Dominican opposition criticizes deal with US to take third-country deportees - AP News

Dominican opposition criticizes deal with US to take third-country deportees  AP News

Toddlers among more than 50 schoolchildren kidnapped in Nigeria

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, which have devastated Mussa town in Borno state.

Cubans prepare for “invasion” as US escalates tensions with long-suffering island - CNN

Cubans prepare for “invasion” as US escalates tensions with long-suffering island  CNN

Is China becoming Europe’s top science partner amid an American brain drain?

As the United States experiences a brain drain, Europe is emerging as a key research partner for China as both benefit from an influx of young scientists from America. Rapid changes in geopolitics have brought “massive changes in the global flow of talent”, according to Patrick Cramer, the president of Germany’s Max Planck Society, a leading research body in Europe. “These are exactly the questions that I think about all day,” Cramer said during an interview in Shenzhen in April. “One trigger...

By Holly Chik

Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face judicial proceedings in US

Venezuela’s government says it has deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro to face judicial proceedings in the U.S. less than three years after the business owner was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap

By Joshua Goodman

Mistral AI's CEO says Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'

Mistral's CEO warned Europe is running out of time to avoid AI dependence on the US. Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP via Getty Images Mistral CEO said Europe has 2 years to avoid dependence on US AI infrastructure giants. Arthur Mensch warned AI dominance will hinge on control of chips, energy, and compute capacity. Europe risks becoming an AI "vassal state," Mensch told French lawmakers. Two years. That's the narrow window Europe has to build its own artificial intelligence infrastructure before bec...

Mistral AI's CEO says Europe has 2 years to stop becoming America's AI 'vassal state'

China says it will cut levies and expand farm trade after talks with U.S.

The outcome shows that both countries "can find solutions to the problems through dialog and cooperation," China's Commerce Ministry said.

Venezuelan official Alex Saab, a Maduro ally, deported to US

NRS denies blanket waivers as port agents protest delays

Nigerian port agents protest as the NRS denies blanket port demurrage waivers for delays caused by the new National Single Window system. Learn more. Read More: https://punchng.com/nrs-denies-blanket-waivers-as-port-agents-protest-delays/

By Punch Newspapers

Senior IS leader killed in joint operation, US and Nigeria say

Nigeria and the United States say they have killed a senior Islamic State (IS) leader in a joint-operation.

By David Apinga