Crispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades, and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the French presence that once dominated Vietnam. But there are darker legacies too — in the notorious prisons that enforced foreign rule, and memorials to those slain fighting for independence. As Vietnam marked the 80th anniversary of the declaration of […]
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Around 2,000 North Korean soldiers deployed to help Russia fight Ukraine are estimated to have been killed, Seoul’s spy agency said Tuesday, according to a lawmaker. Seoul’s National Intelligence Service said in April “the number of war dead was at least 600. But based on updated assessments, it now estimates the figure at around 2,000,” lawmaker […]
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At least 20 people are missing after violent Indonesia protests sparked by lavish perks for lawmakers that have widened to include anger against police, a rights group said Tuesday. At least six people have been killed since protests rocked Southeast Asia’s biggest economy last week, intensified by footage spreading of the killing of a young […]
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Die Anzahl der im Homeoffice arbeitenden Beschäftigten bleibt in Deutschland weitestgehend konstant. Im August arbeiteten 24,4 Prozent der Beschäftigten zumindest teilweise von zu Hause, wie das Münchner Ifo-Institut am Dienstag unter Berufung auf seine jüngste Konjunkturprognose mitteilte. “Ein Trend zur Rückkehr ins Büro ist nicht erkennbar”, erklärte Ifo-Forscher Jean-Victor Alipour. “Prominente Beispiele einzelner Unternehmen, die […]
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Australia said Tuesday it will oblige tech giants to prevent online tools being used to create AI-generated nude images or stalk people without detection. The government will work with industry on developing new legislation against the “abhorrent technologies”, it said in a statement, without providing a timeline.”There is no place for apps and technologies that […]
Read MoreThe potential abuse of consumer AI tools is raising concerns, with budding cybercriminals apparently able to trick coding chatbots into giving them a leg-up in producing malicious programmes. So-called “vibe hacking” — a twist on the more positive “vibe coding” that generative AI tools supposedly enable those without extensive expertise to achieve — marks “a […]
Read MoreRescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake, followed by at least five aftershocks, hit remote areas in mountainous provinces near the border with Pakistan around midnight Sunday. The head of the Kunar Provincial Disaster Management […]
Read MoreVietnam held its largest-ever public celebrations on Tuesday to mark 80 years since the declaration of independence, with legions of lock-stepped patriots marching under fluttering flags. Around 40,000 troops and civilians began parading in the capital Hanoi after dawn, feting the date when communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh declared a “Democratic Republic of Vietnam” free […]
Read MoreEine knappe Mehrheit der Jugendlichen in Deutschland befürwortet einer Umfrage zufolge einen allgemeinen Pflichtdienst. 53 Prozent der teilnehmenden Zwölf- bis 18-Jährigen sprachen sich für einen frei wählbaren Pflichtdienst nach Schule oder Ausbildung aus, wie aus der am Dienstag in Gütersloh veröffentlichten Umfrage des Liz-Mohn-Stiftung hervorgeht. 49 Prozent sind jedoch der Ansicht, dass dieser Dienst nicht zwingend […]
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