Trump announces US-China trade talks in London next week

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President, who had Thursday call with China’s Xi Jinping amid tariff dispute, says ‘meeting should go very well’

Senior US administration officials will meet with a Chinese delegation on Monday in London for the next round of trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing, Donald Trump said on Friday.

The meeting comes after a phone call between Trump and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, on Thursday, which the US president described as a “very positive” conversation as the two countries attempt to break an impasse over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals.

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Trump’s travel ban allows athletes from affected nations into US for the World Cup and Olympics. Fans may be stuck at home – CNN

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  1. Trump’s travel ban allows athletes from affected nations into US for the World Cup and Olympics. Fans may be stuck at home  CNN
  2. Haitians Reel as Trump’s Travel Ban Tears Families and Businesses Apart  The New York Times
  3. Travel ban: Trump reprises one of the worst things he did in his first term.  Slate Magazine
  4. Restricting The Entry of Foreign Nationals to Protect the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats  The White House (.gov)
  5. Trump Is Wearing America Down  The Atlantic
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AI analysis suggests Dead Sea Scrolls are older than scientists thought, but not all experts are convinced – Live Science

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  1. AI analysis suggests Dead Sea Scrolls are older than scientists thought, but not all experts are convinced  Live Science
  2. AI analysis of ancient handwriting gives new age estimates for Dead Sea Scrolls  CNN
  3. New study revolutionizes Dead Sea Scrolls dating, might rewrite Israel’s history  The Times of Israel
  4. Dead Sea Scrolls analysis may force rethink of ancient Jewish history  New Scientist
  5. The Dead Sea Scrolls Changed Our Understanding of the Bible. Could Some of Them Be Even Older Than We Thought?  Smithsonian Magazine
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UK Court Warns Lawyers Can Be Prosecuted Over A.I. Tools That ‘Hallucinate’ Fake Material – The New York Times

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  1. UK Court Warns Lawyers Can Be Prosecuted Over A.I. Tools That ‘Hallucinate’ Fake Material  The New York Times
  2. UK judge warns of risk to justice after lawyers cited fake AI-generated cases in court  AP News
  3. US lawyer sanctioned after being caught using ChatGPT for court brief  The Guardian
  4. Lawyers face sanctions for citing fake cases with AI, warns UK judge  Reuters
  5. High court tells UK lawyers to stop misuse of AI after fake case-law citations | Artificial intelligence (AI)  The Guardian
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High court tells UK lawyers to stop misuse of AI after fake case-law citations

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Ruling follows two cases blighted by actual or suspected use of artificial intelligence in legal work

The high court has told senior lawyers to take urgent action to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence after dozens of fake case-law citations were put before the courts that were either completely fictitious or contained made-up passages.

Lawyers are increasingly using AI systems to help them build legal arguments, but two cases this year were blighted by made-up case-law citations that were either definitely or suspected to have been generated by AI.

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Africa Corps to stay in Mali after Russia’s Wagner mercenary group leaves – Reuters

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  1. Africa Corps to stay in Mali after Russia's Wagner mercenary group leaves  Reuters
  2. Wagner Group leaving Mali after heavy losses but Russia’s Africa Corps to remain  NBC News
  3. Wagner to withdraw from Mali after 'completing mission'  BBC
  4. Russia’s Wagner mercenaries leaving Mali, Africa Corps to remain  Al Jazeera
  5. Wagner group announces withdrawal from Mali after “mission accomplished”  africanews.com
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Russia is at war with Britain and US is no longer a reliable ally, UK adviser says

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Government defence expert Fiona Hill warns UK to respond to threats by becoming more cohesive and resilient

Russia is at war with Britain, the US is no longer a reliable ally and the UK has to respond by becoming more cohesive and more resilient, according to one of the three authors of the strategic defence review.

Fiona Hill, from County Durham, became the White House’s chief Russia adviser during Donald Trump’s first term and contributed to the British government’s strategy. She made the remarks in an interview with the Guardian.

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