Videos show people trapped under debris, including children, pulled to safety after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela

Videos show people trapped under debris, including children, pulled to safety after twin earthquakes hit Venezuela

Emergency workers have been desperately racing to rescue people trapped under collapsed buildings after a pair of powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela Wednesday night, leaving at least 164 people dead and nearly 1,000 injured. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Three children were among those pulled…

Read More
Oil prices return to near pre-war levels as Oman says no Strait of Hormuz “transit fees”

Oil prices return to near pre-war levels as Oman says no Strait of Hormuz “transit fees”

Oman’s Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi, speaking Thursday after meeting with fellow top diplomats from Persian Gulf nations and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, said “future arrangements concerning the Strait of Hormuz will not involve imposing any transit fees.” Al Busaidi “reiterated Oman’s support for the memorandum of understanding signed between…

Read More
Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities

Anthropic accuses Chinese rival Alibaba of illicitly extracting AI capabilities

US artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic has accused Chinese e-commerce and technology firm Alibaba of “brazenly” and “illicitly” extracting its Claude AI model’s capabilities. In a letter sent to two members of the US Congress, the San Francisco-based company said operators linked to Alibaba carried out almost 29 million exchanges with Claude using thousands of…

Read More