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☆ ChatGPT technology is going to optimize human productivity, UAE A.I. minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailChatGPT technology is going to optimize human productivity, UAE A.I. ministerOmar Al Olama, UAE minister for artificial intelligence and digital economy, says it is, however, "limited" in other areas.

☆ Police search for man who threw Molotov cocktail at New Jersey temple
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Police are searching for a man who threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey temple early Sunday morning. The man threw the flammable device at the front door of Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, a township about 7 miles north of Newark, around 3:19 a.m., Bloomfield police said. Police are searching for a man who threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue. Bloomfield Division of Public SafetyPolice responded to the temple at 9:30 a.m. Sunday after a report of property damage. "Let me be clear: there is no place for violence or hate in New Jersey and I strongly condemn these acts," Democratic Gov.

After signing the deal, military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said civilians should control politics and guide foreign policy. Last year's military coup halted a power-sharing arrangement between the military and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition, and Sudan has been without a prime minister since the start of the year. The takeover led to more than a year of mass protests against the military, during which security forces killed more than 100 civilians, according to a tally by medics. [1/5] Signatory parties stand and raise signed copies of the agreement between military rulers and civilian powers in Khartoum, Sudan December 5, 2022. International partners, who helped mediate the framework deal, say a credible civilian government is needed before assistance can be restored.

☆ Factbox: What is happening in Sudan?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Under an August 2019 agreement, the military agreed to share power with officials appointed by civilian political groups ahead of elections. But that arrangement was abruptly halted by a military coup in October 2021, which triggered a campaign of frequent pro-democracy mass rallies across Sudan. Another is an investigation into the killings of pro-democracy protesters on June 3, 2019, in which military forces are implicated. Several of its neighbours, including Ethiopia, Chad and South Sudan have been affected by political upheavals and conflict. Talks stalled and Ethiopia started filling the reservoir behind the dam, which Sudan says could put its citizens, dams and water facilities at risk.

☆ Sudanese anti-corruption figure freed on eve of political deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Khalid Abdelaziz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The framework deal would, according to a copy seen by Reuters, involve a two-year, civilian-led political transition in which the military's role would be limited to a security and defence council headed by a prime minister. But it sets no time for a final deal and leaves sensitive issues including transitional justice and security sector reform for further talks. Leftist politician Wagdi Salih, who was freed at a police station in the capital Khartoum, was at the forefront of an anti-corruption committee tasked with dismantling Bashir's regime. The FFC had called Salih's arrest in October "purely political". Talks have been facilitated by the United Nations, the United States, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, among others.

☆ ISIS acknowledges the death of its leader, announces his successor
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Eyad Kourdi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —ISIS acknowledged the death of its leader Abu al-Hasan al-Hashmi al-Qurayshi on Wednesday and confirmed his successor. US Central Command confirmed his death on Wednesday, saying the ISIS leader was killed in mid-October by the Free Syrian Army. The deceased leader was appointed by ISIS after US President Joe Biden announced the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a military operation in the northwest of Syria. Abu al-Hasan’s predecessor, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, died in February during a US counterterrorism raid in northwest Syria. The raid was the biggest US raid in the country since the 2019 operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and came amid a resurgence of the group in Syria and Iraq.

☆ Analysis: In final week of COP27 climate talks, success hinges on 'loss and damage'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Kate Abnett | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/2] People pass in front of a wall lit with the sign of COP27 as the COP27 climate summit takes place, at the Green Zone in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 10, 2022. Some negotiators and observers warn that failure to agree on such "loss and damage" funding could sour the U.N. talks and thwart other deals. At last year's U.N. climate summit all countries agreed to set tougher climate targets this year to keep average global temperature rises to the 1.5C limit that scientists say would avoid global warming’s worst impacts. A relaunch of U.S.-China collaboration on climate change, which China halted earlier this year, could help boost negotiations at COP27. Germany and a group of climate-vulnerable countries launched a "Global Shield" scheme on Monday to attempt to improve insurance for climate disaster-prone countries.

☆ New Jersey Man Arrested Over Synagogue Threat
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An 18-year-old New Jersey man was arrested and charged Thursday in connection to threats he allegedly made to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, an incident that prompted an FBI warning last week. Omar Alkattoul , of Sayreville, N.J., was charged with one count of transmitting a threat in interstate and foreign commerce. Prosecutors said Mr. Alkattoul allegedly sent a document titled “When Swords Collide” to several people over social media and told one person he wrote the manifesto “in the context of an attack on Jews.”

☆ New Jersey man charged with making online threat to attack a synagogue and Jewish people, authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A New Jersey man who allegedly wrote an antisemitic diatribe and shared it online, prompting a public warning last week from the FBI, was arrested Thursday, federal officials said. Prosecutors said Alkattoul wrote in the document that “I am the attacker" and "I did target a synagogue." The threat prompted the FBI last Thursday to issue a public warning to New Jersey synagogues. “Upon receipt of threat information against an unspecified New Jersey area synagogue, the FBI notified community leaders and our law enforcement partners,” the FBI Newark said in a statement on Friday. Phil Murphy said in a statement Friday that while the specific threat may be mitigated, officials will remain vigilant amid a wave of antisemitism.

☆ Fans book 90,000 nightly rooms in group stage of Qatar World Cup, more available - organiser
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

DOHA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Fans have booked accommodation in more than 90,000 rooms, tents, apartments, villas and portacabins on each of the peak days of the World Cup in Qatar, organisers said Wednesday, adding that at least 25,000 rooms are still available. After the tournament, Qatar will donate the portacabins to "poor countries" to be used as houses, Al-Jaber said. Qatar is expecting 1.2 million visitors during the month-long tournament, with the peak number expected between Nov. 24 and 28, during the busy group stage. On average, fans will spend seven nights in Qatar, Al-Jaber said. Some fans will stay in 1,000 modern tents on a man-made island north of Doha, Al-Jaber said.

On Wednesday, OPEC+, the oil cartel led by Saudi Arabia and Russia, agreed to slash production by 2 million barrels per day, twice as much as analysts had predicted, in the biggest cut since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Saudi Arabia is looking to head off a repeat of 2008 when the market crash sent the global economy into a recession and oil prices suddenly plummeted, requiring emergency action by OPEC,” said Wald. Analysts also say Saudi Arabia cannot afford to let oil prices go below a certain level for budgetary reasons. For its budget to break even, global oil prices must be at around $79 a barrel, according to the International Monetary Fund. That was a warning sign for Saudi Arabia and other oil exporters, who depend on oil for a majority of their revenue.

☆ German finance boards are the least gender-diverse in Europe, EY data show
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The boardrooms of banks, fintech firms, insurers and asset managers in Germany are the least gender-diverse in Europe, according to data shared with Reuters by consultants EY. Only 29% of financial services board members in Germany are women, compared with a European average of 37%, the EY analysis of 87 companies showed. In major European economies Britain and France, the figure came in at 38%, according to the EY European Financial Services Boardroom Monitor. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCompanies have been working to make their boards more diverse following pressure from investors and regulators. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Carolyn Cohn; editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Why the current oil boom for Arab states may be their last
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

During previous oil booms, Gulf states were seen as squandering their wealth on wasteful and inefficient investments, building sprees and buying weapons, as well as handouts to citizens . Gulf states appear to be working on diversifying. Since the last oil boom that ended in 2014, four of the six Gulf states have introduced value-added tax and the UAE has gone further by starting a corporate income levy . None of the Gulf states have an income tax. Critics counter that it is in the oil exporters' interest to push that narrative, but oil states have pointed to the rise in crude demand that coincided with the removal of Covid-19 restrictions around the world.

☆ DOC/ Raportul Guvernului Canadei: autoritățile iraniene sunt pe deplin responsabile de doborârea zborului 752 al Ukraine International Airlines, care a luat viața a 176 de oameni nevinovați
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( Mudrii Elena | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Guvernul Canadei învinuiește imprudența iraniană pentru doborârea în anul 2020 a zborului 752 al Ukraine International Airlines. Raportul evidențiază nesăbuința, incompetența și lipsa de respect a autorităților iraniene față de viața umană. De asemenea, concluzionează că relatarea oficială a Iranului asupra evenimentelor este nedefinită, înșelătoare, superficială și ignoră în mod deliberat factorii cheie”. „Totalitatea informațiilor disponibile determină echipa criminalistică să concluzioneze că Iranul a urmărit mai multe ținte, dar nu a putut face diferența între avioanele de pasageri și amenințările legitime. Toți cei 176 de pasageri și echipajul au decedat.

Persons: Jeff Yaworski, Justin Trudeau, Marc Garneau, Omar Alghabra, Canadei Organizations: International Airlines, canadiană, Canadei, Transporturilor, Revoluționare Locations: Canadei, Iranului, Teheran, iranian, Kiev

☆ Canada condamnă Belarusul pentru deturnarea avionului RyanAir și arestarea jurnalistului Protasevici: Belarus își închide ambasada în Canada
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-26 | by ( Buzdugan Loredana | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +4 min

Canada a condamnat marți, 25 mai, Belarusul pentru decizia regimului Lukașenko de a deturna o cursă Ryanair pentru a aresta un un jurnalist, opozant al regimului lui Aleksandr Lukașenko. Canada a declarat că examinează posibilitatea de înăsprire a sancțiunilor existente, scrie Reuters. „Această decizie a fost luată pe baza unei analize a impactului practic (asupra) contactelor bilaterale actuale”, a declarat ambasadorul în funcție Evgeny Russak prin e-mail. Comerțul bilateral al Canadei cu Belarus a valorat doar 31,9 milioane de dolari în 2020, potrivit ministerului de externe al Canadei. Protasevici a fost inclus de către autoritățile din Belarus pe lista teroriștilor, dat în căutări interstatale.

Persons: Lukașenko, Aleksandr Lukașenko ., Reuters, Justin Trudeau, Marc Garneau, Omar, Canadei, Aleksandr Lukașenko, Denysa Shmygal, Aleksandr Lukașenko . Aeronava, Protasevici Organizations: Ryanair, Uniunii Europene, Aeroportul Locations: Canada, Belarusul, Atena, Vilnius, Belarusului Minsk, Belarus, Canadei, Belarusului, Ottawa, Republicii Belarus, Ucraina, Ucrainei, Minsk, Roman

☆ Maradona, ”omorât cu premeditare”. Șapte persoane din domeniul medical, puse oficial sub acuzare
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-20 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Şapte persoane au fost acuzate de „omor simplu cu premeditare” de către procurorii care anchetează moartea fostului fotbalist Diego Maradona, informează agenţia EFE, citată de News.ro și libertatea.ro. Toți cei șapte acuzați, al căror proces va începe la 31 mai, sunt profesionişti din domeniul medical care s-au ocupat de îngrijirea lui Diego Maradona. Conform raportului, performanţa echipei sanitare care l-a asistat pe Diego Maradona a fost „inadecvată, deficitară şi nesăbuită” şi a lăsat în voia sorţii starea de sănătate a pacientului. Pentru această infracţiune, cei șapte acuzați pot primi pedepse de 8 până la 25 de ani de închisoare. Biroul procurorului general din oraşul San Isidro, de lângă Buenos Aires, a cerut judecătorului Orlando Diaz, să le interzică inculpaţilor din acest dosar părăsirea Argentinei.

Persons: Diego Maradona, Ricardo Omar Almiron, Gisela, Mariano Perroni, Nancy Forlini, Carlos Angel Diaz, Leopoldo Luque, Maradona ., Oro, Orlando Diaz Locations: Gisela Madrid, San, Buenos Aires, Argentinei

Din raport, al cărui conținut a fost difuzat de mass-media locală, se concluzionează că echipa medicală care a asistat cu Maradona înainte de moartea sa, a acționat într-o „manieră inadecvată” și l-a lăsat „în voia sa”. Autopsia lui Maradona a determinat că a murit în somn de edem pulmonar acut, o acumulare de lichid în plămâni, din cauza insuficienței cardiace congestive. Raportul de toxicologie nu a detectat alcool sau substanțe ilegale, dar au fost prezente medicamente psihotrope utilizate pentru tratarea anxietății și depresiei. Maradona fusese internat la o clinică din La Plata pe 2 noiembrie pentru anemie și deshidratare și o zi mai târziu a fost transferat la un sanatoriu din orașul Olivos din Buenos Aires, unde la scurt timp după sosire a fost operat pentru un hematom subdural pe cap. La 11 noiembrie a primit externarea medicală și s-a mutat într-o casă dintr-un cartier privat de la periferia orașului Buenos Aires, unde a murit pe 25 noiembrie.

Persons: Ricardo Omar Almirón, Gisela, Mariano Perroni, Nancy Forlini, Carlos Angel, Luque, Maradona Organizations: Carlos Angel Diaz Locations: Gisela Madrid, Plata, Olivos, Buenos Aires, San Isidro, Argentina

☆ SUA a șters oficial Sudanul de pe lista ţărilor care susţin terorismul
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

SUA au retras luni în mod oficial Sudanul de pe lista ţărilor care susţin terorismul, unde figura din 1993, a anunţat pe Facebook ambasada americană la Khartoum, transmite AFP. 'Perioada de notificare către Congres de 45 de zile expirând, secretarul de stat a semnat o notificare de anulare a desemnării Sudanului drept stat ce susţine terorismul. Măsura este în vigoare începând de la 14 decembrie', a indicat ambasada.Această măsură, atât de aşteptată de Khartoum de la înlăturarea de la putere a autocratului Omar al-Bashir în aprilie 2019, ar urma să ofere o 'gură de oxigen' economiei acestei ţări în plin marasm. Prezenţa pe lista neagră împiedica investiţiile şi comerţul în Sudan, sub pedeapsa sancţiunilor, scrie agerpres.ro Preşedintele american Donald Trump a anunţat la 19 octombrie retragerea Sudanului de pe această listă neagră.La 23 octombrie, autorităţile de la Khartoum, negând orice 'şantaj', au acceptat, la presiunea Statelor Unite, să-şi normalizeze relaţiile cu Israel. De-abia după acest anunţ, Trump a notificat efectiv Congresul, la 26 octombrie, retragerea Sudanului de pe lista neagră.

Persons: Omar, - Bashir, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Sudanul, Facebook Locations: SUA, americană, Khartoum, Sudanului, Sudan, Statelor Unite, Israel

☆ SUA au retras oficial Sudanul de pe lista ţărilor care susţin terorismul
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

"Perioada de notificare către Congres de 45 de zile expirând, secretarul de stat a semnat o notificare de anulare a desemnării Sudanului drept stat ce susţine terorismul. Măsura este în vigoare începând de la 14 decembrie", au indicat reprezentanții ambasadei, transmite AFP, citează Agerpres Această măsură, atât de aşteptată de Khartoum de la înlăturarea de la putere a autocratului Omar al-Bashir în aprilie 2019, ar urma să ofere o 'gură de oxigen' economiei acestei ţări în plin marasm. Prezenţa pe lista neagră împiedica investiţiile şi comerţul în Sudan, sub pedeapsa sancţiunilor.Preşedintele american Donald Trump a anunţat la 19 octombrie retragerea Sudanului de pe această listă neagră.La 23 octombrie, autorităţile de la Khartoum, negând orice 'şantaj', au acceptat, la presiunea Statelor Unite, să-şi normalizeze relaţiile cu Israel. De-abia după acest anunţ, Trump a notificat efectiv Congresul, la 26 octombrie, retragerea Sudanului de pe lista neagră.

Persons: Omar, - Bashir, Donald Trump, Trump Locations: Sudanului, Khartoum, Sudan, Statelor Unite, Israel

☆ La Chișinău a fost inaugurată Expoziția World Press Photo 2020: „În cadrul acestei expoziții putem simți impulsul schimbării”
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-18 | by ( ) media-azi.md time to read: +7 min

„Prin utilizarea tehnologiilor de ultimă generație și a multiplelor tehnici de verificare a faptelor și datelor, World Press Photo asigură respectarea acestor principii. Înainte de a ajunge la Chişinău, expoziţia a fost organizată la Amsterdam, Mexico City, Bari, Seville, Saguenay, Turin, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Valencia, Dortmund. Prima ediţie a World Press Photo a avut loc în anul 1955, când un grup de fotografi olandezi a organizat un concurs pentru a-şi expune lucrările în faţa unei audienţe internaţionale. În Republica Moldova, expoziția a fost desfășurată în premieră în anul 2017. Evenimentul este organizat de Fundația World Press Photo din Olanda, în parteneriat cu Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent, cu suportul Oficiului Ambasadei Regatului Țărilor de Jos.

Persons: Floris van, Berg.Ea, Chiba, Susan van den Berg, Nadine Gogu, Pojoga, Nicolae Pojoga, Eugen Sava, Yasuyoshi, Omar al - Bashir, Bashir, Protestatarii, expoziţia, Moldovei Organizations: World Press, Jurnalism Independent, Yasuyoshi Chiba, Prima, Istorie Locations: Regatului Țărilor de Jos, Chișinău, Olanda, Khartoum, Sudan, Algeria, Australia, Belarus, Belgia, Canada, Danemarca, Etiopia, Franţa, Germania, Ungaria, Irlanda, Italia, Japonia, Lituania, Mexic, Polonia, Peru, Rusia, Africa de Sud, Coreea de Sud, Spania, Turcia, Britanie, SUA, Chişinău, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Bari, Seville, Saguenay, Turin, Vitoria - Gasteiz, Valencia, Dortmund, Republica Moldova

☆ Omar al-Bashir Fast Facts
▼ + stars: | 2012-12-10 | by ( Cnn Editorial Research | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Here’s a look at the life of Sudan’s former leader, Omar al-Bashir. 1966 - Graduates from the Sudan Military Academy. April 11, 2019 - After three decades of rule, Bashir is arrested and is forced from power in a military coup. August 19, 2019 - Bashir appears in a Khartoum court for the first day of his corruption trial. December 14, 2019 - Bashir is sentenced to two years in a correctional facility after being found guilty of corruption and illegitimate possession of foreign currency.

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