Thu 18 January 2024: The most recent projection by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) indicates that artificial intelligence (AI) would have an impact on about 40% of all jobs worldwide. “In most scenarios, AI will likely worsen overall inequality, a troubling trend that policymakers must proactively address to prevent the technology from further stoking social […]
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Thu 18 January 2024: The Russia-Ukraine war has been ongoing since 2022, with mutual conflicts maintaining their intensity. Throughout the war, Ukraine received significant support from Europe. However, a striking claim from Germany, continuing its military aid to Ukraine, made headlines worldwide. In an analysis published in the German Bild newspaper, striking statements about Russia […]
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Wed 17 January 2024: Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that 69 Ukrainian drones and 13 HIMARS rockets were shot down over the past day. Ukrainian troops continued attempts to storm Russian positions and Russian forces repelled six Ukrainian attacks in the Kupyansk area. All assault attempts were repelled, with Russian forces destroying several pieces of […]
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Tue 16 January 2024: Russia claims the world crown in wheat sales in global markets, President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. Last year, Russia harvested a record crop of 156 million tons of grain, while this year the crop is expected to be more modest, at 143-147 million tons, Putin said at a meeting with heads […]
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Tue 16 January 2024: The decision to proscribe Hizb ut-Tahrir constitutes an unparalleled assault on freedom of speech and association, UK human rights group CAGE, which was set up to defend victims of the “war on terror” said in a statement. Britain on Monday (14, January) declared the global Hizb ut-Tahrir movement to be a […]
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Tue 16 January 2024: The cost of a funeral is increasing in the UK after falling for two years, as inflation bites and mourners return to more traditional send-offs after the lifting of pandemic restrictions. According to SunLife, a life insurance and funeral cover provider, the average cost of a basic funeral in the UK […]
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British Home Secretary James Cleverly. Mon 15 January 2024: Britain today declared the global Hizb ut-Tahrir movement to be a proscribed “terrorist group”, making it a criminal offence to belong to what it described as an anti-Semitic organisation, Reuters has reported. Britain’s proscription of the Sunni Islamist political group — which puts it alongside Al-Qaeda or […]
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Mon 15 January 2024: Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of the French capital Paris on Sunday to protest against the government’s contentious immigration law, which was recently passed with the support of far-right lawmakers in parliament. Responding to a call from more than 400 associations, unions and political parties, they braved the cold […]
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Mon 15 January 2024: Pope Francis said Sunday that retirement remains an option open to all popes, but he is not contemplating it at present. “I am still alive,” Francis responded when asked how he was by TV host Fabio Fazio, who interviewed the pontiff for about an hour during his show on the commercial […]
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Mon 15 January 2024: Geopolitical strife and tight financing conditions will slow global economic growth, while artificial intelligence (AI) will increase inequality, according to leading economists. The survey, released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Monday before its annual meeting in the Swiss resort of Davos, weighed the analysis of 60-plus chief economists from both the […]
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