, individualized care that is expected of traditional human therapists. “The logic of PAI leads to a future where we may all find ourselves patients in an algorithmic asylum administered by digital wardens,” Oberhaus writes. “In the algorithmic asylum there is no […]

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5 questions about the Trump-Kennedy Center artist cancellations

1. Why are musicians canceling their performances at the Kennedy Center? Multiple artists have canceled performances following the recent renaming of the venue to “The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” While some artists haven’t explicitly stated the name change as their reason, several have made clear […]