‘Work, food, freedom’: Afghan women protest beauty parlour ban
Security forces break up Kabul protest by dozens of women agaisnt a ban on beauty salons.
Day: July 19, 2023
Inflation relief means Rishi Sunak’s targets no longer seem so hard to hit
Annual rate is still four times the government’s objective but is below level expected by financial marketsUK inflation falls to 7.9%Q&A: how high inflation affects everyone from borrowers to saversRishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt will be breathing a bi…
Wagner group chief being kept alive by Putin for one reason, says expert
Yevgeny Prigozhin is believed to be in Belarus, with a clip shared via his Telegram channel appearing to feature him addressing mercenaries there.
Russia formally warns ships, flag states to steer clear of Ukraine
Vessels approaching war-torn country will be considered potential military targets, Moscow declares
Expert: Iraqis refuse to pay their energy debt to Iran by shifting blame onto US
Iranian foreign policy expert Seyyed Ali Hosseini says Iraqi officials are deliberately dragging their feet on the payment of their energy debt to Iran through hampering a mechanism that’s been created for this purpose.
Climate-resilient women: Seaweed farmers feed families and futures
In the face of climate change, women seaweed farmers in the Philippines are cultivating a lucrative alternative crop. Seaweed farming is the world’s fastest-growing form of aquaculture and the Philippines is the fourth largest producer globally.
Mr. Rakesh Pal appointed as 25th Director General of Indian Coast Guard
New Delhi, July 19. Mr. Rakesh Pal has been appointed as the 25th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). He is an alumnus of the Indian Naval Academy and joined Indian Coast Guard in January 1989. He has undergone professional specialisation…
Kenya police fire tear gas at anti-govt protesters
Kenyan police on Wednesday fired tear gas at protesters who took to the streets in defiance of a government warning.
Unstructured.io, which offers a service to extract and stage enterprise data in a way that LLMs can understand, raised $25M across a Series A and seed (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Unstructured.io, which offers a service to extract and stage enterprise data in a way that LLMs can understand, raised $25M across a Series A and seed — Large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s GPT-4 …