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Did a computer write this? Book industry grapples with AI
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» FRANKFURT, Germany - From low-quality computer-written books flooding the market to potential copyright violations, publishing is the latest industry to feel the threat from rapid developments in artificial intelligence.
Russia vetoes UN resolution on Mali sanctions
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - Russia on Wednesday vetoed an attempt to keep inside military-run Mali a team of United Nations (UN) experts who had charged that foreign forces -- a veiled reference to Moscow-linked Wagner mercenaries -- were involved in widespread abuses.
Robots tell UN conference: ‘We could run the world’
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» GENEVA: A panel of AI-enabled humanoid robots took the microphone on Friday at a United Nations conference with the message: they could eventually run the world better than humans.
Thunberg: Davos elite 'fuelling destruction of planet'
AFP, Published on 19/01/2023
» DAVOS, Switzerland: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg slammed business and political leaders attending the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, saying it was "absurd" to listen to them while they fuelled "the destruction of the planet".
Germany resorts to coal amid Russia gas supply cuts
AFP, Published on 19/06/2022
» BERLIN - Germany announced emergency measures on Sunday to ensure its energy needs after a drop in Russian gas supplies, including reverting to coal in what it called a "bitter but indispensable" step.
Watergate: A scandal for the ages that could yet be eclipsed
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Fifty years since it ignited Washington, the Watergate affair remains a cautionary tale on the threat of untrammeled presidential power and the yardstick against which all other political scandals are judged.
US panel recommends Covid vaccines for youngest children
AFP, Published on 16/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - A panel of experts convened by the US Food and Drug Administration unanimously recommended Covid-19 vaccines Wednesday for children under five, the final age group awaiting immunization in most countries.
'Transmitting violence': Livestream video's dark side
AFP, Published on 19/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: A gunman's livestream of a mass killing in New York state was taken down in a matter of minutes -- but even that was not fast enough to prevent those images from becoming effectively impossible to erase from the internet.
Asean summit begins without Myanmar, junta leader snubbed
AFP, Published on 26/10/2021
» BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei: Southeast Asian leaders began an Asean summit on Tuesday but Myanmar refused to send a representative after being angered by the bloc's decision to exclude the country's junta chief.
Myanmar in spotlight at summit, with junta chief barred
AFP, Published on 26/10/2021
» BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Coup-hit Myanmar's bloody crisis will take centre stage at a Southeast Asian summit Tuesday that the country's junta chief has been barred from attending, as international pressure mounts on the military regime.