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The Church of England will begin exploring the possibility of using gender-neutral terminology to refer to God, officials for the religious institution said Wednesday.

A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has identified antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the rise of "superbugs" as major threats to humanity.

Oscar pundits were surprised when The Woman King was blanked at this year's Academy Awards, and the film's director is now speaking out. 

New Zealand police have seized over three tons of cocaine wrapped into 81 bales floating in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, "in the single largest drug bust in the nation's history," The Washington Post reports. 

Madonna is speaking out against "ageism and misogyny" in response to comments mocking her appearance at the Grammy Awards. 

Microsoft on Tuesday gave a smattering of tech reporters a first look at its new Bing search engine fused with artificially intelligent chatbot technology from ChatGPT creator OpenAI. Thanks to this partnership between OpenAI and Microsoft, one of its biggest investors, "searching the web is about to turn into chatting with the web," Geoffrey Fowler explains at The Washington Post. "Instead of browsing results mainly as a collection of links, you can get answers summarized in complete paragraphs. Читать дальше...

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HBO's The Last of Us is a largely faithful adaptation of the hit video game. But that's not to say there haven't been major changes made to the source material along the way. Here are the most significant ways the series has deviated from and built upon the game — and why: 

Tensions are escalating between the United States and China over the fate of a suspected Chinese spy balloon that wafted through U.S. airspace before a fighter jet shot it down off the coast of the Carolinas on Saturday. China went from being apologetic about the balloon, which it said was a civilian weather probe that strayed off course, to expressing outrage over what it called an "overreaction" by Washington. The Biden administration says the balloon's route took it past some sensitive military sites, proving its purpose was espionage. Читать дальше...

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) didn't mince words on Tuesday night, telling reporters he thinks Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is "a sick puppy" who had no business in an aisle seat during President Biden's State of the Union address.

President Biden was heckled by several Republicans during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, after he referred to some GOP lawmakers saying they want to sunset Medicare and Social Security.

LeBron James became the NBA's all-time leading scorer on Tuesday, breaking the record of 38,387 points set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on April 5, 1984 — nine months before James was born. James broke the revered record late in the third quarter of Tuesday night game between his Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder. James needed 36 points to beat Abdul-Jabbar's record when the game started.

With the parents of Tyre Nichols sitting in the audience, President Biden discussed their son's death during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, asking lawmakers to "imagine if you lost their child at the hands of the law, imagine having to worry if your son or daughter came home from walking down the street, playing in the park, or just driving a car."

In his second State of the Union address, President Biden emphasized the importance of bipartisanship, saying, "The people sent us a clear message. Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere."

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) had what appeared to be a heated exchange ahead of President Biden's State of the Union address on Tuesday night.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has asked members of his party to remember that during Tuesday night's State of the Union address, the "mics are hot" and the "cameras are on," so they need to be on their best behavior, a person with knowledge of the matter told CNN.

The U.S. Navy has begun recovering the pieces of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina.