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1. Backstreet Boys return to Canada for one city only on their 2027 stadium tour  Daily Hive
2. Rogers Brings Backstreet Boys to Canada  Rogers
3. Backstreet Boys to perform four-day residency in Toronto as only 2027 North American stop  NOW Toronto
4. Backstreet's back... and bringing larger than life Into the Millennium shows to Toronto  CBC
5. Backstreet Boys returning to Toronto as only stadium stop on North American tour  blogTO

1. Backstreet Boys return to Canada for one city only on their 2027 stadium tour  Daily Hive
2. Rogers Brings Backstreet Boys to Canada  Rogers
3. Backstreet Boys to perform four-day residency in Toronto as only 2027 North American stop  NOW Toronto
4. Backstreet's back... and bringing larger than life Into the Millennium shows to Toronto  CBC
5. Backstreet Boys returning to Toronto as only stadium stop on North American tour  blogTO

Saskatchewan’s Crown investments minister stood Thursday in front of a skeleton of steel beams to tout progress on an artificial intelligence mega facility.

Some 9,000 more U.S. forces head for the Middle East as Trump vows the war will end "right after the election," if not sooner.

President Trump is hitting the campaign trail ahead of the November midterms, but his first few stops are in places where Republicans are usually secure with voter support. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe reports.

1. N.B. newborns can now get vaccine for free  Telegraph-Journal
2. New Brunswick to provide free RSV vaccines for newborns  CBC
3. New Brunswick offering free RSV immunization for newborns  CTV News
4. Province to pay $3.8M to provide free RSV vaccines for newborns  Yahoo News Canada

1. N.B. newborns can now get vaccine for free  Telegraph-Journal
2. New Brunswick to provide free RSV vaccines for newborns  CBC
3. New Brunswick offering free RSV immunization for newborns  CTV News
4. Province to pay $3.8M to provide free RSV vaccines for newborns  Yahoo News Canada

Imagine the UK with a 20-year investment plan, with green homes and fast transport. We already have the tools to make it happen

You’ve just left school. What’s your future?

I know a physics graduate making flat whites; a 30-year-old living in his childhood bedroom who feels like a failure; a lad in Blyth who turned down a job 15 miles away because there’s no bus, and for young people his age car insurance is almost £2,000 a year. Britain’s young people are our greatest resource, and we are failing them because capital markets won’t allocate investment where it is needed. Saying “hope” in a conference speech sounds warm. But people need a plan.

Jamie Driscoll is a Green party councillor on Newcastle city council and former North of Tyne mayor

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Every once in a while, a technological advance comes along that changed EVERYTHING about music.

• Burnham should also declare City hospitality, party says

• PM said he would be concerned if owners forced to sell

Andy Burnham is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners, the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), and declare all hospitality he has accepted at the Etihad Stadium.

The prime minister was widely criticised this week for saying he would be “really concerned” if ADUG were forced to sell City after being found guilty of breaching the Premier League’s financial regulations, which led to Downing Street issuing two clarifications of his position on Thursday.

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America and China do not agree on much. But when it comes to AI, we all lose if we lose control.

Last month, as the ranking member of the House Select Committee on China, I convened the first-ever congressional hearing calling for a binding, enforceable, and verifiable U.S.-China AI treaty. I also led every Democrat on the Committee in sending the White House a letter demanding global action to tackle AI risks. Within days, President Trump and General Secretary Xi announced that they would establish a bilateral dialogue on AI. This is an important first step that would not have happened without congressional pressure.

But this moment demands more than discussion. At my hearing, some of the world's leading experts on AI called for the U.S. and China to form joint technical working groups with both countries' top scientists. Their mission would be to develop mutually trusted verification technologies that prevent either side from cheating once we sign a U.S.-China AI treaty. This is an easy second step we should take today.

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Critically, we also need to begin envisioning what an actual treaty to save humanity from unchecked AI would look like. The risk that humans will lose control of AI or that misaligned models could unleash biological havoc is increasing every day, and if the world's AI superpowers do not act soon, it may be too late.

To address these risks, there are five key pillars of a U.S.-China AI treaty. First, we need a worldwide pause on recursive self-improvement. This is when AI develops AI without human intervention, and it's the most likely path to humanity losing control of this technology entirely. Asking AI to design its own safeguards is like asking the fox to guard the henhouse.

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Second, we should impose a global pause on superintelligence. As it has been traditionally defined, superintelligence is AI that exceeds human capabilities across all domains. This could unleash Pandora's box, and neither America nor China is ready for it.

Third, we must have kill switches embedded in all advanced models. While scientists disagree about the efficacy of kill switches, they would at least give us a fighting chance if rogue models decided to turn against humanity.

AI KILL SWITCH BILL COULD SHUT DOWN ROGUE MODELS

Fourth, every AI model should be tested in an air-gapped sandbox prior to release to prevent catastrophic misuse. Whether it's an American model or a Chinese model, criminals, terrorists and even misaligned AI agents shouldn't be able to unleash economically devastating cyberattacks because a frontier lab decided to release a beta version.

And fifth, but perhaps most importantly, we need to heed President Reagan's wise words and "trust, but verify." Especially with China, we cannot simply take the CCP at its word. Both governments should agree on verification technologies and inspection regimes that ensure Beijing cannot simply cheat, allowing its labs to race ahead while American labs lag behind. We will also need to build institutions that both sides in a fierce competition can trust, such as an International AI Inspection Agency.

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During the Cold War, even as America and the USSR fought fiercely, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev recognized that nuclear war would have left both nations worse off. Winning an AI war is like winning a nuclear war. It is catastrophic for civilization.

In that same spirit, even as we continue to hold China accountable for its predatory economic practices that harm American workers and its human rights abuses, both countries should be able to rally around the common cause of keeping humans in control of AI. A U.S.-China AI treaty advantages neither America nor China, but rather all of humanity. A global pandemic unleashed by rogue AI wouldn't distinguish between American and Chinese citizens, and neither government benefits if mankind ceases to call the shots.

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A verifiable U.S.-China AI treaty will not happen overnight, but if we do not begin the hard work of negotiating such an agreement soon, humanity will pay a steep price. In the meantime, in addition to forming joint technical working groups with China, we need to get our own house in order. 

For Congress, this means passing laws that prevent AI companies from putting profit over the collective fate of humanity. For American AI labs, this means investing in safety and strengthening their cybersecurity to prevent China from stealing our edge. If lax cybersecurity allows China to obtain our most advanced model weights illicitly, it not only harms our national security, but it also undermines our strongest leverage in pursuit of a U.S.-China AI treaty.

When it comes to catastrophic AI risks, it cannot be America versus China or Republicans versus Democrats. The arrival of superintelligence arguably marks a more consequential moment for our species than even the dawn of the Industrial Revolution or the development of the atomic bomb. While the former transformed society and the latter risked its very destruction, the most advanced forms of AI threaten to do both. Let's come together and keep humanity in the driver's seat.

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Refugees from third countries are being sent to Equatorial Guinea, where they are often sent back to the very countries they fled

For nearly a year, the Hotel Bamy in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, has been Adam’s prison. He is confined alone to a hotel room, under constant watch by the security officers and soldiers of a notoriously oppressive regime who control his movements. Not long ago, they barged into his room, handcuffed and beat him, and warned him not to tell anyone. There is no cell to point to, no charges or formal sentence, and nothing on paper to document his plight.

Adam, 26, has chosen not to share his real name or even his country of origin out of fear for his safety. He fled indefinite, forced military conscription in his home country after enduring abuse during his military service.

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CBS News' Camilo Montoya-Galvez speaks with White House border czar Tom Homan about ICE tactics, body cameras, the killing of Renee Good, Republican criticisms of ICE and more.

In just over two weeks, Albertans will go to the polls in an Oct. 19 referendum on whether to stay in Canada or launch a second, binding referendum on separating.

1. Michael Bublé, Jann Arden among musicians to perform at tribute concert for k.d. lang  The Globe and Mail
2. Alberta-born k.d. lang says people should listen to each other, doesn't have strong stance on separatism  CTV News

Michael Bublé, Jann Arden among musicians to perform at tribute concert for k.d. lang  The Globe and Mail

Miranda Lambert and Ella Langley teamed up for a new song generating lots of attention.

As OutKick readers know, Langley has become the most recognizable female face in country music, and there's no close second. She's dominating absolutely every part of the industry.

Lambert is a legend in her own right, and has been a major figure in the country music world for more than 20 years.

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Now, they're combining their skills with a new track.

Lambert and Langley released their new song "Snakeskin Boots" for fans early Friday morning, and it's already creating plenty of buzz.

The song has the vibe of an old Western gunslinger film about people on the run, and it's simply a lot of fun.

Give it a listen below, and let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

People were quick with reactions in the comments section on YouTube. One fan wrote, "You two sound great together, hope to hear more."

Another commented, "Sounds like an outlaw song to me! Love it!"

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A third added, "The Dynamic Duo!! This is amazing!!"

It's always going to be a good time whenever two major country stars team up, and that's exactly what happened with "Snakeskin Boots." Let me know your thoughts at David.Hookstead@outkick.com.

Burning of a Ebola-hit transit camp sends 19,000 fleeing, illustrating the difficulties of controlling epidemic.

Documents from Cornell University's Title IX investigation are emerging, and they paint a clearer picture of what Jane Doe described about the night she spent inside the Chi Phi fraternity house, where she was allegedly sexually assaulted by several men. CBS News' Tom Hanson reports.

The water off Thailand's Ko Lan island has turned a vibrant shade of green thanks to a plankton bloom.