The Venice Film Festival awarded its top prize on Saturday to a Danish-made drama about a woman trying to hide a wartime relationship with a Nazi — the only feature film with a female director in the competition.”Woman Unknown” had been a major talking point of the festival due to its subject matter, which has […]
Read MoreA chilling new documentary about Israel’s AI-assisted killing of civilians in Gaza by two Israeli directors won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.”NAZA”, by Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, had been tipped by some critics for the top Golden Lion prize for best film after a record-breaking […]
Read MoreDonald Trump said Saturday he would “love to see” a united Ireland, wading into a politically sensitive subject as he embarked on a two-day Irish visit that blurs the lines between his presidency and personal business interests. After meeting Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheal Martin in Dublin, Trump said reunification of the Republic of Ireland and […]
Read MoreYemen’s Saudi-backed government forces said Saturday that they had struck Iran-allied Houthi fighters in the Red Sea city of Mocha, as the number of civilians forced to flee the renewed fighting soared. US news site Axios reported that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman had twice called US President Donald Trump to request American strikes […]
Read MoreMembers of the 11-nation BRICS group including China, Russia, Iran and India called for calm in the Middle East at a summit in New Delhi on Saturday, overcoming earlier divisions to issue a joint statement. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who joined Russian, Iranian, Indian and other leaders in India’s capital, told the summit that the […]
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Josner Herrera is sick and tired of dealing with daily power cuts, especially when her part of western Venezuela produces a fair bit of electricity. Residents of Tachira say they believe that authorities are diverting electricity from their state to the capital Caracas, where blackouts are more rare.”I’m really fed up and exhausted. And now […]
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Bei einem Brand in einem Seniorenheim in Chile sind 16 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Bei den Opfern handele es sich um Bewohner der Einrichtung, teilten die Behörden in der Stadt Pitrufquén am Samstag mit. Der Brand war am Freitagabend ausgebrochen und konnte von der Feuerwehr am frühen Samstagmorgen gelöscht werden. Die zehn übrigen Bewohner des […]
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Angesichts der Warnungen vor den Risiken einer sogenannten Superintelligenz hat Anthropic-Chef Dario Amodei KI-Unternehmen aufgerufen, die Entwicklung von Künstlicher Intelligenz zu drosseln. “Wir müssen das Tempo verlangsamen, mit dem wir die Fähigkeiten von KI-Modellen verbessern”, schrieb Amodei am Samstag auf seiner persönlichen Website. Unterstützung erhielt er vom Chef des Konkurrenzunternehmens OpenAI, Sam Altman, und dem […]
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Nach Drohnenangriffen auf eine wichtige Ölpipeline in Saudi-Arabien hat die irakische Armee nach Angaben aus Sicherheitskreisen Startvorrichtungen für Drohnen in der Nähe der Grenze zum Iran gefunden. Zwei Vertreter der irakischen Sicherheitsbehörden teilten der Nachrichtenagentur AFP am Samstag mit, die Startvorrichtungen für Drohnen seien in der entlegenen Region al-Tib in der südirakischen Provinz Missan entdeckt […]
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