Russia and China seek to define global AI principles
The new Shanghai-based body unites 29 nations that want to ensure the use of artificial intelligence is safe, fair and benefits all of humanity Russia and China have joined forces … Read More
Trump accuses China of ‘election meddling’ (VIDEO)
The president has claimed US intelligence officials suppressed information about a massive breach of American voter data US President Donald Trump has delivered a primetime White House address on election security, … Read More
IOC defends Russian Olympic Committee reinstatement after EU threat – Reuters
The bloc’s members have reportedly urged Brussels to stop funding sports bodies over the readmission of Russian and Belarusian athletes The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has defended its decision to … Read More
How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands
People are rescued from a flooded neighbourhood in Accra, Ghana, on 29 June. Photograph: HOGP/Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organisation/AP View image in fullscreen People are rescued from a flooded neighbourhood … Read More
Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software
The Israel-based NSO Group produces the Pegasus hacking software allegedly used to target French and Spanish politicians among others. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters View image in fullscreen The Israel-based NSO Group … Read More
Uganda calls for travel restrictions to be lifted after last Ebola patient discharged
A health worker at the isolation centre in Mulago, Kampala, where the last Ebola patient in Uganda was treated before being discharged on Thursday. Photograph: Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters View image in fullscreen … Read More
UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’
Emergency shelter provided by the UK in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai in 2019. Bilateral support will drop 90% by 2019 as a result of foreign aid cuts. Photograph: Rein Skullerud/WFP/Rein … Read More
China beats Musk’s Neuralink to commercial brain-chip implant
The coin-sized NEO device is designed to help patients with spinal cord injuries regain hand movement Chinese surgeons have implanted a brain-computer interface in a patient with limited hand mobility, … Read More
France is building an Orwellian state in plain sight
Europe’s got talent, a very specific one – a politico-administrative dystopia. And France is once again leading the way First, a bit of recent history. In 2015, after the Maidan … Read More
Iran and the US are already fighting their next war
The latest hostilities show why military force cannot resolve the crisis. Here’s what the renewed fighting means for Hormuz and beyond Tensions are escalating again in the Persian Gulf. US … Read More