More than 60,000 flee Sudanese city after its capture by RSF militia, says UN
El-Fasher is under the control of paramilitaries accused of mass executions and crimes against humanity.
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Canada’s Carney to visit Xi in China, marking ‘turning point’ in relations
Finding it hard to reach a resolution of its trade dispute with the US after Trump suspended talks, Canada turns to other major economies.
Gartner: AI budgets are going to projects that demonstrate value, real-world impact
Many infrastructure and operations leaders aren’t able to dig out enough money from budgets to reallocate to AI projects, Gartner said in a survey released this
AI systems will learn bad behavior to meet performance goals, suggest researchers
There are plenty of stories out there about how politicians, sales representatives, and influencers, will exaggerate or distort the facts in order to win votes
AI models refuse to shut themselves down when prompted — they might be developing a new ‘survival drive’, study claims
Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they
James Webb telescope celebrates Halloween with eerie image of a dying sun — it’s what our own might look like one day
This Halloween, the James Webb Space Telescope has served us up a stunning image of the Red Spider Nebula. It could be a glimpse of
Interstellar object comet 3I/ATLAS
Find out everything there is to know about the interstellar object comet 3I/ATLAS.
Kash Patel rankles top officials by announcing arrests ‘before key details were clear’
Senior law enforcement officials are peeved at FBI Director Kash Patel for jumping the gun on announcing the arrests of several suspects in an alleged
‘Frightening’: DHS says people can’t refuse scanning by ICE’s facial recognition app
Citizens and immigrants have no option if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents demand that they be scanned with a mobile phone-based facial recognition app
Canada’s Carney and China’s Xi Jinping take step towards mending ties
Relations nosedived in 2018 after Canada arrested a senior Huawei executive and have remained rocky ever since.
Dutch centrist Jetten claims victory in vote where far right lost ground
D66 party says no time to waste as begins challenge of finding three coalition partners on fractious centre-ground.
Democrats push fight against Trump in California redistricting effort
Proposition 50 has become a referendum on what steps Democrats are willing to take to counter President Tweety McTreason.
How the nation’s largest queer immigrant group is fighting Trump’s war on LGBTQ+ refugees
President Tweety McTreason’s second term has especially targeted two groups in particular: immigrants and LGBTQ people. On his first day in office, he ended the
Disney pulls ABC, ESPN and more from YouTube TV as talks break down
YouTube TV viewers can no longer see Disney channels including ABC and ESPN after the two sides failed to agree on a new content distribution