‘Compassion and Humanity Is the Only Way.’ An Israeli Mother on Losing Her Son in the Oct. 7 Attacks
Elana Kaminka’s son, Yannai, was killed in battle by Hamas militants. He would have turned 21 on Oct. 30.
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Joran van der Sloot killed Natalee Holloway for rejecting him. He’ll never face full American justice
For 18 years, the details of what happened to Natalee Holloway remained a mystery. Until the man who has long been suspected in her disappearance finally revealed a chilling confession. Andrea Cavallier reports
China sacks defence minister and removes ex-foreign minister from cabinet
Defence minister, Li Shangfu, sacked and ex-foreign minister Qin Gang removed from cabinetChina has removed the defence minister, Li Shangfu, and ousted ex-foreign minister Qin Gang from its cabinet, according to state media, in a major reshuffle of to…
France proposes widening anti-Islamic State coalition to fight Hamas
Emmanuel Macron visits Israel and emphasises ‘common enemy’ in terrorism Israel and Hamas at war – live updatesThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has proposed widening the international coalition against Islamic State to fight the Palestinian milit…
Georgian military group ‘ready’ to send squads to Israel to fight ‘Russia’ in Gaza
EXCLUSIVE: The Georgian Legion leader claimed that Russia is operating covertly in the region in order to distract attention from the war in Ukraine.
California and dozens of other US states sue Meta in federal court over claims Facebook and Instagram exploit youths for profit and feed them harmful content (Madlin Mekelburg/Bloomberg)
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California and dozens of other US states sue Meta in federal court over claims Facebook and Instagram exploit youths for profit and feed them harmful content — The suit, filed in federal court in Califo…
A paper from Geoffrey Hinton and other experts warns of AI systems’ worrying capabilities and says 33% of companies’ AI R&D budgets should go to managing risks (Matt Marshall/VentureBeat)
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A paper from Geoffrey Hinton and other experts warns of AI systems’ worrying capabilities and says 33% of companies’ AI R&D budgets should go to managing risks — Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, tw…
NZ town tormented by Celine Dion ‘music battles’
Porirua residents launch a petition to stop fans blasting Dion ballads from their cars at 2am.
Former inspector says Ofsted statement that most England state schools are good is ‘nonsense’
Sir Michael Wilshaw says Ofsted’s headline judgments ‘provide parents with false comfort’The former chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw has poured scorn on Ofsted’s judgment that almost nine out of 10 state schools in England are “good”, des…
EU must cut carbon emissions three times quicker to meet targets, report says
Climate commissioner says pace of reductions needs to speed up in buildings, transport and agriculture to meet 55% target by 2030The EU must cut greenhouse gas pollution almost three times more quickly than it has over the past decade to meet its clima…