administratoir

Back to homepage / Asia / Pacific Dozens dead in Pakistan monsoon flooding The country is still cleaning up from last year's devastating floods which killed more than 1,700 people and caused some $30 billion in damage. Issued on: 07/07/2023 - 04:01 1 min People ride on a horsecart through a flooded street after heavy rainfall in Lahore on 5 July 2023. People ride on...

France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines Back to homepage / Europe DEATH OF NAHEL ‘We have to listen to them’: Youth associations on the front lines during Nahel riots During almost a week of riots that shook France after the death of Nahel M., killed by police during a police traffic stop and seach, youth associations and elected representatives...

Twitter threatens to sue Facebook owner Meta over new Threads platform Twitter's lawyer, Alex Spiro, has written to Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg to say it "intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights," according to the news site Semafor. James Robinson Sky News reporter @thejournojames Thursday 6 July 2023 22:29, UK Listen to this article 0:00 / 4:31 1X BeyondWords Audio created using AI assistance Mark Zuckerberg and Elon...

Man jailed for life for raping girl, 9, who had to travel to neighbouring US state for abortion Gerson Fuentes impregnated the girl during the attack, and she had to travel to Indiana to terminate the pregnancy after Ohio banned abortions at the first detectable "foetal heartbeat" in the wake of the Roe v Wade ruling. James Robinson Sky News reporter @thejournojames Wednesday...

Back to homepage / Europe Belarus says Wagner’s Prigozhin is in Russia, raising questions about Putin deal Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday that the mutinous chief of Russia’s Wagner group was still in Russia with thousands of fighters, but dismissed speculation that President Vladimir Putin would have Yevgeny Prigozhin killed. Issued on: 06/07/2023 - 22:32 3 min Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin...

Back to homepage / Europe French police raid home of PSG boss after torture claims in Qatar French police raided the home of Paris Saint-Germain boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi on Wednesday in an investigation into a man's claims of detention and torture in Qatar, a source close to the case told AFP. Issued on: 06/07/2023 - 14:58 1 min Paris Saint Germain's Qatari president...

/ Europe June was the world's hottest on record, EU climate change service warns Last month was the hottest June globally on record, with abnormally high temperatures recorded on both land and sea, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. Issued on: 06/07/2023 - 18:28 1 min A woman drinks water from a mug on a hot summer day in...

Back to homepage / Europe HOUR BY HOUR 🔴 Live: Zelensky arrives in Prague to meet with Czech leader Petr Pavel Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Prague on Thursday for talks with Czech President Petr Pavel and other officials. Reports have emerged that the head of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin is no longer in Belarus and is currently in...

Back to homepage / Asia / Pacific US Treasury Secretary Yellen arrives in China on mission to improve relations U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday began a four-day visit to China focused on easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies, despite low expectations on both sides. Issued on: 06/07/2023 - 20:16 Modified: 06/07/2023 - 20:20 3 min US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen with...

Back to homepage / Europe DEATH OF NAHEL ‘We have to listen to them’: Youth associations on the front lines during Nahel riots During almost a week of riots that shook France after the death of Nahel M., killed by police during a traffic stop, youth associations and elected representatives spent time with young people on the ground. Their presence helped lower...

Mashreq Deploys Electronic Facial Recognition to Allow Online Bank Account Onboarding BY PYMNTS | JULY 5, 2023 | Visa, Mashreq Team On UAE SMB Onboarding Mashreq has launched electronic facial recognition (EFR) technology to facilitate the onboarding of large corporate clients. With the implementation of this technology, UAE-based large corporate banking clients can open bank accounts in...

Report: Outcome-Based Pricing Gains Ground in Tech Market BY PYMNTS | JULY 5, 2023 | A small but growing number of tech companies are reportedly offering pricing based on outcomes rather than usage. With these outcome-based or value-based pricing models, customers pay a percentage of the increased revenue, cost savings, growth in customer count or other...

CADDi Raises $89 Million to Expand Procurement Platform and Cloud Service BY PYMNTS | JULY 5, 2023 | CADDi has raised $89 million in Series C funding for its solutions for the manufacturing sector. The company will use the new funding to enhance the capabilities of both its parts-procurement platform called CADDi Manufacturing and its cloud...

Authors’ Lawsuit Alleges OpenAI Violated Copyright Law in ChatGPT Training BY PYMNTS | JULY 5, 2023 | Two authors have sued OpenAI, alleging the ChatGPT creator violated copyright law. Paul Tremblay and Mona Awad said in their lawsuit that the ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) tool generates summaries of their work that are accurate to a degree...