Mattis Praises Philippines Progress Against Militants

A newly constructed residential building in suburban Tokyo will be pulled down the month before the apartments were due to be handed over to buyers, after incensed locals complained the structure blocked their views of Mt. Fuji. The 10-story apartment building on Fujimi Street—which translates to ‘Fuji view’—in the suburb of Kunitachi is comprised of 18 housing units, which range in price from around ¥70 million to ¥100 million ($445,000 to $636,000), according to the builder Sekisui House Ltd. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The firm issued an apology on Tuesday saying the building has a “significant impact” on the landscape. “We concluded that the view from Fujimi Street should take priority.

Oops. He did it again. Weeks after apologizing for using an Italian word which roughly translates to “faggotry,” Pope Francis reportedly used the same term again in a closed-door meeting with Roman priests on Tuesday—right in the middle of Pride Month. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “There is an air of frogaccine in the Vatican,” the head of the Catholic Church said, according to Italian news agency Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata (ANSA), which cited sources present at the meeting at Salesian Pontifical University in Rome.

Helena, Mont. — The reported birth of a rare white buffalo in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times, according to members of the American Indian tribe who cautioned that it’s also a signal that more must be done to protect the earth and its animals. “The birth of this calf is both a blessing and warning.

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is searching for an actor to play the beloved Earthbender, Toph. The show, a live-action adaptation and remake of the much-loved 2005 Nickelodeon animated series, premiered on Netflix in February and was renewed for two more seasons less than a month later, after receiving relatively mixed reviews.

Elon Musk dropped a lawsuit alleging OpenAI and its chief executive officer Sam Altman breached a founding promise last year by prioritizing profits over humanity. The billionaire withdrew his complaint a day before a California judge was set to hear OpenAI’s request for dismissal. Musk had accused the company of becoming a “de facto subsidiary” of Microsoft Corp.

Two animal rights protestors vandalized the new portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at the Philip Mould Gallery in London, placing a cartoon picture over the painting. Advocates plastered posters on the original painting with a printed picture of Wallace, a popular British character from the 1989 claymation film A Grand Day Out.