Tuesday, May 30, 2023

As some Florida groups cancel Pride over new laws, others 'refuse to submit'

USA-LGBT/FLORIDA

A small-town Florida Pride organization says it will carry out its festivities as planned this summer, despite a slew of anti-LGBTQ legislation that has other organizations toning down their Pride events, or cancelling them altogether.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/florida-pride-concerns-anti-lgbtq-legislation-1.6859498?cmp=rss

Accused in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre 'shot every person he saw,' his own lawyer says

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

Robert Bowers's federal trial got underway Tuesday, more than four years after the shooting deaths of 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-trial-bowers-1.6859244?cmp=rss

Artificial intelligence poses 'risk of extinction,' tech execs and experts warn

Congress OpenAI CEO

Top artificial intelligence executives including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Tuesday joined other experts and professors in urging policymakers to see the technology as one of the most serious risks to humanity.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/artificial-intelligence-extinction-risk-1.6859118?cmp=rss

Why tensions have boiled over in Kosovo and why Novak Djokovic weighed in

KOSOVO-SERBS/VIOLENCE

Long-simmering tensions in Kosovo have recently erupted. The conflict origins have deep historical roots but also include recent developments involving licence plates and local elections. Serbian tennis legend Novak Djokovic, not known to shy away from contentious topics, has weighed in publicly.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/serbia-kosovo-tensions-1.6858964?cmp=rss

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to begin 11-year prison term today

Elizabeth Holmes Forbes Estimate

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is scheduled to report today to a federal prison in Texas, where she has been sentenced to spend the next 11 years after being convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-prison-texas-1.6858922?cmp=rss

In Turkey's earthquake-ravaged Antakya, residents wonder why city wasn't better prepared

Mehmet Sirkan Sincan

As crews continue to demolish buildings in the province of Hatay, officials are warning that the Istanbul region is due for a major earthquake.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-earthquake-hatay-antakya-risk-prepared-istanbul-1.6857401?cmp=rss