The parties should agree to a ceasefire before hammering out a precise peace plan, the Hungarian leader said Moscow and Kiev should agree to a ceasefire before drafting a detailed peace plan, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. Speaking at an international economic conference in Cernobbio, Italy on Friday, he stressed that both sides would have to eventually come …
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Student protesters at Columbia University, New York. Credit: IPS Opinion by Norman Solomon (san francisco, usa) Friday, September 06, 2024 Inter Press Service SAN FRANCISCO, USA, Sep 06 (IPS) – With nearly 18 million students on U.S. college campuses this fall, defenders of the war on Gaza don’t want to hear any backtalk. Silence is complicity, and that’s the way Israel’s …
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EXPLAINER Trump falsely claims the Justice Department is hamstrung in the lead-up to November’s vote as he stares down two federal cases. Former President Donald Trump has said the Department of Justine has a “60-day rule” that prevents it from taking certain law enforcement actions against candidates in the run-up to a United States election. If Trump’s statement were correct, …
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Getty Images Crickets have become a go-to bug for chefs experimenting with edible insects “Think of it as cricket cake, like fish cake,” the chef said as he urged the man in the buffet line to try the steaming, spicy laksa – a coconut noodle broth – full of “textured cricket protein”. Next to it was a plate of chilli …
Read More »The Ukrainian leader argued that escalating military pressure on Russia, combined with diplomacy, was the best way to motivate Moscow to seek peace.
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AI is the driver If the concept of abstraction has been around for decades, albeit called different things, why is there renewed interest now? A significant factor driving data hyperaggregation is the growing focus on AI and machine learning (ML). As companies increasingly integrate AI and ML into their workflows, the need for consolidated and high-quality data becomes imperative. Cloud …
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After months of turmoil over its safety, Boeing’s new astronaut capsule departed the International Space Station without its crew and headed back to Earth. Nasa’s two test pilots stayed behind at the space station — their home until next year — as the Starliner capsule undocked from the orbiting laboratory. The return flight is expected to take six hours, with …
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Donald Trump departs a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City on 6 September 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) Donald Trump will now only face sentencing on 26 November for his criminal conduct in a payoff to a porn star. That had been due to happen this month. A Supreme Court ruling on the immunity of US …
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Ukraine needs the ability to strike deep within Russia now, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged top U.S. and allied military leaders Friday in Germany, as Kyiv continues to press its case that without long-range strikes and bolstered air defenses, it faces a bleak winter. The meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group was taking place during …
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Quoting anti-colonial leaders is “Russian disinformation,” Africa Confidential has claimed Russia is spreading anti-Western sentiment in Africa through an RT billboard campaign depicting Moscow as a force against colonialism, a British outlet has claimed. Africa Confidential (AC) calls itself “one of the longest-established specialist publications” on continental affairs, providing in-depth news and analysis to governments, corporate clients, universities and NGOs. …
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