Die gegen acht Angeklagte wegen der Beteiligung am Schmuggel von rund viereinhalb Tonnen Kokain über den Hamburger Hafen verhängten Haftstrafen sind rechtskräftig. Der Bundesgerichtshof verwarf die von ihnen eingelegten Revisionen, wie er am Dienstag in Karlsruhe mitteilte. Das Landgericht Hamburg hatte die Männer im Januar zu sechs bis zwölf Jahren Haft wegen Beihilfe zur Einfuhr von […]
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The head of Britain’s domestic spy agency warned Tuesday that artificial intelligence was affecting the security risks faced by the UK, and could “change the stakes” on bioweapons.”Today AI is already supercharging the cybersecurity contest between attackers and defenders,” Ken McCallum, MI5 director general, said in his annual threat briefing. Artificial intelligence technology had the […]
Read MoreSweden’s Social Democratic party leader Magdalena Andersson said Tuesday she had failed to form a government with the three other parties in the left-wing bloc following last month’s election.”My overall assessment is that progress has been made, but at the same time, the conditions are currently not in place to form a government that can […]
Read MoreEU economy chief Valdis Dombrovskis told AFP on Tuesday that Russian diesel sales recently authorised by the United States were unlikely to move the price of the commodity, which has spiked since the start of the Iran war. US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had spoken to President Vladimir Putin and they had struck […]
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At the UK premiere of the drama “Ink” following the makings of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle criticised US President Donald Trump’s tendency to dismiss things as “fake news”. On the red carpet at the London Film Festival on Monday, Boyle told AFP the film sees the “first seeds of the […]
Read MoreAt the UK premiere of the drama “Ink” following the makings of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle criticised US President Donald Trump’s tendency to dismiss things as “fake news”. On the red carpet at the London Film Festival on Monday, Boyle told AFP the film sees the “first seeds of the […]
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Pope Leo XIV was admitted to hospital in Rome on Tuesday for surgery to remove a nodule on his lung, but cardinals said he appeared “very relaxed” about the operation. The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, or small growth of tissue in the lung, marks the 71-year-old’s first hospitalisation since he became head of […]
Read MoreHungarian lawmakers on Tuesday voted to remove anti-LGBTQ provisions in a 2021 “child protection” law adopted under nationalist ex-leader Viktor Orban. Parliament passed a bill to amend the law with 139 votes in favour and 51 votes against, marking the first significant reversal of Orban’s curbs targeting the LGBTQ community since pro-EU Prime Minister Peter […]
Read MoreFrench high school pupils staged fresh nationwide rallies Tuesday urging better learning conditions, supported by university students and Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, with authorities and participants wary of further violence. With just months to go before elections to replace President Emmanuel Macron, French authorities had been hoping that the protests would start to ease ahead […]
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