CARACAS, Venezuela — Families of Venezuelan prisoners on Tuesday demanded the release of nearly 800 imprisoned critics, journalists and members of the opposition still detained in the South American nation. The call came after family members waited two weeks outside of prisons following the government’s announcement that it would release a “significant number” of prisoners...

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Tuesday that “there has to be some regulation” of artificial intelligence, pointing to several documented cases of suicide linked to the technology. “This year, you really saw something pretty horrific, which is these AI models became suicide coaches,” Benioff told CNBC’s Sarah Eisen on Tuesday at the World Economic Forum’s...

Emmy-winning actor Timothy Busfield will appear in court on Tuesday for a hearing to determine whether he will remain in a New Mexico jail or be released pending trial on child sex abuse charges. Busfield, 68, turned himself in last week after he was charged with one count of child abuse and two counts of...

Jonathan Josephs,Business reporterand Nick Edser,Business reporter Bloomberg via Getty Images The European Parliament is planning to suspend approval of the US tariffs deal agreed in July, according to sources close to its international trade committee. The suspension is set to be announced in Strasbourg, France on Wednesday. The move would mark another escalation in tensions...

KADUNA, Nigeria — The Nigerian police denied reports of simultaneous church attacks in northwestern Kaduna state over the weekend, even as residents shared accounts of the kidnapping in interviews on Tuesday. A state lawmaker, Usman Danlami Stingo, told The Associated Press on Monday that 177 people were abducted by an armed group on Sunday. Eleven...

LONDON — European stocks sold off on Tuesday as the specter of fresh trade tariffs lingers, hurting market sentiment. The pan-European Stoxx 600 had fallen 1.2% by 1:41 p.m. in London (8:40 a.m. ET), with all sectors and major regional bourses in negative territory. The market slump comes after Trump announced on Saturday that eight European...

“I do not understand what you are doing on Greenland.” That’s what French President Emmanuel Macron told President Donald Trump, in a private message shared online by the American leader. The message, posted overnight to Truth Social, was part of a flurry of activity as Trump insisted there was “no going back” in his campaign...

Twelve school pupils have died in South Africa after the minibus they were travelling in collided with a lorry south of the city of Johannesburg. The crash happened on Monday morning at around 07:00 local time (05:00 GMT) in Vanderbijlpark, the local education authority said. The 12 students had died at the scene, the authorities...