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Afghanistan: Three Spanish tourists killed in shootout (www.dw.com)
The attack on foreign nationals took place in Bamyan province of Afghanistan. Some foreigners visit the site with the remnants of massive Buddhist statues mostly destroyed by the Taliban in 2001....
Australians stranded in New Caledonia 'running out of food' amid civil unrest (www.reuters.com)
Australians stranded in New Caledonia are rationing food as they wait for a way out of the Pacific island territory, amid unrest that has killed six people, a traveller from Sydney said on Saturday....
Poland to spend around $2.5 billion on securing eastern border (www.reuters.com)
Poland will invest 10 billion zlotys ($2.55 billion) in a programme to secure its eastern border, the prime minister said on Saturday, in a bid to bolster its defences against what it says is a rising threat from Russia and Belarus....
Georgia president vetoes divisive 'foreign agent' law (www.bbc.com)
Salome Zourabichvili’s said a law that has sparked weeks of protests was “fundamentally Russian”....
GM’s Cruise pays more than $8 million to pedestrian run over and dragged by robotaxi (www.ocregister.com)
In the October incident, a pedestrian crossing the road was struck by another vehicle before landing in front of the Cruise taxi. The robotaxi braked hard but ran over the person.
Islamic Jihad leader killed in West Bank and 70 targets hit in Gaza, says Israel (www.theguardian.com)
IDF says ‘senior terrorist operative’ Islam Khamayseh was killed in airstrike on the city of Jenin...
Eight climate activists arrested in Germany over airport protest (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/15660900...
Tokyo District Court Rules AI Cannot Be Issued Patents; Law Recognizes Only ‘Natural Persons’ as Inventors (japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/15659639...
Recidivist Sex Offender Sentenced for Possessing Deepfake Child Sexual Abuse Material (www.justice.gov)
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced yesterday to 14 years and seven months in prison for possessing deepfake child sexual abuse material (CSAM) depicting numerous child celebrities.
When Online Content Disappears: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later (www.pewresearch.org)
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher (www.theguardian.com)
Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o
Argentinian couple moves to US to allow their toddler to join gene therapy trial (www.theguardian.com)
The Lovatos relocated from Guatemala to Ohio for their son, who has the rare genetic disorder Canavan disease...
Israeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti ‘amounts to torture’ (www.theguardian.com)
With thousands now held without charge, lawyers say Israel is signalling that no detainee is safe...
£30,000 raised for Wirral ‘local legend’ denied UK citizenship (www.theguardian.com)
Nelson Shardey, 74, became tearful on hearing of support for effort to gain settled status after 50 years in UK...
Slovakia PM Robert Fico 'approaching a positive prognosis' (www.bbc.co.uk)
It comes as a man charged with attempting to murder Robert Fico arrived in court on Saturday....
Coroner Rules Boeing Whistleblower Death As Suicide (simpleflying.com)
The former Boeing employee was found dead in his car two months ago.
OMG: Lufthansa Unveils New Safety Video (onemileatatime.com)
Lufthansa has unveiled a new safety video, which is the carrier’s first new video in roughly a decade. Have a look at it.
Menendez bribery trial witness details Egyptian halal beef monopoly scheme (www.courthousenews.com)
Federal prosecutors say a New Jersey businessman paid tens of thousands of dollars to the wife of Senator Bob Menendez after he was granted a monopoly of certifications of halal meat imported into Egypt from the United States.
Babybus loses bid for new trial after copyright infringement verdict for CoComelon (www.courthousenews.com)
In a case that highlights the increasing prevalence of YouTube content for children, a jury found that one content creator had infringed the copyrights of another.
Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International “Data Cartels” (themarkup.org)
Digital collections put library patrons’ privacy at risk
Sri Lanka: Fifteen years after the end of war, victims still await justice at Mullivaikkal (www.amnesty.org)
15 years ago, countless civilian lives were lost during the last days of the war in Sri Lanka...
Minister suggests Canada is considering tariffs on Chinese EVs following U.S. move (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s industry minister says Ottawa is “considering all measures” after the U.S. announced it would be hiking tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and other related goods....
Slack users horrified to discover messages used for AI training (arstechnica.com)
Slack says policy changes are imminent amid backlash.