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AI actress Tilly Norwood. Photo: X

Meet Tilly Norwood: the AI 'actress' Hollywood unions are condemning

The Hollywood buzz around Tilly Norwood, introduced on Saturday at a film industry conference in Zurich, and the union's scathing reaction to it reflected the dread many in the creative...

US President Donald Trump speaks about his memorandum on the implementation of the death penalty in Washington DC, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 25 September, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US federal government shuts down amid funding standstill

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau speaks during Global Refugee Asylum System meeting, in New York City, US, September 25, 2025. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/Pool via REUTERS

US to allow South Koreans to work at sites under temp visas but clear solution elusive

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks to senior military leaders at Marine Corps Base Quantico. Photo: Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

Hegseth slams 'fat generals,' Trump touts cities as troop ‘training grounds’

A visitor walks past the White House and a new flag pole installed on the North Lawn in Washington, DC, US, June 19, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File photo

Explainer: What would stay open, what would close if the US Government shuts down

US President Donald Trump sits the Oval Office to sign an executive order on AI and pediatric cancer research, at the White House, Washington, DC, US, September 30, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

US government lurches toward shutdown, Trump threatens fresh cuts

United States Department of State logo and US flag are seen in this illustration created on April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US puts Brazil, South Africa on human trafficking watch list

US and Iran flags are seen in this illustration created on June 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

US deports planeload of Iranians after deal with Tehran: NYT

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media during a press conference in New York City, US,September 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Mamdani seen holding lead over Cuomo in New York City mayoral race: analysts

Trump and Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump says Netanyahu agreed to US-sponsored Gaza peace proposal

A firefighter vehicle is seen in Bagram US air base, after American troops vacated it, in Parwan province, Afghanistan 5 July 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Explainer: Why Trump is demanding Taliban to hand back Afghanistan’s Bagram airbase years after agreeing to leave it

A Tomahawk land attack missile (TLAM) is launched from the US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Gravely against what the USmilitary describe as Houthi military targets in Yemen, February 3, 2024. Photo: US Central Command/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Vance says US considering Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine

US President Donald Trump welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the entrance of the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 7, 2025. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Trump to push proposal for elusive Gaza peace in Netanyahu talks