Italian police on Thursday detained eight people "seriously suspected" of belonging to a transnational criminal organization accused of facilitating irregular migration between Algeria, Italy and France. In a statement, Polizia di Stato said more than 100 officers took part in the operation in Cagliari, with support from specialized police units, targeting individuals allegedly involved in […]
Continue ReadingA German court on Thursday sentenced an Afghan national to life imprisonment for a deadly car-ramming attack at a trade union demonstration in Munich that killed two people and injured dozens, Deutsche Welle reported. The Higher Regional Court in Munich convicted 25-year-old Farhad N. of two counts of murder, 23 counts of attempted murder, 19 […]
Continue ReadingA South Korean satellite has captured the first pictures of the Moon’s fresh crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX rocket. The Korea Aerospace Research Institute’s Danuri spacecraft flew over the impact site soon after the Falcon 9 upper stage inadvertently ploughed into the Moon on Wednesday. Danuri made multiple passes, taking photos from lunar […]
Continue Reading“We must cooperate with our neighbors, of course. But as long as control depends on the goodwill of one neighboring state, we remain … vulnerable,” he added. Brunner described last week’s events in Ceuta, when around 72,000 migrants forced their way into the Spanish exclave, as “solid proof that we need a strong and effective […]
Continue ReadingEasyJet has agreed to be taken over in a £5.7bn deal by US firm Apollo. The deal was announced after rival suitor Castlelake said it was dropping out of the bid battle for the no-frills airline. EasyJet is one of Europe’s largest airlines. It employs more than 19,000 people, and flies around 1,200 routes across […]
Continue ReadingA lottery player who accidentally binned a €1m (£857,158) winning-ticket may be the luckiest man in Italy after refuge workers found the missing slip. The anonymous player disposed of the ticket in a shop in Bitonto, southern Italy, after checking his numbers and being told it was “non-payable”. The man only realised he threw away […]
Continue ReadingRussian attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding region killed 17 people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, as Ukraine’s depleted air defenses failed to stop any of Moscow’s incoming missiles overnight. Zelensky has reiterated to allies that Ukraine needs more air defences. The UN on Wednesday said July was the deadliest month for […]
Continue ReadingUmit, a female Amur tiger, has been released to Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve as part of a programme to restore the animal’s population, which was wiped out in central Asia a century ago. Umit is one of four Amur tigers transferred from Russia. She will be monitored on how she takes to the new habitat […]
Continue ReadingFacebook owner Meta says an issue during an evaluation by an independent testing company allowed one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models to connect to the internet and hack another organisation’s system. The announcement follows recent incidents across the AI industry, including breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models, that have raised cyber-security concerns. A Meta […]
Continue ReadingAs weather events become more extreme, fake videos are being shared rapidly online, and it’s causing real world problems in China. The government has vowed to crack down on misinformation, but as our China correspondent Stephen McDonell explains, identifying AI-generated content is becoming increasingly difficult.
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