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A Google phone, using the Gemini AI application, with a lit up Google logo on the wall in the background
Google drops pledge on AI use for weapons
WASHIGTON — Alphabet, the parent company of technology giant Google, is no longer promising that it will never use artificial intelligence (AI) for purposes such as developing weapons and surveillance tools.The firm has rewritten the principles guiding its use of AI, dropping a section which ruled out uses that were "likely to cause harm".In a blog post Google senior vice president James Manyika, and Demis Hassabis, who leads the AI lab Google DeepMind, defended the move.They argue businesses and democratic governments need to work together on AI that "supports national security".There is debate amongst AI experts and professionals over how the powerful new technology should be governed in broad terms, how far commercial gains should be allowed to determine its...
February 05, 2025

Google drops pledge on AI use for weapons

Indian MP Ranjeet Ranjan on her Harley Davidson in 2016 - during his first term Trump brought up the then higher tariffs on the bikes
India looks on nervously as Trump wields tariff threat
NEW DELHI — Last week India further slashed import duties on motorcycles, cutting tariffs on heavyweight bikes with engines above 1,600cc from 50% to 30% and smaller ones from 50% to 40%.A pre-emptive move designed to further smoothen the entry of Harley Davidsons into India – and, Delhi hopes, ward off any threat of tariffs. US motorcycle exports to India were worth $3m last year.Donald Trump has marked his return to the White House by brandishing trade measures against America's neighbours and allies as well as its big rival China.India hopes it is ahead of the game – but will its tariff cuts satisfy Trump, or is trade action still on the table?"Canada and Mexico are literally two arms of the US. If he has acted against them, he could easily act against India too,"...
February 05, 2025

India looks on nervously as Trump wields tariff threat

Police at the scene of an incident at Risbergska School, in Örebro, Sweden, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025
At least ten people killed in Swedish school shooting, authorities say
STOCKHOLM — At least ten people have been killed in a school shooting in the central Swedish city of Örebro on Tuesday, according to authorities.Swedish police said they believe the suspect — a man — to be among the dead. They said the perpetrator acted alone but added the investigation was still in its early stages.There is currently no terror motive thought to be behind the attack."We're working with secret services but as far as I know, it's a person unknown to police," local police chief Roberto Eid Forest said.He added that authorities could not be "more specific" about the number of fatalities and were working to identify the victims.The attack took place at the Risbergska school for adults, with those killed found inside the school building, which...
February 05, 2025

At least ten people killed in Swedish school shooting, authorities say

Authorities have warned people to leave the Old Port of Fira, a popular tourist area
Thousands evacuate Greek island amid earthquake fears
ATHENS — Thousands of residents are fleeing the Greek island of Santorini amid a wave of seismic activity.Some 6,000 people have left the island by ferry since Sunday, according to local media, with emergency flights scheduled to leave on Tuesday.More than 300 earthquakes have been recorded in the past 48 hours near the island - and some experts say tremors may continue for weeks. Authorities have closed schools for the entire week and warned against large indoor gatherings, but Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has urged calm.Santorini is a popular tourist destination known for its whitewashed buildings, but most of those leaving are locals, as February is outside the peak tourist season.Several tremors, measuring up to magnitude 4.7, were recorded north-east of Santorini early on...
February 04, 2025

Thousands evacuate Greek island amid earthquake fears

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in 2019
China hits back as Trump’s tariffs go into effect
HONG KONG — Beijing announced a broad package of economic measures targeting the United States on Tuesday, hitting back after US President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on Chinese imports.The fresh duties, announced by China’s Ministry of Finance, levy a 15% tax on certain types of coal and liquefied natural gas and a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, large-displacement cars and pickup trucks. The measures take effect on February 10.The Ministry of Commerce and China’s customs administration also announced new export controls effective immediately on more than two dozen metal products and related technologies. Those include tungsten, a critical mineral typically used in industrial and defense applications, as well as tellurium, which can be used to make solar cells....
February 04, 2025

China hits back as Trump’s tariffs go into effect

Marco Rubio met El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque
El Salvador offers to house US criminals and deportees in unprecedented deal
SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – that has alarmed critics and rights groups.Rubio unveiled the agreement after meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, as part of a tour of several Central American countries intended to consolidate regional support for the Trump administration’s immigration policy.“In an act of extraordinary friendship to our country ... (El Salvador) has agreed to the most unprecedented and extraordinary migratory agreement anywhere in the world,” Rubio told reporters Monday.The country will continue accepting Salvadoran deportees who illegally entered the US, he said. It...
February 04, 2025

El Salvador offers to house US criminals and deportees in unprecedented deal

Smoke rises following an explosion detonated by the Israeli army, which said it was destroying buildings used by Palestinian militants in the Jenin Refugee Camp in the occupied West Bank on Sunday
Jenin mayor likens Israeli military operation to war in Gaza
JENIN — The mayor of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, told CNN on Monday that the Israeli assault on the Jenin Refugee Camp was akin to the war in Gaza, saying it had destroyed 120 buildings and displaced 15,000 people.“What has been happening in Jenin city and the refugee camp over the past two weeks is similar to that of Gaza but on a smaller scale,” Mohammad Jarrar said Monday.Hundreds of residential units make up the 120 destroyed buildings, he said, noting that the destruction had impacted thousands of families.Jarrar described scenes of devastation amid a shortage of food, water and medication as services have been disrupted because of the operation. He added that displacement is expected to only further increase.Israel launched its operation two days after the first stage of...
February 04, 2025

Jenin mayor likens Israeli military operation to war in Gaza

Russian Emergencies Ministry firefighters, police officers and investigators work at the site of an explosion at the Aliye Parusa residential complex in Moscow, Russia on February 3, 2025
Founder of pro-Russian paramilitary group dies in explosion in Moscow
KYIV — The founder of a pro-Russian militia group in eastern Ukraine, described by authorities in Kyiv as a “criminal mastermind”, has died following a bombing in central Moscow, according to Russian state media.Armen Sarkisyan died Monday at a Moscow hospital from injuries sustained in an explosion in an upmarket residential complex in the capital city, TASS quoted the medical services as saying. The Russian Investigative Committee later confirmed Sarkisyan’s death, stating that “despite the assistance provided, one of the victims died in a medical facility.”Sarkisyan, also known by nickname “Armen Gorlovsky” after Horlivka (Gorlovka in Russian) the eastern Ukrainian town he is from, founded the separatist Arbat Battalion fighting in the region. Ukraine’s Defense...
February 04, 2025

Founder of pro-Russian paramilitary group dies in explosion in Moscow

Habiba (center) was medically evacuated from Gaza by the Jordanian military on Monday, in a special mission after Israel had repeatedly delayed her evacuation
Toddler who has just days to live evacuated from Gaza for urgent medical care
AMMAN — A Palestinian toddler forced to wait weeks for permission to leave Gaza for life saving medical treatment has finally arrived in Jordan. The girl is now in hospital receiving critical medical treatment.Two-year-old Habiba al-Askari left the besieged Palestinian enclave after a mammoth effort at the “highest level” in Amman, a Jordanian official familiar with the negotiations told CNN. Jordan decided to evacuate her following a CNN report on her story.Israel initially approved Habiba’s treatment abroad last month, before it denied authorization for medical evacuations for more than two weeks, according to international aid groups.Doctors believe Habiba has protein C deficiency – a rare but highly treatable genetic condition, which causes excessive blood clotting – and...
February 04, 2025

Toddler who has just days to live evacuated from Gaza for urgent medical care

President Donald Trump speaks after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House
Trump postpones Mexico and Canada tariffs to negotiate border security measures
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has agreed to pause his threatened tariffs on Mexico and Canada for 30 days after both countries agreed to take steps to strengthen their border security and clamp down on drug trafficking.The pauses provide a cool-down period after a tumultuous few days that put North America on the cusp of a trade war that could have crushed economic growth, caused prices to soar and ended two of the United States' most critical partnerships."Proposed tariffs will be paused for at least 30 days while we work together," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted Monday afternoon on X, saying that his government would name a fentanyl czar, list Mexican cartels as terrorist groups and launch a "Canada-US Joint Strike Force to combat organised...
February 04, 2025

Trump postpones Mexico and Canada tariffs to negotiate border security measures

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