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Paul McCartney says he fears AI will rip off artists
LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney urged the British government not to make a change to copyright laws that he says could let artificial intelligence companies rip off artists. The government is consulting on whether to let tech firms use copyrighted material to help train artificial...
The UK says the killer of 3 girls at a dance class should never be freed. But it can't guarantee it
LONDON (AP) — The British government said Friday it has no plans to change a law barring young people from being imprisoned for life, despite widespread demands for the teenage killer of three young girls to die behind bars. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to serve at least 52...
Starmer says the killings of 3 girls must bring ‘fundamental change’ in how Britain protects people
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Tuesday that the killing of three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class must lead to “fundamental change” in how the British state protects citizens and a reckoning with new threats from violent individuals whose mix of motivations test the...
Mozambique’s ex-finance minister gets another 2.5 years behind bars in ‘tuna bonds’ corruption case
NEW YORK (AP) — Mozambique’s former finance minister has been sentenced to serve another two-and-a-half years in prison by a U.S. court for his role in the “ tuna bond ” scandal that triggered a financial crisis in the struggling African nation. Manuel Chang, 69, was...
British PM Starmer visits Auschwitz, vows to fight antisemitism ahead of security talks in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday visited the Nazi German extermination camp at Auschwitz, voicing his “sheer horror” at what he saw there, before holding talks with Poland's leaders on stepping up European defense and tightening Britain's ties with the European...
Pakistani court sentences ex-PM Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and 7 years in prison in graft case
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced the country’s already-imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife to 14 and seven years in jail after finding them guilty of corruption, officials and his lawyer said. It's yet another blow for the former...
Germany's leader says Musk's support for European far-right is 'completely unacceptable'
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Friday that Elon Musk's support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable,” adding to his previous criticism of Musk's interventions in the German election campaign. Musk has said over the past month that only the...
UK leader Starmer signs '100-year partnership' agreement with Ukraine during trip to Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a 100-year partnership agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday, part of a European show of support and promises to keep helping Ukraine endure in its nearly three-year war with Russia. The...
UK backs local inquiries into child sexual abuse gangs after Musk stoked controversy
LONDON (AP) — Britain's government said Thursday that it will support a series of local inquiries into cases of organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world's richest man Elon Musk. In a statement to lawmakers, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said...
A British lawmaker pleads guilty to assaulting a man in the street
LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker pleaded guilty Thursday to beating a man in a street during an incident captured on video. Mike Amesbury, 55, a member of Parliament who was suspended by the ruling center-left Labour Party after the Oct. 26 incident, pleaded guilty in Chester...
