## Trudeau says Trump’s threat to annex Canada ‘a real thing’

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a business gathering on Friday that US President Donald Trump’s threat to annex Canada “is a real thing,” two Canadian business leaders who were at the meeting confirmed to CNN.

Trudeau’s comments, first reported by the Toronto Star, were picked up on an open microphone when Trudeau believed the media had been escorted out.

“Mr. Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing.

In my conversations with him on…,” Trudeau said, according to audio from the Canada-US Economic Summit in Toronto shared by CBC News, before the microphone cut out.

Trudeau made the comments after delivering an opening address at the summit, and after journalists had left the room, CBC reported.

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After a call with Trump, Trudeau said Canada would be implementing its previously announced $1.3 billion border plan, as well as committing to appointing a “fentanyl czar” and listing cartels as terrorists. »

### UMass will pay student who made half-court shot $10,000 even though his foot was on line

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UMass will pay student who made half-court shot $10,000 even though his foot was on line.

He made them all, but the school said the insurance company handling the promotion declined the payout.

The Reno, Nevada, prize indemnification insurance company said it had not completed its 30-day claim verification process and no decision had been made. »

### Judge pauses Trump plan to put USAID staff on leave

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A federal judge on Friday said he would temporarily pause the Trump administration's plan to place thousands of workers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave.

Five hundred USAID workers are already on administrative leave, a lawyer for the U.S. Department of Justice said in court.

During the hearing, Nichols questioned DOJ attorney Brett Shumate about why the Trump administration needed to place 2,200 USAID workers on leave so quickly. »

### Harrison Ford points to Troy Baker's Indiana Jones for why he's not worried about AI actors: 'You don't need artificial intelligence to steal my soul'

Authored by pcgamer.com

Ford offered Baker's performance as a counterpoint to interest in AI-generated digital actors trained on human artists' past performances.

"You don’t need artificial intelligence to steal my soul.

You can already do it for nickels and dimes with good ideas and talent," Ford said in response to a question about digital likeness rights, alluding to Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and Troy Baker's performance. »

### Rocksteady is back working on a single-player Batman game, it’s claimed

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Rocksteady Studios is working on a Batman game, it’s claimed.

According to Bloomberg, as part of a report explaining what each of Warner Bros. game studios is currently working on, it’s claimed that the studio, which made its name with the Batman Arkham franchise, is going back to work on the Batman license.

Rocksteady Studios suffered layoffs earlier this year, marking the second time in recent months the company had undergone job losses. »

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