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Europe Considers Granting Robots Legal Status
“For making good any damage they may cause” In the 21st century West, unborn babies are not people, but robots have legal “personhood.” In 2017, the European Union released legal guidelines and questions concerning artificial intelligence in the future. One particular section that has robotics experts in an uproar is the EU’s discussion of a…
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Iran and Israel on a collision course as Syria burns
PHOTO: Iran is “the biggest occupying power in the Arab world today”, writes The New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman. (Reuters: Morteza Nikoubazl, file) Syria was not the only target in the US-led military strike; there was a message here for another country: Iran. Perhaps this is even more crucial. Iran has used the cover of Russia’s…
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Danger is lurking in all corners of the globe
New US national security adviser John Bolton. Picture: Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA The world is experiencing more dangerous geopolitical tensions, across more regions than at any time since the Cold War ended three decades ago. The informed view in those heady days was that liberal democracy was spreading to every corner of the planet. A new…
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Construction on border wall begins in New Mexico
On Monday there was a groundbreaking near the Santa Teresa ports of entry in New Mexico, which will mark the start of construction for the wall there. They will replace existing vehicle barriers on a 20 mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico Border with a new bollard wall. The work is being done by a Montana…
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Conference on Confusion in the Church: Final Declaration
Gianpaolo Barra, editor of the Italian Catholic monthly ‘Il Timone’, reads the declaration at the conference. The six-point profession of faith, titled ‘We testify and confess,’ reaffirms the Church’s unchanging teaching in key areas. Cardinals, bishops, priests and lay faithful issued a declaration in Rome on Saturday in which they testified to the Church’s unchanging…
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Pope Francis Says His Words ‘Overrule The Bible’
Pope Francis has responded to claims that many of his teachings “contradict Bible teachings” by saying that his words “overrule” anything written in the Bible. The pope has further angered traditional Christians in recent weeks by developing the habit of hiding the crucifix that is worn around his neck when speaking in public, causing many…
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Pope Francis, In Easter Message, Says “Defenceless” Being Killed In Holy Land
Pope Francis called for peace for “the entire world”. Pope Francis spoke a day after the Syrian army command said it regained most of Eastern Ghouta. Pope Francis begged for peace for “the entire world”, beginning with Syria (Reuters) VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, in his Easter address on Sunday, called for peace in the Holy Land two…
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Top Israeli Rabbi Believes Trump Will Build Third Temple in Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump’s unabashed support for the Jewish state and his public recognition of Jerusalem as its capital have many Israelis electrified. The current American leader’s positive attitude toward Israel seems nearly illogical, especially after decades of far more hostile trends. A prominent Israeli rabbi believes the reason for this unprecedented (at least in…
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World War 3 is now ‘CLOSER than ANY TIME’ since the Cuban Missile Crisis, claims expert
WORLD WAR 3 is “closer than any time” since the Cuban Missile Crisis after the Salisbury crisis that saw Sergei Skripal and his daughter poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent, it has been claimed. Phil Butler, a geopolitical analyst, issued the stark warning and explained that the Theresa May’s strong response to Moscow, combined with…
