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Artificial Intelligence and threats to the world

18 May 2023 01:14 AM IST

Emergency management must adapt to address emerging safety risks posed by artificial intelligence alongside natural and human-made hazards. AI and hazard classification AI hazards can be categorized as intentional (used to cause harm or compromise systems) or unintentional (resulting from human errors or technological failures). Additionally, emerging threats involve AI

Resilient Gorillas: Overcoming childhood misfortune

18 May 2023 00:50 AM IST

In 1974, an infant mountain gorilla was born in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Researchers named him Titus. As is typical for young gorillas in the wild, Titus spent the first years of his life surrounded by his mother, father and siblings, as well as more distant relatives and unrelated

How banks, the Fed are preparing for a U.S. default….and the chaos expected to follow

18 May 2023 00:44 AM IST

Convening war rooms, planning speedy bailouts and raising house-on-fire alarm bells: Those are a few of the ways the biggest banks and financial regulators are preparing for a potential default on US debt. “You hope it doesn’t happen, but hope is not a strategy – so you prepare for it,”

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, receives Ms Foundation’s Woman of Vision Award

18 May 2023 00:37 AM IST

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, encouraged women to find inspiration to fight for equity as she accepted the Ms Foundation Women of Vision Award Tuesday night, with Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown. “It’s never too late to start,” Meghan said at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Manhattan. “You can be

Russia’s threat to exit Ukraine grain deal adds risk to global food security

18 May 2023 00:33 AM IST

The United Nations is racing to extend a deal that has allowed shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, helping ease a global food crisis exacerbated by the war Russia launched more than a year ago. The breakthrough accord that the

Lawmakers warn leaky, crumbling UK Parliament at risk of ‘catastrophic’ event

17 May 2023 23:34 PM IST

Britain’s Parliament building is an architectural masterpiece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site visited by 1 million people a year. It’s also a crumbling, leaky, asbestos-riddled building at “real and rising” risk of destruction, lawmakers said Wednesday. In a hair-raising report, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee said the seat

Serbian Schools Face Bomb Threats Following May Mass Shootings

17 May 2023 23:26 PM IST

Dozens of Serbian schools on Wednesday received bomb threats, the education ministry said, amid security concerns following two mass shootings early this month, including one in an elementary school. The education ministry said 78 elementary schools and 37 high schools in Belgrade received warnings by email early on Wednesday that

South Korea, Canada Collaborate on Clean Energy

17 May 2023 23:10 PM IST

The leaders of South Korea and Canada on Wednesday vowed to strengthen their security and economic cooperation to address challenges posed by North Korea and expand Canadian supplies of minerals crucial to South Korea’s technology industry as they held a summit in Seoul. The meeting between South Korean President Yoon

Imran Khan faces 24-hour deadline to hand over ‘terrorists’

17 May 2023 22:59 PM IST

The interim government in Pakistan’s Punjab province has given a 24-hour deadline to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief Imran Khan to handover all “30-40 terrorists that have taken refuge” at his residence here, according to a media report on Wednesday. The Caretaker Information Minister Aamir Mir while addressing a

Top court extends bar on Imran’s arrest till 31 May

17 May 2023 22:55 PM IST

A top Pakistani court here on Wednesday extended until May 31 its order to prevent the arrest of former Prime minister Imran Khan in any case filed against him after May 9. The Islamabad High Court (IHC) was hearing Khan’s plea seeking relief from the court over fear that the

European nations back system to calculate damage in invasion

17 May 2023 22:49 PM IST

More than 40 countries at a summit of European leaders have backed a system to estimate the damage Russia is causing during the war in Ukraine, in the hopes Moscow can be forced to compensate victims and help rebuild the nation once the conflict is over. The Russian invasion of

Australia Cancels crucial Quad Summit, Biden’s Trip Postponed

17 May 2023 22:42 PM IST

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday cancelled next week’s Quad leaders meeting in Sydney after US President Joe Biden postponed his visit to Australia to focus on crucial debt-ceiling talks to prevent a catastrophic federal default. Speaking to the media, Albanese said it is still possible that his Indian