Albania’s AI minister “Diella” is modeled on the actress Anila Bisha.Image: keystone May 27, 2026, 7:05 p.mMay 27, 2026, 7:08 p.m follow me An AI should act as a minister against corruption in procurement. Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama came up with this extraordinary idea and launched the concept last year. Now the artificial intelligence […]
Continue ReadingUgandan authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo “with immediate effect” as cases surge there of a rare type of Ebola and as others emerge at home. An Ebola taskforce led by vice president Jesca Alupo made the decision after a rise in the number of Ugandan […]
Continue ReadingMay 27, 2026, 3:40 p.mMay 27, 2026, 8:16 p.m The spectacular art heist from the Louvre in Paris last October is being made into a film. A film directed by Romain Gavras and a documentary series based on an investigative book by three journalists are planned, the Flammarion publishing house in Paris announced. The filming […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/27/2026 – 14:41 GMT+2 The European Commission might soon appoint an AI envoy — but what the job would actually entail remains undefined. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The idea was floated last week by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting with Europe’s top corporate executives gathered at the European Round Table […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 05/27/2026 – 13:29 GMT+2•Updated 13:43 European lawmakers are pressuring the European Commission to make environmental information from highly polluting data centers publicly available in upcoming rules, citing a deep-dive investigation by corporate watchdogs showing the EU executive is “copy-pasting” text suggested by Microsoft. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “It is one thing for Microsoft to seek […]
Continue ReadingVideo: watson/Lucas Zollinger May 27, 2026, 1:23 p.mMay 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m Cheers and great joy in the jungle of Laos: Rescue teams have found five of the gold prospectors who had been trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for more than a week alive. The men were safe, the Laotian rescue organization Rescue […]
Continue ReadingDong Guangping, an activist and former police officer, spent hours at sea before reaching Korean waters.
Continue ReadingFormer VW boss Herbert Diess wants to bring an electric tractor onto the market with a new company next year. May 27, 2026, 04:39May 27, 2026, 04:39 It will be a mid-range tractor for farmers and municipal services, he wrote on the LinkedIn platform. Herbert Diess was CEO of VW.Image: keystone The agricultural machine should […]
Continue ReadingBut Blair, who highlighted his three-time win record, argued that rather than “Keir’s personality” or “a failure to communicate,” the current government’s main affliction is the total absence of a “worked-out, coherent plan for the country.” In the essay, he urges Labour to avoid a drift to the left and instead to push for a […]
Continue ReadingGeorgia on Tuesday marked its Independence Day with a parade attended by officials and new military service recruits taking their oath, and that saw thousands of Georgians take to the streets later in the day for a pro-Europe rally in the capital, Tbilisi. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The rally comes during deep polarization within Georgian society and […]
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