Trump and Xi meet, but hopes for AI cooperation stay slim – A propos
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump have been holding talks in the Oval Office at the White House today. President Donald Trump gave the visiting leader of communist China a personal tour of several of his favorite White House…
Hundreds of thousands expected in Paris for Pope Leo’s visit
Pope Leo XIV embarks on a four-day visit to France on Friday, with the highpoint being a giant Mass attended by more than half a million people in central Paris. For Saturday’s afternoon celebration, an altar has been built on the Place de la…
Iran sees air, land travel chaos as US sanctions bite – Business
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Priest killed and four injured in knife attack at Polish abbey
A priest has been killed and four other people injured in a knife attack in south-east Poland, officials have said. A 31-year-old Ukrainian man was arrested after the stabbings on the grounds of a Catholic abbey in the town of Jarosław. Polish President…
Macron says ‘CIA did not inform French services’ of possible Russian drone attacks
France will send troops and defence systems to Saudi Arabia to help protect the Red Sea port city of Yanbu, which is key for energy transport, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday. Macron also said a US ban on diesel exports, which the…
Netanyahu defends Israeli military actions in Middle East in UN speech
Netanyahu, who is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, launched scathing attacks on nations and leaders who have criticised him. «They accuse Israel, tiny Israel, of colonialism – some colonialism. And…
Israeli PM Netanyahu calls Gaza genocide allegations ‘biggest lie of the century’
Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century”, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran – and was not…
Italy ministers agree to ban burqa and niqab in school and cap foreigners in class
The Italian government has approved a ban on the burqa and niqab in schools, along with a limit on the share of pupils who speak little Italian in any one class. A 30% cap will be imposed on children without Italian citizenship or poor knowledge of the…
Residents in West Bank’s Masafer Yatta face Israeli demolitions – The Observers
On September 2, the Israeli army demolished the village of Khirbet a-Taban in the occupied West Bank. The village is located in Masafer Yatta, an area Israel declared a restricted military zone. Residents of the area have been reporting an increase in…
Why Australia chose the world’s biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
It’s entirely possible other governments have been the victim of rogue AI agents. Former Australian government cybersecurity adviser Alastair MacGibbon told the BBC he’d heard whispers that several others have been notified of similar recent…