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"Many protesters experienced being part of a civic collective for the first time," said Huang, who fled to Germany in March after narrowly avoiding detention during protests in Shanghai. Reuters was unable to confirm the total number of protesters detained last year, although some were since released. This year, on the weekend anniversary of the protests, there were no demonstrations in Beijing and Shanghai. During last year's Beijing protests, some demonstrators also called for press freedom, democracy and human rights. Some of the protesters that Reuters spoke to, as well as observers, said the events helped raise awareness of how much political power Chinese people actually wielded.

Persons: Huang, Xi, It's, Li, Li Keqiang, I'm, Laurie Chen, Jessie Pang, Casey Hall, Nicoco Chan, Brenda Goh, Tian, Miral Organizations: Reuters, Washington DC, Thomson Locations: BEIJING, HONG KONG, China, Germany, Shanghai, Beijing, New York, London, Tiananmen, Italy, Guangzhou, Hong Kong

☆ Trial Opens in Beheading of French Teacher Samuel Paty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A poster paying tribute to Samuel Paty was displayed in the city of Montpellier, France, a few days after his killing. Photo: pascal guyot/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesPARIS—Six teenagers went on trial Monday, accused of helping the man who beheaded French schoolteacher Samuel Paty three years ago after he showed caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad as part of a class on free speech. The attacker, Abdoullakh Anzorov, an 18-year-old Russian national of Chechen origin, was shot dead by police minutes after the assault.

Persons: Samuel Paty, pascal guyot, Prophet Muhammad, Abdoullakh Organizations: Agence France, PARIS Locations: Montpellier, France

☆ Trial Opens for Beheading of French Teacher Samuel Paty
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Noemie Bisserbe | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Samuel Paty, pascal guyot, Prophet Muhammad, Abdoullakh Organizations: Agence France, PARIS Locations: Montpellier, France

☆ TikTok’s Owner Wanted to Create a Hit Videogame. It Failed.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Raffaele Huang | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Nuverse booth at a fair in Germany. ByteDance has told the videogame unit to terminate games under development by December and is laying off hundreds of employees Photo: ina fassbender/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSINGAPORE—TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance has bet billions on videogames since 2019, setting up its own creative unit and acquiring buzzy game makers. Now it is winding down those efforts, its latest pullback from experimental forays into education, property brokering and virtual reality as it faces regulatory and economic headwinds at home and abroad.

Persons: ByteDance, ina fassbender Organizations: Agence France, Getty, SINGAPORE Locations: Germany

☆ Will the Profit Motive Fail Us on AI Safety?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

A humanoid AI robot in Geneva, July 5. Photo: fabrice coffrini/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe mission of a for-profit company is, well, profit, the greatest return for investors. That’s the profound ethical crisis at the heart of artificial general intelligence development (“Capitalism Works, Says ChatGPT” by Holman Jenkins, Jr., Business World, Nov. 22). Open AI’s nonprofit mission has been to guard humanity against the possible (and seemingly ever more probable) danger of unleashing artificial general intelligence on the world. If the controlling factor is mere profit, look for the nightmare.

Persons: fabrice coffrini, ChatGPT ”, Holman Jenkins , Jr, “ won’t Organizations: Agence France Locations: Geneva

☆ AI ‘Accelerationists’ Come Out Ahead With Sam Altman’s Return to OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Christopher Mims | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sam Altman is a leading proponent of rapidly developing AI technology, while others want to pump the brakes. Photo: joel saget/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSam Altman ’s triumph in remaining OpenAI’s CEO was also a win for those seeking the swift development of artificial intelligence. OpenAI, and Altman himself, are at the heart of a debate about AI development: how quickly should humanity race toward building “artificial general intelligence”—that is, fully humanlike intelligence, or maybe even superhuman intelligence.

Persons: Sam Altman, joel saget, Sam Altman ’, Altman, ” Organizations: Agence France

☆ Donors Give Over €300,000 for Immigrant Who Intervened in Dublin Stabbing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Christopher F. Schuetze | More About Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It was everything by instinct — I remember I took off my helmet, to protect myself and use it as a weapon,” he said. And he fell down.”Image Caio Benicio in Dublin on Saturday. Credit... Peter Murphy/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesThe police confirmed on Saturday that a 5-year-old girl and a woman in her 30s were being treated for serious injuries and were still in the hospital; two other children were treated for less serious injuries, the police said. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said that those behind the violence had brought shame to Ireland. It was not lost on many of those who rushed to buy Mr. Benicio a proverbial beer that an immigrant had intervened in an attack that then inflamed anti-immigrant sentiment.

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☆ Voters See American Dream Slipping Out of Reach, WSJ/NORC Poll Shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Aaron Zitner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Many Americans say it has become harder to achieve the American dream, which often includes the goal of owning a home. Photo: andrew caballero-reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe American dream—the proposition that anyone who works hard can get ahead, regardless of their background—has slipped out of reach in the minds of many Americans. Only 36% of voters in a new Wall Street Journal/NORC survey said the American dream still holds true, substantially fewer than the 53% who said so in 2012 and 48% in 2016 in similar surveys of adults by another pollster. When a Wall Street Journal poll last year asked whether people who work hard were likely to get ahead in this country, some 68% said yes—nearly twice the share as in the new poll.

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☆ Collusion vs. Stop the Steal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Holman W. Jenkins | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump and Joe Biden Photo: morry gash/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA recent column observed disconcertingly that election denial appears to have been a successful strategy for Donald Trump. Larry Kudlow , his former White House economic adviser, points out that many voters like Trump policies, which is true. How does “stop the steal” advance their cause? One might also ask how and why collusion continues to work for Democrats. My inbox is as revealing about collusion as it is about stop the steal, with some Democrats clinging to whatever they heard first, including the legend of the Moscow hotel room, long since debunked by the U.S. Justice Department.

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☆ Riots in Dublin Bring ‘Shame’ on Ireland, Prime Minister Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A violent clash between rioters and police in central Dublin on Thursday injured several police officers, one seriously, and prompted the arrests of 34 people, according to the Garda Síochána, the Irish police force. Rioters set fire to police vehicles, destroyed public buses and looted or damaged more than a dozen shops, the Gardai said. A mob had gathered in the city center following a knife attack that had seriously injured a female schoolteacher and three young children. The escalating unrest appalled the authorities, who blamed a far-right faction for fueling tensions by spreading misinformation about the knife attack. Unconfirmed speculation about the nationality of the knife-wielding attacker spread online in the hours after the stabbings, with one protester telling the Agence France-Presse news service that “Irish people are being attacked by these scum.”

Organizations: Garda, Irish, Agence France, Presse Locations: Dublin

[1/3] Chinese Premier Li Qiang (R) and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on November 24, 2023. Jade Gao/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING/PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is set to meet the Chinese leadership in Beijing on Friday as she seeks to soothe ties after the launch of a European Union anti-subsidy probe backed by Paris into Chinese-made electric vehicles. France is also concerned about Chinese attempts to force French cosmetics companies to share manufacturing secrets with Chinese parties. Xi insisted that China welcomes investment from French firms in a telephone call on Monday with Macron, who urged fair treatment for foreign companies in China. Macron visited China in April with great fanfare, in an attempt to demonstrate France's strategic autonomy from the United States.

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[1/6] A man sings for customers touring the Erhai lake on a sightseeing bus, in Dali, Yunnan province, China November 10, 2023. Many are former city-dwellers in search of an elusive prize in authoritarian China: Space for open discussion and exchange of ideas. POLICE OVERSIGHTThe local government has sought to attract young tech talent and in September asked digital nomads for input on policies, two community organisers told Reuters. Many digital nomads who use co-working spaces are involved with technologies like blockchain, according to organisers, which they say has drawn scrutiny from local authorities. Since digital nomads, unlike university students, "are not subject to structured discipline, they are harder to manage", she said.

Persons: Florence Lo, DALI, Trump, Xi Jinping, Minhua Ling, Dali, Xi's, Bai Yunxi, Xi, Bai, Chen Zhengyun, Chen, Ling, Laurie Chen, Katerina Ang Organizations: REUTERS, Geneva Graduate Institute, Reuters, Communist Party, Thomson Locations: Dali, Yunnan province, China, China's, Israel, Gaza, Yunnan, Beijing

☆ Mining Industry Seeks to Define One Global Standard for Ethical Practices
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Yusuf Khan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

Customers and investors are increasingly considering mining companies’ ESG performance. Photo: douglas magno/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesMining giant Anglo American is one of the companies that have been involved in developing the new mining standard. Anglo American itself commits to at least nine different mining standards and is part of 17 industry associations, which all have their own requirements. The LME has been consulted on the development of the new mining standard. For now, work continues on the new mining standard, with the four associations still discussing what it should look like and how it would be governed.

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Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a hospital in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: Jade Gao/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesChina provided the World Health Organization with data on a pneumonia outbreak among children in the country after the agency made an unusual public request for the information—a gesture that renewed questions about Beijing’s transparency on public health. In a statement issued Wednesday, the WHO cited reports about “clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China,” which prompted the United Nations agency to ask Beijing for “additional epidemiologic and clinical information, as well as laboratory results” related to the infections.

Persons: Jade Gao Organizations: Agence France, Getty, World Health Organization, United Nations, Beijing Locations: Beijing, China

Children and their parents wait at an outpatient area at a hospital in Beijing on Thursday. Photo: jade gao/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization said it has asked China to provide more information on an outbreak of pneumonia among children in northern parts of the country, an unusual public disclosure that revives questions about Beijing’s transparency on the spread of infectious diseases. In a statement issued Wednesday, the WHO cited reports about “clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China,” which prompted the United Nations agency to ask Beijing for “additional epidemiologic and clinical information, as well as laboratory results” related to the infections.

Organizations: Agence France, Health Organization, United Nations, Beijing Locations: Beijing, China

☆ Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Who Looked at History From the Bottom Up, Dies at 94
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Jonathan Kandell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, a French historian at the forefront of a scholarly movement that sought to understand the past from the bottom up, by probing the beliefs and psychology of anonymous peasants and priests rather than the exploits of triumphant generals and rulers, died on Wednesday. His family confirmed the death, according to Agence France-Presse and other French news organizations. In a statement from the Élysée Palace, President Emmanuel Macron of France called Mr. Le Roy Ladurie “one of our greatest historians,” adding, “His work truly extended history’s domain — the discipline was enriched because he was able to invent new tools, new approaches, and new subjects.”A prolific and eminently readable scholar, Mr. Le Roy Ladurie was most familiar for his books “Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error” (1975) and “Carnival in Romans” (1979), both of them best sellers and instant classics on both sides of the Atlantic.

Persons: Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, L’Obs, Emmanuel Macron, Le Roy Ladurie “, “, Le Roy Ladurie Organizations: Agence France, Mr Locations: French, Paris, France

☆ Nvidia’s AI Boom Almost Blows Past Politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Dan Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia, last month in Taipei. Photo: i-hwa cheng/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesNvidia rules the artificial intelligence world, but that world is getting a little smaller—and more crowded. The chip maker now synonymous with AI reported another quarter of blowout sales and earnings growth late Tuesday. Nvidia’s strong lead in the chips necessary to power generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT is also evident in its surging bottom line. Adjusted operating margins hit a record high of 64% in the fiscal third quarter ended October, far above the company’s average of 38% for the same quarter over the past five years.

Persons: Jensen Huang, hwa cheng Organizations: Nvidia, Agence France, Revenue Locations: Taipei

☆ U.S. Thwarted Plot to Kill Sikh Activist
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Sabrina Siddiqui | Aruna Viswanatha | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Attorney and Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, seen in 2014, was said to be the target of the plot. Photo: jewel samad/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON—U.S. authorities have stopped a plot targeting a Sikh activist and confronted the Indian government about the potential involvement of its agents, according to people familiar with the matter. The breakup of the plot, targeting Gurpatwant Singh Pannun , who is a lawyer for a group called Sikhs for Justice, comes two months after Canadian authorities publicly accused India of playing a role in the killing of another Sikh separatist leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, in British Columbia earlier this year.

Persons: Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, samad, Hardeep Singh Nijjar Organizations: Agence France, Getty, WASHINGTON —, Justice Locations: WASHINGTON — U.S, India, British Columbia

A deal for a temporary cease fire was inching into view in Israel's war against Hamas, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tempered expectations by vowing that the war would continue even if a deal is reached. “We are at war, and we will continue the war,” he said. Israel has vowed to continue the war until it destroys Hamas’ military capabilities and returns all hostages. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose government maintains ties with Hamas officials, said Turkey’s foreign minister and intelligence chief were working with Qatari officials to negotiate releases. Hamas has released four hostages, Israel has rescued one, and the bodies of two were found near Shifa.

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☆ Sam Altman Will Not Return as CEO of OpenAI
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Sam Altman Will Not Return as CEO of OpenAISam Altman’s bid to return to artificial intelligence company OpenAI faltered on Sunday, as the board that fired him did not agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Emmett Shear, former CEO of Twitch, was named interim CEO, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Persons: Sam Altman, Sam Altman’s, OpenAI, Emmett Shear, Patrick T Organizations: Fallon, Agence France

Sam Altman’s bid to return to artificial intelligence company OpenAI faltered on Sunday, as the board that fired him didn’t agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft said it is hiring Sam Altman to helm a new advanced artificial-intelligence research team, after his bid to return to OpenAI fell apart Sunday with the board that fired him declining to agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella posted on X (formerly Twitter) late Sunday that Altman and Greg Brockman , OpenAI’s president and co-founder who resigned Friday in protest over Altman’s ouster, will lead its team alongside unspecified colleagues. Nadella said Microsoft was committed to its partnership with OpenAI and that it would move quickly to provide Altman and Brockman with “the resources needed for their success.”

Persons: Sam Altman’s, OpenAI, Patrick T, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, Altman, Greg Brockman, Nadella, Brockman, ” Organizations: Fallon, Agence France, Microsoft, OpenAI

Sam Altman’s bid to return to artificial intelligence company OpenAI faltered on Sunday, as the board that fired him didn’t agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesSAN FRANCISCO— Sam Altman ’s bid to return to OpenAI after being ousted Friday faltered late Sunday, as the board that fired him refused to agree to the proposed terms of his reinstatement and quietly found someone else to take Altman’s spot. Emmett Shear, former chief executive of Twitch, was named interim CEO, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Altman was shocked by the decision, previously feeling confident he would be able to return to the company he co-founded, according to a person familiar with his thinking.

Persons: Sam Altman’s, OpenAI, Patrick T, Sam Altman ’, Emmett Shear, Altman Organizations: Fallon, Agence France

☆ Was Peace Ever Possible?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Moderated Emily Bazelon | A Discussion Moderated Emily Bazelon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +45 min

This was known as the Oslo peace process, named for the city where the secret talks took place. Micha Bar-Am/Magnum Photos Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel during the the Middle East peace conference in Madrid, 1991. Margalit: All the Israeli leaders who negotiated for peace, starting with Rabin, were in a weak political position. Dajani: With the First Intifada, and then subsequently Madrid and Oslo, Palestinians suddenly see the possibility of agency. But what’s important to understand is that the notion of peace for Rabin, and for most Israelis, is that peace is a lack of violence from the other side.

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BEIJING, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Arab and Muslim ministers called on Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as their delegation visited Beijing on the first leg of a tour to push for an end to hostilities and to allow humanitarian aid into the devastated Palestinian enclave. Saudi Arabia has sought to press the United States and Israel for an end to hostilities in Gaza, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, gathered Arab and Muslim leaders to reinforce that message. Gaza's Hamas-run government said at least 13,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli bombardments since then, including at least 5,500 children. 'BROTHER AND FRIEND'China's Wang said Beijing was a "good friend and brother of Arab and Muslim countries," adding it has "always firmly supported the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights and interests." Reporting by Yew Lun Tian, Laurie Chen and Beijing newsroom; Editing by Edmund Klamann & Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Biden Keeps Talking About the Old Days. Young Voters Don’t Like It.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Catherine Lucey | Ken Thomas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Biden’s campaign adopted the internet meme ‘Dark Brandon’—a depiction of Biden’s red-laser-eyed alter ego—to reframe the Republican anti-Biden chant of ‘Let’s Go Brandon.’ Photo: mandel ngan/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesPresident Biden is struggling to connect with younger voters. The sepia-toned stories he peppers into speeches may not be helping. When Biden traveled to Israel last month, he spoke about his 1973 meeting with then Prime Minister Golda Meir . Following the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade last year, he stressed his work in 1987 to keep conservative Judge Robert Bork off the nation’s high court. Pressed about climate change during a news conference in Vietnam, he pointed to his longstanding commitment to the issue, including his work on it with Sen. Dick Lugar (R., Ind.)

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