The 47th US president wants to end the conflict quickly but not with Ukraine’s complete defeat, Dmitry Suslov told RT US President Donald Trump will try to make good on his promise to quickly end the conflict in Ukraine, but not at the cost of Kiev’s complete capitulation to Moscow, Dmitry Suslov, a member of the Russian Council on Foreign …
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Afghan women and girls now face severe restrictions, with few opportunities to step outside their homes. Credit: Learning Together. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 Inter Press Service The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons Jan 21 (IPS) – Afghan women are enduring perhaps their most challenging …
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Linda Fagan, the first woman to lead a branch of the US Armed Forces, was among those removed by Trump on his first day. The head of the United States Coast Guard has been removed from her position, as newly inaugurated President Donald Trump follows through with his pledges to fire top officials. On Tuesday, US media published reports that …
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Elon Musk draws scrutiny over arm gesture at post-inauguration rally Elon Musk has brushed aside the furore over a one-armed gesture he gave during a speech celebrating the inauguration of Donald Trump. At Monday’s event, Musk thanked the crowd for “making it happen”, before placing his right hand over his heart and then thrusting the same arm out into air …
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Carlos Navarro was eating takeout outside a restaurant in Virginia recently when immigration officers apprehended him and said there was an order for his removal from the country. He had never had an encounter with the law, said Mr. Navarro, 32, adding that he worked at poultry plants. “Absolutely nothing.” By last week, he was back in Guatemala for the …
Read More »The rapid pace of innovation and the proliferation of new models have raised concerns about technology lock-in. Lock-in occurs when businesses become overly reliant on a specific model with bespoke scaffolding that limits their ability to adapt to innovations. Upon its release, GPT-4 was the same cost as GPT-3 despite being a superior model with much higher performance. Since the …
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US President Donald Trump is spending his first full day back in the White House meeting congressional leaders, making an infrastructure announcement and demonstrating one of his favoured expressions of power – firing people. The new president posted on his Truth social media network early on Tuesday that he would fire more than 1,000 presidential appointees “who are not aligned …
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Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump has rescinded a Biden administration executive order that established oversight measures for companies developing influential AI models.
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JERUSALEM — Israel’s top general resigned on Tuesday, citing the security and intelligence failures related to Hamas’ surprise attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. Israel meanwhile launched a large military operation in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday that the Palestinian Health Ministry said had killed at least six people and wounded 35. Lt. …
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Donald Trump has reportedly returned the button to the redecorated room in the White House US President Donald Trump has returned a special Diet Coke button to his desk in the Oval Office, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. By pressing it, the president will be able to quickly summon one of his staffers to bring him his favorite …
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