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Tech leaders and researchers call for 'pause' in AI race
Issued on: 30/03/2023 - 01:42
Screens display the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT in Toulouse, southwestern France, on January 23, 2023.04:34
Screens display the logos of OpenAI and ChatGPT in Toulouse, southwestern France, on January 23, 2023. © Lionel Bonaventure, AFP
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PROFILE ‘If you stay, you will die’: How one front-line volunteer is saving lives in Ukraine’s Donbas
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'If you stay, you will die': How one front-line volunteer is saving lives in Ukraine’s Donbas
Issued on: 29/03/2023 - 21:36
Modified: 29/03/2023 - 21:40
Kuba Stasiak with a family he evacuated from Bakhmut, in Kramatorsk, January 2022.
Kuba Stasiak with a family he evacuated from Bakhmut, in Kramatorsk, January 2022. © Kuba Stasiak
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Kuba Stasiak, a young volunteer from Poland,...
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🔴 Live: IAEA chief warns of ‘increasing’ military activity at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
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🔴 Live: IAEA chief warns of ‘increasing’ military activity at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
Issued on: 29/03/2023 - 08:25
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visits Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on March 29, 2023.
Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), visits Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on...
France raises age limit and fines for e-scooters ahead of Paris referendum on a ban
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France raises age limit and fines for e-scooters ahead of Paris referendum on a ban
Issued on: 29/03/2023 - 16:16
France unveiled a new regulatory plan for e-scooters on Wednesday
France unveiled a new regulatory plan for e-scooters on Wednesday © GERARD JULIEN / AFP
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France increased the minimum age for using an electric scooter from 12 to 14 on...
BUSINESSEUROPE
China's surveillance tech: Western bans, global growth
Ferenc Gaal
2 hours ago2 hours ago
As the West cracks down on Chinese tech, video surveillance firms are also facing increased scrutiny. But global demand for Chinese surveillance cameras isn't waning, despite fears they could be used for spying.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PBED
Do you have a security camera at home? If so, there's a good chance it was...
BUSINESSKAZAKHSTAN
Is Kazakhstan misleading world on firms fleeing Russia?
Anton Sorokin
03/28/2023March 28, 2023
More than 20 foreign firms that fled Russia after its invasion of Ukraine relocated to Kazakhstan, authorities in Astana claim. DW reached out to some of those companies to find out the credibility of these assertions.
https://p.dw.com/p/4P3ID
Right after its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia faced a mass exodus...
POLITICSUNITED KINGDOM
Scotland: Who is new first minister Humza Yousaf?
Rosie Birchard
15 hours ago15 hours ago
Humza Yousaf is the first person of color and the first Muslim to head up Scotland’s devolved government. He's vowed to kick the Scottish independence movement into fifth gear, but faces a divided party and society.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PP8d
Humza Yousaf has broken Scotland's biggest glass ceiling. As the new...
CRIMEUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Adnan Syed's conviction reinstated by US court
5 hours ago5 hours ago
The subject of the hit podcast series "Serial" and an HBO documentary was freed after his conviction was vacated last September. A US court has now reinstated the murder conviction.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PPcX
A Maryland appellate court on Tuesday reinstated the conviction of Adnan Syed for murdering his high-school girlfriend...
POLITICSTAIWAN
Taiwanese president leaves for US drawing China's anger
4 hours ago4 hours ago
Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with Kevin McCarthy on April 5 would be the first meeting between a US House speaker and a Taiwanese president on US soil. China has called the planned meeting a provocation.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PPrf
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left on Wednesday for a trip to Central America that will...
BUSINESSUNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Adidas to withdraw complaint over Black Lives Matter logo
2 hours ago2 hours ago
The German sporting goods company walked back its claim that BLM's three-stripe logo violated its trademark two days after making the complaint.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PPxe
Sportswear giant Adidas announced on Wednesday that it planned to retract a trademark complaint against Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM) following...
LAW AND JUSTICEPAKISTAN
Pakistan: Exports to EU to face less scrutiny
46 minutes ago46 minutes ago
Pakistan's exclusion from the EU's list of "high-risk third countries" is likely to boost exports to the bloc and reduce the legal and financial costs of business with the EU.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PQF8
The European Union has approved the removal of Pakistan from its list of "high-risk third countries" that...
CONFLICTSUKRAINE
Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy invites China's Xi to visit
35 minutes ago35 minutes ago
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy extended the invitation to Russia's ally during an interview with the Associated Press. DW has the latest.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PQ9O
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that he had invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit his country.
"We are ready to see him here," Zelenskyy told the Associated...
LAW AND JUSTICEGERMANY
Germany's top court demands child marriage law be amended
22 minutes ago22 minutes ago
A 2017 law invalidating all marriages where a participant is under 16 is unconstitutionally vague, the court said. Lawmakers will have until mid-2024 to clarify the statute.
https://p.dw.com/p/4PQJ0
Germany's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that a 2017 law aimed at ending child marriages is not clear enough...




































