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Descrease article font size Increase article font size An out-of-control wildfire has triggered an evacuation order south of Whitecourt, with officials urging residents to leave immediately. Woodlands County said the fire is burning east of Range Road 114 and south of Highway 43, including the West Ridge subdivision.All residents in the affected area have been ordered to evacuate right away. Officials are advising people to gather pets, important documents and medication, and to register at the evacuation reception centre at the Allan and Jean Millar Centre in Whitecourt.The wildfire, estimated at about 55 hectares, is located roughly 3.5 kilometres south…

Advanced Micro Devices shares continued climbing on Monday, reaching a new 52-week high as investors increasingly bet that the next phase of the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom will extend well beyond graphics processing units into server CPUs and broader data center hardware.AMD shares closed up 0.79% at $458.79 on Monday as Wall Street analysts pointed to growing demand for AI-related computing infrastructure and stronger long-term prospects for the server CPU market.The stock hit its 52-week high of $469.22 during the session.The latest optimism follows a report from GF Securities, which said AMD, Intel, and Qualcomm are positioned to benefit from…

Prosecutors have withdrawn charges against a man who had been accused of killing a 19-year-old woman and hiding her body in a fridge.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A small Pennsylvania liberal arts college is scrubbing a professor’s name from a campus building after revelations he excavated a Native American burial site and promoted racial hierarchies.Swarthmore College, located outside Philadelphia, has already removed Spencer Trotter’s name from the building formerly known as Trotter Hall, now temporarily labeled “Old Science Hall,” as it works toward a permanent replacement. The college also removed Trotter’s name from the adjacent lawn.The push to remove Trotter’s name follows a more than two-year investigation by the college, according to the school’s student newspaper, The Phoenix. The…

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter near The Bund, before U.S. trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019.Aly Song | ReutersBEIJING — The U.S. and China are rallying their East Asia ties ahead of a highly anticipated presidential summit in Beijing later this week.Trade negotiators from both countries are slated to meet in Seoul, South Korea, ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with China’s Xi Jinping, scheduled for Thursday and Friday. The packed itinerary reflects the regional dynamic at play in U.S.-China relations, with the summit being closely watched by leaders globally.Here’s the…

NewsFeedSyria has authorised banks to work with Visa and Mastercard as part of efforts to rejoin the global economy. The EU has agreed to restore fuller trade ties with Damascus, though Syria still seeks removal from the US ‘state sponsors of terrorism’ list.Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! No one would have predicted it.But you could have made a lot of money if you did.With uncharacteristic dispatch, the United States Senate unanimously voted to ban senators and staff from playing in the prediction markets.”This is a national security risk,” said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. “The very possibility that a member’s vote could be influenced by a bet is reason enough to slam the door shut.”SENATE QUIETLY BANS LAWMAKERS FROM BETTING ON PREDICTION MARKETS The Senate has unanimously voted to ban its members and staff from betting in prediction…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 11, 2026 10:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two of New Brunswick’s three biggest cities are getting new mayors. Unofficial results from Elections New Brunswick show Steve Hicks winning the mayoral race in Fredericton, and Shawn Crossman coming out on top in Moncton.Hicks, a longtime Fredericton city councillor, beat former MP Jenica Atwin in the race to replace Kate Rogers, who did not seek re-election. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. Former Moncton mayor Dawn Arnold was appointed…

OpenAI Chief Revenue Officer Denise Dresser said Monday that we’re at a “tipping point” in enterprise artificial intelligence adoption, and the startup’s new Deployment Company will help with the push to get more companies on board.”Think about the complex workflows, about how you actually build a product service, a product market, a product, and this structure of this company is going to allow us to do that at speed and scale,” Dresser told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.”OpenAI announced the new business unit on Monday, which included the acquisition of applied AI consulting firm Tomoro. The OpenAI Development Company is…

Annette Bening talks about starring in the “Yellowstone” spinoff “Dutton Ranch,” why she wanted to play her character and learning to ride a horse for the role.