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Passenger van plunges into river in northern Pakistan, killing 11 people

Officials say a passenger van veered off a mountainous road and plunged into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 11 people and injuring three others

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Spain's Sánchez faces political test as train crash casts shadow over election

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had hoped to leverage widespread discontent over unaffordable housing when he called snap elections

Chris Van Hollen says he will run for Senate majority leader, challenging fellow Democrat Chuck Schumer – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Chris Van Hollen to challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leaderSign up for the Breaking News US emailPerhaps you saw this ad from Scott Colom, who was just elected to serve as Mississippi’s first Democratic senator since 1989:The New York Times spoke to Russ Hudson, the man who is grilling in the first part of the ad and uttered the “sheeeit” that has now become an emblem of Colom’s successful campaign. Here’s what he had to say, from the Times:The lines, he said, felt natural. He left thinking maybe a couple thousand people would see it.“I just did it like a Mississippian would,” Mr. Hudson said in an interview. Continue reading...

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Who is Colette Kress, interim Nvidia CEO after Jensen Huang exit?

Chief financial officer, reportedly disparaged by Huang during summer meeting, to take over on short-term basisThe hunt is on for a new Nvidia CEO. It comes after a whirlwind week, which saw the company head and co-founder, Jensen Huang, resign amid multiple allegations of extramarital affairs, including one that involved an alleged Chinese spy and two with company employees.Nvidia immediately named Colette Kress, the company’s chief financial officer, as the interim CEO. It’s possible she could stay on permanently, but the company could also name another candidate for the full-time role. Names that have been floated include Ian Buck, who manages Nvidia’s AI hardware and software products, and Rene Haas, a former Nvidia employee and the current CEO of Arm Holdings, a UK-based chipmaker. Continue reading...

Teen prodigy, Netflix star, prisoner: the story of Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong – podcast

Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law and journalist Danny Vincent on the sentencing of the iconic Hong Kong campaigner Joshua Wong to another 10 years in prison. Send your comments and questions to [email protected] has been leading protests since he was 14. Joshua Wong has been on the cover of Time magazine, the focus of a Netflix documentary and an icon for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.Wong has been leading the fight against a Chinese squeeze on freedoms in Hong Kong for the last 15 years. He will now spend more than 16 years in prison. Continue reading...