The video looks hyper-real, depicting a US Senate candidate laughing at cards that read “Death to America” and “Celebrate 9/11.” But it is part of a multimillion-dollar blitz of AI-generated political ads ahead of the midterm elections. Reality-bending deepfake ads — dubbed AI “slopaganda” by researchers and used by both sides of the political aisle […]
Read MoreWahlkrimi in Brasilien: Bei der Stichwahl um das Präsidentenamt in Brasilien hat sich der Linkspolitiker Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva laut Wahlgericht knapp gegen seinen Herausforderer Flávio Bolsonaro durchgesetzt. Dem Wahlgericht des Landes zufolge entfielen auf Lula bei dem Urnengang am Sonntag 51,76 Prozent der Stimmen, Bolsonaro kam demnach auf 48,24 Prozent. Die Wahl in […]
Read MoreSerbiens Langzeit-Präsident Aleksandar Vucic steht nach 14 Jahren im Amt vor dem Aus: Nach der vorgezogenen Parlamentswahl in dem südosteuropäischen Land hat sich die aus einer studentischen Protestbewegung hervorgegangene Studentska Lista am Sonntag zur Siegerin über Vucics Serbische Fortschrittspartei (SNS) erklärt. “Vorläufige Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Studierenden in fast allen Wahllokalen überzeugend in Führung liegen”, […]
Read MoreThe first international flight took off Monday from a new, multi-billion-dollar airport in the fast-growing western suburbs of Sydney. After more than four decades of planning, Western Sydney International Airport offers the first alternative to the city’s main airport, which has been operating for more than a century. An Air New Zealand plane from Auckland […]
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China’s President Xi Jinping and other top leaders meet in Beijing on Monday at a key gathering watched closely for clues as to the country’s direction and future leadership. Roughly 300 members of the ruling Communist Party’s Central Committee in attendance at the meeting, called the fifth plenum, will be looking to tighten discipline within […]
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Israeli election contender Gadi Eisenkot on Sunday vowed to unite the country as he held his final major rally before the vote, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received fresh backing from US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu has campaigned heavily on his security credentials, but Eisenkot has cast him as unfit to lead and pledged a […]
Read MorePresident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have to wrestle with a divided Brazil, an unfriendly Congress, feeble public finances and a Donald Trump-shaped menace during his unprecedented fourth term. Days before his 81st birthday, the former union leader won Sunday’s runoff with 51.7 percent of the vote over 48.2 percent for his right-wing challenger Flavio […]
Read MoreStorms battered northern Europe Sunday, killing a man, cutting power to more than 150,000 homes and disrupting travel and phone networks. A man died when a tree fell on him in southwestern Scotland, while a runner in a marathon in northern France was injured when a tree was felled by strong winds during the race. More […]
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Yemen’s Houthis on Sunday said they launched a fresh strike on Saudi Arabia’s international airport in capital Riyadh, hours after the kingdom announced that flights had resumed despite repeated attacks by the Iran-backed group. King Khalid International Airport’s website showed several domestic and international flights scheduled on Sunday, including arrivals to the kingdom from Dubai, […]
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