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The Pentagon reportedly accessed OpenAI's AI technology via Microsoft Azure in 2023, predating an official deal and despite OpenAI's usage policy barring military use. While Microsoft states Azure OpenAI operates under its own terms, OpenAI acknowledges employee concerns and the evolving nature of its military engagement.

Elizabeth Taylor and Debbie Reynolds were best of friends until the 'Cleopatra' star had an affair with 'Singin' in the Rain' star's first husband Eddie Fisher.

Paul Thomas Anderson secured the top film prize at the 78th Directors Guild of America Awards for 'One Battle After Another,' continuing a strong awards season trend. Television categories saw wins for Amanda Marsalis in Drama Series ('The Pitt') and Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg in Comedy ('The Studio'), reinforcing their previous Emmy successes.

A Republican Party in the thrall of former President Donald Trump censured two moderate lawmakers on Friday even as his vice-president Mike Pence publicly parted ways with him and hinted at a White House challenge in 2024. The twin developments revealed fractures -- and a potential split -- in the Grand Old Party despite it being under Trump's spell -- and stranglehold -- even as Democrats face their own inner-party turmoil with two of their lawmakers more aligned with the right than with their party.

UK international trade secretary Liz Truss has hailed the export of apples from England to India, for the first time in 50 years, as a sign of the UK-India Enhanced Trade Partnership in action.

Here are the nominations for the 58th Grammy Awards that will be held on February 15, 2016.

President Joe Biden will bestow the nation's second-highest civilian award, the Presidential Citizens Medal, to Liz Cheney, Bennie Thompson, and 18 other distinguished individuals for their exemplary service. The honours come just as Donald Trump criticises them for their roles in the January 6 Capitol riot investigation.

After losing his re-election bid Democrat Joe Biden in November 2020, the Republican Trump in a bid to stay in office pressured Pence to block congressional certification of the results while presiding over the proceedings on January 6, 2021. Pence, a loyal lieutenant during the four years of Trump's tumultuous presidency, opted not to block certification.

The year-long congressional panel probing the 2021 assault on the US Capitol begins outlining its findings Thursday, promising explosive new revelations that will tie the deadly siege to Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his election defeat. It will also aim to demonstrate that the violence was part of a broader conspiracy by Trump and his inner circle to illegitimately hold on to power.

Former Vice President Mike Pence has directly rebutted Donald Trump's false claims that he somehow could have overturned the results of the 2020 election, saying that the former president was simply “wrong.” In a speech to a gathering of the conservative Federalist Society in Florida Friday, Pence addressed Trump's intensifying efforts this week to advance the false narrative that, as vice president, he had the unilateral power to prevent President Joe Biden from taking office.

At the heart of the standoff are questions about Ukraine's future: Russia has demanded guarantees that NATO will never admit the country and other ex-Soviet nations as members and that the alliance will roll back troop deployments in other former Soviet bloc countries. Some of these, like the membership pledge, are nonstarters for NATO, creating a seemingly intractable stalemate that many fear can only end in a war.

In her alphabetical primer on the everyday fears of a breast cancer patient, Madhulika Sikka offers tips on dealing with the disease. F is for fashion…

Women rejoice as size zero is out and curves are labelled the new sexy. Nupur Chaudhuri explores.

The unbreakable wall of Republican support that encouraged and enabled Donald Trump's norm-shattering presidency cracked on Wednesday.A group of 10 House Republicans joined Democrats to impeach Trump for inciting a deadly riot at the US Capitol last week. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., hasn't ruled out convicting Trump during a trial later this month, giving fellow Republicans cover if they chose that option.