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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit has struck a deal with Google that allows the search giant to use posts from the online discussion site for training its artificial intelligence models and to improve services such as Google Search. The arrangement, announced Thursday and valued at roughly $60 million, will also give Reddit access to Google AI models for improving its …

BERLÍN (AP) — Cinco personas resultaron heridas en un incidente el jueves en una escuela en la ciudad alemana de Wuppertal, según la policía. Había un sospechoso detenido. El suceso ocurrió en la escuela secundaria Wilhelm Dörpfeld en el distrito de Elberfeld. La policía dijo que no se habían producido disparos, según la agencia alemana de noticias dpa, sin dar …

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AP) — The lush valley enveloping Medellin was once the heart of a brutal war involving the Colombian government, drug cartels and a smattering of other armed groups. But a sharp dip in violence in the country’s second-biggest city has attracted a flood of tourists to its vivid colors, busy cafes and booming nightlife. About 1.4 million visited …

NEW YORK (AP) — The Eagles’ manager once told their authorized biographer that his book wasn’t getting published because of friction from “a pampered rock star,” according to a recording played in court Thursday. “It’s gonna come out when God Henley says it can,” Irving Azoff said in the same years-old phone call, apparently referring to band co-founder Don Henley. …

Nvidia’s stock price jumped 16% on Thursday, increasing the company’s market value by a staggering $273 billion in just one day, a record amount. The chipmaker has been seeing soaring demand for its semiconductors, which are used to power artificial intelligence, or AI applications. The company’s revenue more than tripled in the latest quarter compared with the same period a …

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia announced on Wednesday a defense deal with Turkey that includes support for the Horn of Africa nation’s sea assets and appears aimed at deterring Ethiopia’s efforts to secure access to the sea by way of the breakaway region of Somaliland. Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland on Jan. 1. The document has rattled …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Activists want stricter regulations of short-term rentals in Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory sees a growing number of displaced renters and a spike in housing costs, the Hispanic Federation said in a report Wednesday. The number of units operating as short-term rentals in Puerto Rico jumped to more than 25,000 in 2023 from …

VILNA, Lituania (AP) — Lituania decidió el miércoles cerrar otros dos de sus seis puntos de control con Bielorrusia a partir del mes próximo, en medio de las crecientes tensiones con su vecino oriental, que es aliado de Rusia. Con esto, son cuatro los cruces fronterizos cerrados entre los dos países. Los puntos de control de Lavoriskes y Raigardas dejaran …

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man whose 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver last week became the first person charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns, just days after the new measure took effect as part of a sweeping reform of gun regulations in the state. Michael Tolbert, 44, of Flint, …

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Kateryna Dmytryk llevaba casi dos años esperando este momento, casi toda la vida de su hijo. Corrían uno al lado del otro, con Timur, de dos años, a la cabeza, mientras la nueve crujía bajo sus pies. Un hombre delgado y pálido se acercó a ellos desde el hospital militar. Artem Dmytryk no había visto a …