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Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough?
Cutting-edge AI raises fears about risks to humanity. Are tech and political leaders doing enough?
Chatbots like ChatGPT wowed with their ability to do tasks as good as or better than humans, thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence systems
2023-10-31 14:28
IShowSpeed's decision to watch KSI's boxing match ignites online excitement: 'Do I go see him or no?'
IShowSpeed's decision to watch KSI's boxing match ignites online excitement: 'Do I go see him or no?'
Famous YouTuber IShowSpeed recently went live to discuss his plans to attend KSI's boxing match in person
2023-10-07 17:58
US House to vote on expulsion of indicted Republican George Santos on Thursday
US House to vote on expulsion of indicted Republican George Santos on Thursday
WASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Thursday on whether to expel Republican George Santos, who
2023-11-29 23:46
Here Are Argentina’s Assets to Watch Before Key Primary Vote
Here Are Argentina’s Assets to Watch Before Key Primary Vote
Argentines will head to the polls in a nationwide primary election on Sunday, with traders watching closely for
2023-08-11 02:52
Cavinder twins Haley and Hanna slam journalist's 'blatantly sexist trope' following a 'misleading' interview
Cavinder twins Haley and Hanna slam journalist's 'blatantly sexist trope' following a 'misleading' interview
'The piece disregards our work ethic and dedication towards NIL and business endeavors,' Hanna and Haley Cavinder said
2023-06-15 03:28
Celebs supporting Israel in war against Hamas
Celebs supporting Israel in war against Hamas
Here are 10 celebrities who stood in solidarity with Israel after Hamas attack
2023-10-10 16:24
Russia facing ‘functional defeat’ in the Black Sea – but Kyiv allies warn they are running out of ammunition
Russia facing ‘functional defeat’ in the Black Sea – but Kyiv allies warn they are running out of ammunition
Ukraine has achieved the “functional defeat” of Vladimir Putin’s prized Black Sea fleet with intensified attacks in recent weeks, a UK defence minister has suggested – but warned that Western allies are running out of ammunition to help Kyiv repel Russia’s invasion. Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum from the Polish capital on Tuesday, James Heappey said the kneecapping of the major Russian naval force – including the recent strike on its Crimean headquarters – was “every bit as important” as Ukraine’s gains in Kharkiv last year. While “nobody can pretend otherwise” that Ukraine’s counteroffensive has progressed slowly, the UK’s armed forces minister told delegates it was “simply wrong” to suggest there has been no progress at all – with gains “every single day” after breaching Russia’s “enormous defensive belt and minefield”. But comparing Kyiv’s relatively minor gains to those achieved last year “diminishes the importance of what has happened in the Black Sea over the last couple of weeks, where a Russian submarine and a Russian ship have been put out of action, and the headquarters of the Black Sea fleet has been put out of action too”, he said. “The functional defeat of the Black Sea fleet – and I would argue that is what it is because it has been forced to disperse to ports from which it cannot have an effect on Ukraine – is an enormous credit. And [it is] every bit as important – every bit as much progress – as what was happening in the Kharkiv Oblast last year.” The Black Sea fleet, of huge symbolic value to Russia, has been an increasing target of Ukrainian drone attacks in recent weeks. Throughout the war, the fleet has been used to launch missile attacks on Ukraine and to threaten Kyiv’s vital shipped grain exports. With Russia finally pulling out of a UN-brokered grain deal in July, Kyiv has since sought to establish a new corridor hugging the coastline, through which two Marshall Islands and Cameroon-flagged vessels were said to be the latest ships to sail to the port of Odesa on Tuesday. And the UK’s Ministry of Defence said on Monday that the Black Sea fleet was “[struggling] to deal with concurrent threats”, with Russia resorting to using air power to “project force” over the area as fleet activities relocate from under-fire Sevastopol to Novorssiysk, some 322km (200 miles) east. But Mr Heappey and Nato’s most senior military official, Admiral Rob Bauer, were among those to warn that Kyiv’s allies are running out of ammunition, with the latter lamenting that “the bottom of the barrel is now visible” and urging nations to “ramp up production in a much higher tempo”. “We need large volumes,” the admiral said. “The just-in-time, just-enough economy we built together in 30 years in our liberal economies is fine for a lot of things – but not the armed forces when there is a war ongoing.” Also warning that Western stockpiles are “looking a bit thin”, Mr Heappey said: “If it’s not the time when there is a war in Europe to spend 2 per cent on defence, then when is?” Underscoring such warnings, US president Joe Biden – who is struggling to pass a package of aid for Ukraine through Congress – convened a phone call of G7 and Nato leaders on Tuesday in which he expressed determination to secure the funding, with Rishi Sunak also vowing to support Kyiv for “as long as it takes”. The comments came as Ukraine’s airforce claimed to have destroyed 29 of 31 drones launched by Russia and one cruise missile, most of them targeting the regions of Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk in the south and east, in an overnight barrage of attacks lasting three hours. With counteroffensive operations continuing in Zaporizhzhia and near Bakhmut, president Volodymyr Zelensky also visited troops and commanders in the northeast near Kupiansk, where the Ukrainian military says Russian forces have also been staging attacks. Meanwhile, a report alleged that hundreds of drunk, insubordinate and mutinous Russian soldiers have been pressed into penal units known as “Storm-Z” squads and sent to the frontlines as punishment for their behaviour. “If the commandants catch anyone with the smell of alcohol on their breath, then they immediately send them to the Storm squads,” one soldier told a Reuters investigation, which cited 13 people with knowledge of the matter, including five fighters in such units. Read More ‘Keep an eye on Crimea’: Ukraine’s costly battlefield gains ‘prelude battle to retake peninsula’ How Ukraine’s forces have surged back against Russia Putin’s ‘punishment battalions’ full of convicts and drunk recruits: ‘They’re just meat’ Elon Musk’s mockery of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky ‘unhelpful’
2023-10-04 04:49
Exclusive-Israeli bid for U.S. visa waiver hangs on Palestinian-American access test
Exclusive-Israeli bid for U.S. visa waiver hangs on Palestinian-American access test
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's bid to join the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) hinges on a month-long trial
2023-07-19 22:49
A grand jury being seated Tuesday could decide whether Trump is charged over Georgia's 2020 election
A grand jury being seated Tuesday could decide whether Trump is charged over Georgia's 2020 election
A new grand jury being seated this week in Atlanta will likely consider whether criminal charges are appropriate for former President Donald Trump or his allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia
2023-07-11 23:57
Analysis-Novatek set to oust Gazprom as Russia's top gas supplier to Europe
Analysis-Novatek set to oust Gazprom as Russia's top gas supplier to Europe
By Oksana Kobzeva and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW Increased supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia's Novatek mean
2023-07-21 14:18
Paige Spiranac: When former golfer’s mother threatened to ban her from playing the sport: ‘I learned my lesson’
Paige Spiranac: When former golfer’s mother threatened to ban her from playing the sport: ‘I learned my lesson’
Keep reading to know why Paige Spiranac's mother threatened to ban her from playing golf
2023-08-06 19:55
Hunter Valley: Ten people killed in bus crash in Australia
Hunter Valley: Ten people killed in bus crash in Australia
About 11 other people on board were injured, police say, in the crash in New South Wales.
2023-06-12 06:15