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The end of Bakhmut
Asiatimes 16 May 2023
Ukraine is close to retreating from Bakhmut. This could happen anytime now, but it has to happen fast enough before exit routes are closed down. Predictions of a timetable vary, but the Ukrainians should evacuate Bakhmut no later than the weekend, provided they can ... These will be hard to hold ... Image. screengrab / YouTube ... The big question is ... Photo ... ....
photo: AP / Fatima Shbair
Palestinians killed since the beginning of 2023 three times as same period last year
The New Arab 17 May 2023
The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of 2023 has reached 151, said the Palestinian health ministry in a press release on Monday. According to the ministry, 33 of the Palestinians killed in the current year were killed by the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which ended with a cease-fire on Sunday ... ....
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Why South Korean women don’t date, marry or birth
Asiatimes 16 May 2023
South Korea finds itself embroiled in an all-out gender war – and it keeps getting worse. The animosity between Korean men and women has reached a point where some women are outright refusing to date, marry and have kids with men – a phenomenon known as the 4B movement ... The article was about racial politics and the masculine ideals ... Photo ... Photo ... ....
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
North Korea leader approves plan for launching 1st military spy satellite
Anadolu Agency 17 May 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has approved the plan to launch the country's first military spy satellite and vowed to exercise just right to self-defense to defend his country, the state-run media said on Wednesday ... *Writing by Islamuddin Sajid .
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France's Sarkozy loses corruption appeal, must wear electronic tag
Gulf News 17 May 2023
Paris. French former president Nicolas Sarkozy lost his appeal against a 2021 conviction for corruption and influence peddling at the Paris Court of Appeals on Wednesday. The court upheld a three-year prison sentence ... read more ... .
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ChatGPT boss tells US legislators regulation ‘critical’ for AI
Al Jazeera 17 May 2023
Sam Altman, the chief executive of ChatGPT’s OpenAI, has told legislators in the United States that government regulation of artificial intelligence is “critical” because of the potential risks it poses to humanity ... “If this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong,” Altman, who has become the global face of AI, told the hearing ... .
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Global warming set to break key 1.5C limit for first time
BBC News 17 May 2023photo: AP / Leo Correa
UN: Africa’s Sahel desperately needs help to fight violent extremism and stop its spread
Wtop 17 May 2023
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Africa’s Sahel region has become a hot spot for violent extremism, but the joint force set up in 2014 to combat groups linked to the Islamic State, al-Qaida and others has failed to stop their inroads, and a senior U.N ... Assistant Secretary-General for Africa Martha Pobee told a U.N. Security Council meeting ... U.N ... The U.S ... Source .
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CEO of OpenAI calls for US to regulate artificial intelligence
Joy Online 17 May 2023
The creator of advanced chatbot ChatGPT has called on US lawmakers to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, testified before a US Senate committee on Tuesday about the possibilities – and pitfalls – of the new technology ... Watch ... “There will be an impact on jobs ... .
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Four people killed in attack on US diplomatic convoy in Nigeria
The Guardian 16 May 2023photo: AP / Scott Garfitt/Invision
Johnny Depp marks celebrity comeback with Cannes opening
The Daily Herald 17 May 2023
CANNES--Johnny Depp seemed back in full celebrity mode on Tuesday, signing autographs and taking pictures with fans before the premiere of the Cannes Film Festival's opening film "Jeanne du Barry," which marks the actor's first major role since his high-profile defamation trial ... Reilly making their way across the red carpet ... .
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China brands Liz Truss’s trip to Taiwan a ‘dangerous political stunt’
The Guardian 16 May 2023
He also promised to close all 30 of the UK’s Confucius Institutes, which promote Chinese culture on campus in higher education and in some British schools ....
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Elizabeth Holmes puts off starting prison sentence yet again
The Independent 17 May 2023
The former Theranos CEO has filed another appeal of her conviction .
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The EU should start planning now for Russia after Putin
The Guardian 16 May 2023
Alexander Clarkson is a lecturer in German and European Studies in King’s College London.
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Europe's Weakest Border? Smuggling Between Suriname and French Guiana
InSight Crime 16 May 2023
Stuart Codrington favors the direct approach. Within five minutes of our interview starting, the Surinamese border control officer grabs his gun, shoves it in his pocket, and takes us out of his tiny, air-conditioned office into the afternoon heat. Soon, we are trundling along a badly maintained road in his white pickup ... The youth look defeated ... Photo.