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Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni during a visit to the United Kingdom in April 2023
Italian leader Meloni talks of Ukraine fatigue in call with Russian pranksters
ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke of international fatigue with the conflict in Ukraine and a lack of support for Italy in dealing with migration in a phone call with Russian pranksters, Reuters reported.A 13-minute audio of the call, which dates back to September, was released online on Wednesday by Russians Vovan and Lexus, who have duped other Western politicians and celebrities in an effort to elicit frank, unguarded remarks.Meloni’s office said in a statement it regretted that she had been deceived by an impostor posing as the head of the African Union Commission. It said the call took place on September 18 in the run-up to meetings with African leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.Asked about Russia’s war in Ukraine, Meloni, speaking in English, said:...
November 02, 2023

Italian leader Meloni talks of Ukraine fatigue in call with Russian pranksters

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Collins Dictionary picks ‘AI’ as its word of the year
LONDON — Collins Dictionary has named “AI” as its word of the year, defining it as an “abbreviation for artificial intelligence: the modelling of human mental functions by computer programs.”“Considered to be the next great technological revolution, AI has seen rapid development and has been much talked about in 2023,” the UK-based dictionary publisher said in a statement announcing its decision.While AI’s capabilities in mimicking human speech fascinated people at first, they were also the source of some anxiety, according to Collins.“If computers were suddenly experts in that most human of domains, language, what next? Cue an explosion of debate, scrutiny, and prediction, and more than enough justification for Collins’ 2023 Word of the Year: AI,” the statement...
November 02, 2023

Collins Dictionary picks ‘AI’ as its word of the year

Police officer Gennady conducts evacuation work on Monday in Avdiivka, Ukraine, — courtesy Vlada Liberova / Libkos via Getty Images
Russia hits most settlements in one day, says Kyiv
KYIV — Russia bombarded 118 Ukrainian towns and villages in 24 hours, more than on any other day this year, says Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.He said 10 of Ukraine’s 27 regions had come under attack and the onslaught had caused deaths and injuries. Many of the communities hit were near the front lines in the east and south.Russia has for weeks trained much of its military firepower on Avdiivka, a strategically significant town in the eastern region of Donetsk.“[Avdiivka] is being erased, shattered. There have been more than 40 massive shelling attacks against the territorial community in the past day,” said local leader Vitaliy Barabash.He said two civilians had been killed and warned that Russia was building up to a third wave in its offensive. Ukraine says Russia has...
November 01, 2023

Russia hits most settlements in one day, says Kyiv

A woman walks along a building whose facade is covered with Stars of David in Paris. —AFP
Antisemitic graffiti in Paris worries French leaders
PARIS — In a statement, the mayoralty of the 14th arrondissement wrote that the acts “recall the events of the 1930s”Stars of David have been found graffitied on buildings in the Paris area, in acts that political leaders have said “recall the 1930s”.Some 60 Stars of David were painted on walls in the 14th arrondissement of Paris on Monday night.France is grappling with a big rise in antisemitic incidents.More than 850 such acts have been reported in France since the Hamas attacks in Israel on 7 October, says Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.Paris authorities announced that an investigation into degradation of property aggravated by racist intent would be launched.“I am crying, because I am once again seeing the hate that we received when I was a child,” a resident of one...
October 31, 2023

Antisemitic graffiti in Paris worries French leaders

Police officers intervened at about 9 am on Tuesday
Paris police shoot woman at train station after threats
PARIS — French counter-terrorism police have shot a woman reportedly threatening passers-by in southern Paris.A police source told the BBC that they intervened at Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand train station on Tuesday after being alerted by passengers.The woman, said to be wearing a veil, reportedly threatened to blow herself up.When she refused to comply with police orders they opened fire, the source said.She is said to be critical but stable after being shot in the abdomen.The incident comes amidst heightened tension in France caused by the Israel-Hamas war.Earlier this month, a teacher was killed and two people seriously injured at a school in northern France by an attacker who reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar". In the wake of the incident, France raised its...
October 31, 2023

Paris police shoot woman at train station after threats

A person found dead in a home in the Russian-occupied town of Volnovakha in Ukraine's eastern region of Donetsk
Ukrainian family of nine shot dead in their sleep in Russian-held Donetsk
KYIV — A family of nine, including two young children, were found shot dead in their home in the Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian town of Volnovakha in a slaying that has sparked outrage in Ukraine and triggered investigations by both nations.Images from the Ukrainian Donetsk Region Prosecutor’s Office showed a horrific murder scene of multiple family members shot while in their beds, still tucked in each others arms, with blood spatters visible on the walls.Ukraine alleges the family were slain by Russian occupying forces following an argument, while Russian authorities say two Russian soldiers have been arrested over the killings.Volnovakha has been occupied by Russian forces since March 2022 following Moscow’s brutal invasion of its neighbor the month before.The Ukrainian...
October 31, 2023

Ukrainian family of nine shot dead in their sleep in Russian-held Donetsk

Princess Leonor, heir to the Spanish throne, swears of allegiance to the flag
Spain gripped by 'Leonormania' as princess turns 18
MADRID — Among the next generation of young European royals, Spain's Princess Leonor has seen her popularity soar as she turns 18.In a gesture that went viral, Spain's Princess Leonor broke protocol on 12 October.At the celebration of Spain's national day, the princess was surprised by her classmates from the military academy she had just graduated from.As the cameras rolled, one of the cadets said to the princess: "How beautiful you look, Borbón", a compliment that brought laughter from King Felipe and Queen Letizia and a smile of complicity from Leonor.In that natural and human moment, she could have been any teenager, but Leonor de Borbón has rarely been seen to break protocol.From that point on, the whole of Spain has been paying more attention to the ever...
October 31, 2023

Spain gripped by 'Leonormania' as princess turns 18

Facebook and Instagram launch ad-free subscription tier in EU
LONDON — Facebook and Instagram are launching subscriptions in most of Europe that will remove adverts from the platforms.People using the Meta-owned platforms will be able to pay €9.99 (£8.72) per month for an ad-free experience. It will not be available in the UK.In January, Meta was fined €390m for breaking EU data rules around ads.The regulator said at the time the firm could not “force consent” by saying consumers must accept how their data is used or leave the platforms.The subscription tier will be exclusive to people in the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland from November.But it will only be accessible for people aged over 18 at first, with the firm looking into how it can serve ads to young people in the EU without breaking the rules.Meta said its new...
October 30, 2023

Facebook and Instagram launch ad-free subscription tier in EU

Crowds stormed the runway at Makhachkala Uytash Airport (MCX) on October 29
Anti-Israel crowd storms Russian airport as global tensions spiral over Gaza war
MOSCOW — An angry crowd in Russia’s mostly Muslim region of Dagestan stormed an airport where a flight from Israel arrived on Sunday, forcing authorities to close the facility and divert flights.Clashes left at least 10 people injured, including two people in critical condition, according to a statement by the Dagestan Health Ministry late Sunday.According to Russian state media TASS, “those gathered oppose the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.”The Makhachkala Uytash Airport (MCX) was temporarily closed and flights were diverted, according to a statement from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, saying “unknown persons” broke into the facility.The Red Wing Airlines flight from Tel Aviv arrived Sunday at 7:17 p.m. local time, according to Flight Aware, and was quickly...
October 30, 2023

Anti-Israel crowd storms Russian airport as global tensions spiral over Gaza war

The Kostenko ArcelorMittal coal mine in Karaganda, Kzakhstan. — courtesy AFP
Kazakhstan mine fire leaves at least 21 dead
ASTANA — At least 21 people have died in a fire at a mine in Kazakhstan, owned by steel giant ArcelorMittal.The blaze came on the same day Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered investment in the company to be halted as he wants it to be nationalized.A further 23 of the 252 people who were working at the Kostenko mine are still missing, ArcelorMittal Termitau, the local unit of the company said.So far, 18 people have been given medical treatment.President Tokayev, who expressed condolences to victims’ families, has distanced his Cabinet from the company.He has called for “investment cooperation” to be halted, and the government said it was finalizing a deal to nationalize the company that runs the country’s biggest steel mill.This is second fatal incident in last two...
October 28, 2023

Kazakhstan mine fire leaves at least 21 dead

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