By Ruma Paul, Jennifer Rigby, Sam Jahan and Zia Chowdhury SYLHET, Bangladesh, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Bangladesh is battling to contain the world’s worst measles outbreak, a crisis exacerbated by weak data, inadequate outreach and vaccination gaps that experts say offers a warning to other…
By Field Level Media Oct 17 (Field Level Media) – CLEVELAND — The first pitch of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series between the Tampa Bay Rays and host Cleveland Guardians was delayed by rain Friday. All signs pointed to Major League Baseball…
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Anthropic is offering Blackstone a yield of more than 10% to finance its latest chip deal, the Financial Times reported on Friday. Blackstone funds would invest $9 billion in the debt backed by Anthropic’s five-year lease payments on the chips, the…
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Experts are divided over whether the Los Angeles Dodgers’ sweep by the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series will affect Major League Baseball’s labor talks, where owners are pushing for a salary cap that…
By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh DALTON, Georgia, Oct 16 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump made a joke about the popularity of the name Mohammad in the Muslim world as he mocked Iran’s presidency during a campaign speech on Friday. “You know, if you’re…
MEXICO CITY, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Mexican airlines will be able to launch new flights to the US from Mexico City’s two international airports after the US Department of Transportation lifted restrictions imposed over aviation disputes between the two countries, Mexico’s government said on Friday.…
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Anthropic has signed a lease with EverWind for data center capacity at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, marking the Claude maker’s first data center agreement in Canada, a company executive said on Friday. Here are some more details: • Separately, EverWind unveiled…
By David Shepardson and Doyinsola Oladipo WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Thousands of US air traffic controllers will get a 2.8% pay raise retroactive to January 1 under a deal announced by the Federal Aviation Administration and a union. • The pay raise, which was…
Oct 16 (Reuters) – Anthropic representatives have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the efforts. The bill would let the government block a model’s release…
SEOUL, Oct 17 (Reuters) – North Korea conducted an underwater test of a new torpedo weapon system on Thursday to verify technological upgrades, state news agency KCNA reported on Saturday, describing the test as a success and a significant step in the country’s naval development.…
