Israeli Forces Appear To Withdraw From A West Bank Camp After Major Military Operation
JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank by Friday morning, after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. Overnight, Israeli armored personnel carriers...
Sergio Mendes, Grammy-Winning Brazilian Music Legend, Dies At 83
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sergio Mendes, the Grammy-winning Brazilian musician whose hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global legend, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID. He was 83. The death Thursday of the Brazilian pianist, songwriter and arranger was...
Israeli Soldiers Shoot And Kill An American Woman During A West Bank Protest, Witness Says
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers killed an American woman demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank on Friday, according to two witnesses who said she was shot while posing no threat to Israeli forces and during a moment of calm after clashes earlier...
Telegram CEO Breaks Silence Over Charges With A Promise About The Platform
PARIS (AP) — Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov promised to step up efforts to fight criminality on the messaging app, his first public comments since French authorities handed him preliminary charges for allegedly allowing the platform’s use for criminal activity. In a Telegram post...
‘Climate Crisis Is Tightening Its Grip On Us’: 2024 Declared Hottest Summer Ever
Summer 2024 sweltered to Earth’s hottest on record, making it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured, European climate service Copernicus reported Friday. And if this sounds familiar, that’s because the records the globe shattered were set...
Ukraine Gets New Foreign Minister As The War With Russia Enters Critical Phase
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament approved the appointment of a new foreign minister Thursday, two lawmakers said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to breathe fresh life into his administration with the war against Russia poised for what could be a pivotal phase. Andrii Sybiha,...
IBM Executive on Future Cybersecurity: Passkeys, Deepfakes & Quantum Computing
“The internet will be a lot safer in five years than it is today, thanks to technological advances that address common problems at scale.” This prediction by Chris Hockings, CTO of IBM Asia Pacific, might seem a bit ambitious given that AI-powered cybercrime is growing...
Australia Proposes Mandatory Guardrails for AI
The requirement to test AI models, keep humans in the loop, and give people the right to challenge automated decisions made by AI are just some of the 10 mandatory guardrails proposed by the Australian government as ways to minimise AI risk and build public...
Rights Experts Warn A Besieged West Bank Could Face The Same Fate As Gaza
Human rights experts warn that Israeli forces are increasingly using their war-like tactics from the ongoing offensive in Gaza to kill, injure and displace Palestinians in the West Bank ― a military campaign that has quickly become the deadliest operation in the settler-occupied territory in...
Four Yacht Victims Likely Died After Depleting Air Pocket In Sunken Italian Ship: Reports
Four of the seven people killed when a luxury yacht sank off Italy’s coast last month likely died after depleting a pocket of air they had found while trapped inside the submerged ship, according to several reports. Autopsies found that the victims — Morgan Stanley...
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