Two men toting long guns opened fire on hundreds of people who were celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi Beach in Sydney, the core of the Australian city’s Jewish community.
Woman who fled rape and torture in DRC wins UK citizenship case after Home Office U-turn
Victory thought to be first under new policy that normally refuses applicants such as refugees who entered illegallyA woman who fled rape and torture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 18 years ago and was denied British citizenship because she en…
Ahmed el Ahmed, Who Tackled One of the Bondi Beach Gunmen, Is Recovering in Hospital
Mr. el Ahmed’s bravery in disarming one of the gunmen was praised by Australian officials and a video of his actions went viral worldwide. He is recovering in a hospital.
Hong Kong Fire: Dissent and Alarm under the National Security Law
Hong Kong’s political dormancy looks increasingly brittle: one undeniable governance failure is all it takes for the embers of civic consciousness to flare up again.
AI drug discovery startup Chai Discovery raised a $130M Series B led by Oak HC/FT and General Catalyst at a $1.3B valuation, taking its total funding to $225M (Caroline Hyde/Bloomberg)
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AI drug discovery startup Chai Discovery raised a $130M Series B led by Oak HC/FT and General Catalyst at a $1.3B valuation, taking its total funding to $225M — Chai Discovery, an artificial intelligence d…
Zelensky in Berlin as Ukraine weighs NATO compromise and EU funding fight
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is using talks in Berlin to rally European backing, shape US-led peace efforts and test whether Kyiv could trade its NATO ambitions for binding security guarantees. This comes as disagreements over territory, fun…
British forces recruitment rises as intake overtakes outflow
UK Armed Forces recruitment has overtaken personnel outflow for the first time in almost four years, with recruitment rising 13%.
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Against the Federal Moratorium on State-Level Regulation of AI
Cast your mind back to May of this year: Congress was in the throes of debate over the massive budget bill. Amidst the many seismic provisions, Senator Ted Cruz dropped a ticking time bomb of tech policy: a ten-year moratorium on the ability of states to regulate artificial intelligence. To many, this was catastrophic. The few massive AI companies seem to be swallowing our economy whole: their energy demands are overriding household needs, their data demands are overriding creators’ copyright, and their products are triggering mass unemployment as well as new types of clinical …
Gang using helicopters to smuggle drugs busted in Spain
Police seized one of the helicopters, 1,448 pounds of hashish, five firearms, cash and vehicles during raids.
European defense stocks slide as Zelenskyy ditches Ukraine NATO membership bid
Defense companies sold off Monday after Kyiv offered to drop its NATO ambitions during negotiations in Berlin.