Brazil blocks Meta from using social media posts to train AI
Brazil's data protection regulator says it aims to protect users, the company says it is disappointed.
Italy’s Meloni rejects fascist nostalgia after youth wing scandal – BBC.com
- Italy's Meloni rejects fascist nostalgia after youth wing scandal BBC.com
- Meloni Condemns Fascist Nostalgia Amid Scandal in Her Party's Youth Wing The New York Times
- Italian PM condemns her far-right party's youth wing for glorifying fascism The Times of Israel
- Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni tells her party there is no room for fascism in its ranks NBC News
- Italian Premier Meloni rebukes the youth wing of her far-right party for glorifying fascism Yahoo! Voices
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer
Labour leader also says he cannot foresee circumstances where UK would re-enter single market or customs union
Keir Starmer has insisted the UK will not rejoin either the EU, the single market or the customs union within his lifetime, in his firmest pledge yet that Labour will not seek much closer relations with Europe for as long as he is prime minister.
The Labour leader told reporters on Wednesday he did not think Britain would go back into any of the three blocs while he was alive, all but ruling out rejoining even if he wins a second term in office.
Continue reading...Israeli soldier killed in stabbing at shopping centre
An Israeli soldier is killed and another wounded in what police call a "suspected terror attack".
Italy PM rejects fascist nostalgia after youth wing scandal
The comments follow reports of antisemitism and racism within the youth wing of the Italian PM's party.
World’s oldest cave art found in Indonesia showing humans and pig – BBC.com
- World's oldest cave art found in Indonesia showing humans and pig BBC.com
- Narrative cave art in Indonesia by 51,200 years ago Nature.com
- Oldest known picture story is a 51,000-year-old Indonesian cave painting The Guardian
- Earliest Narrative Cave Art Older Than Once Thought: Sulawesi Pigs Painted Over 51,000 Years Ago - Archaeology Haaretz
- World's oldest picture story dating back 51000 years found in Indonesian cave The Telegraph
Man charged over attack on Danish prime minister
Suspect to plead not guilty after Mette Frederiksen assaulted in a Copenhagen square last month
A Polish man has been charged with assault over last month’s attack on the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, in a Copenhagen square.
A man walked up to Frederiksen in a square in central Copenhagen in the late afternoon on 7 June and punched her on her right upper arm. The prime minister suffered minor whiplash but was otherwise unharmed.
Continue reading...Fangs and toilet seat-shaped head: giant salamander-like fossil found in Namibia
About 2.5 metres long, creature was an apex predator 280m years ago, before age of dinosaurs, say scientists
A giant 280m-year-old salamander-like creature that was an apex predator before the age of the dinosaurs has been discovered by fossil hunters in Namibia.
The creature, Gaiasia jennyae, was about 2.5 metres long, had an enormous toilet seat-shaped head and fearsome interlocking fangs. It lurked in cold swampy waters and lakes with its mouth wide open, preparing to clamp down its powerful jaws on any prey unwise enough to swim past.
Continue reading...Sport clubs in the crosshairs? Argentina’s austerity measures prompt debate
President Milei has spurred outrage by proposing to privatise nonprofit neighbourhood clubs, an Argentinian tradition.
Source: Pakistan to play India in Lahore on March 1 in ICC Champions Trophy
A source inside Pakistan cricket told Al Jazeera that despite the proposed date, India's participation is questionable.
One killed in stabbing at Israel shopping centre
One person is killed and another wounded in what police said was a "suspected terror attack".
Cameroon president’s daughter hints at same-sex relationship
Homosexual acts are outlawed in the county and carry punishments of up to five years in jail.
World’s oldest cave art found showing humans and pig
The oldest example of cave art has been discovered on an Indonesian island and dated back 51,200 years.
Go Telem on the Mountain: Making Music in Sierra Leone
Solomon Fatoma, aka Solo’s Beat, creates his music from the sounds he finds all around him.
Australia to strike new funding deal with Papua New Guinea to manage transferred asylum seekers
Exclusive: Government regulations reveal Australia will provide ‘further capability support and funding’ to PNG but dollar figure is confidential
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The Albanese government will strike a new funding deal with Papua New Guinea (PNG) to support asylum seekers after the country threatened to send them back to Australia unless a fresh agreement was signed.
In December 2021 the Morrison government struck a secret deal for about 75 refugees and asylum seekers to stay in Port Moresby after the regional processing centre at Manus Island was closed.
Continue reading...Who’s best for the US economy? Biden or Trump?
The race to the White House may come down to the economic records of the two leading presidential candidates.
Can Senegal’s Faye play peacemaker and help a splintered West Africa bloc?
Experts say ECOWAS's tensions with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso could roll back years of regional diplomacy.
Child marriage ban welcomed in Sierra Leone
It is estimated a third of girls are married off before they turn 18 in the West Africa nation.
What’s happening in Sudan’s civil war? | Start Here
Has the world forgotten Sudan?
Taiwan says it was warned by China to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew – The Associated Press
- Taiwan says it was warned by China to not interfere in the detention of Taiwanese boat crew The Associated Press
- Taiwan says China seizure of trawler may be act of psychological warfare Reuters.com
- China Seizes Taiwanese Fishing Boat As Tensions Rise The New York Times
- China seized Taiwan boat with crew for fishing illegally BBC.com
- Taiwan urges China to release fishing boat DW (English)