LONDON (AP) — The United States and Europe are drawing up a voluntary code of conduct for artificial intelligence, a top European Union official said Wednesday, as the developing technology triggers warnings about the risks it poses to humanity and growing calls for regulation. The voluntary code would bridge the gap while the 27-nation EU…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy says the House will vote Wednesday on the deal he struck with the president – here are the details of the 99-page bill Details of the deal between Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy take the form of a 99-page bill that would suspend the nation’s debt limit into 2025 in order to…
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday he will lead an effort to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress if he refuses to share an informant file accusing President Biden of being part of a $5 million bribery scheme while he was vice president. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.)…
Five years after Saudi Arabia expelled Canada’s ambassador from Riyadh over Ottawa’s remarks on women’s rights activists, both countries agreed Wednesday to restore full diplomatic relations, Global Affairs Canada (Canada’s foreign ministry – GAC) announced in a statement. According to press reports, the meeting in November between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Saudi Arabia’s Crown…
Russia says Ukraine has launched “a terrorist drone attack” on Moscow, with several buildings damaged. It is the first time Moscow has been so heavily targeted in a single operation, but Ukraine denies carrying out the strikes. What was hit by the drones? The Russian military says eight drones were used in the strikes. It…
NATO chief Jen Stoltenberg warned troops “will take all necessary actions to maintain a safe and secure environment for all citizens in Kosovo.” NATO said on Tuesday it will send more troops to northern Kosovo to help quell violent protests, following clashes with ethnic Serbs that wounded 30 peacekeepers. “We have decided to deploy 700…
Gert-Jan Oskam was living in China in 2011 when he was in a motorcycle accident that left him paralyzed from the hips down. Now, with a combination of devices, scientists have given him control over his lower body again. “For 12 years I’ve been trying to get back my feet,” Mr. Oskam said in a…
Data prompts speculation NHS inability to cut waiting lists could make private healthcare ‘new normal’ Record numbers of people are paying for private healthcare, spending up to £3,200 on having a cataract removed and £15,075 on a new hip, amid growing frustration at NHS waiting lists. Across the UK last year 272,000 people used their own funds…
France signed into law this week a ban on domestic, short-haul flights when the journey can be completed in less than two-and-a-half hours by train. The new decree, which seeks to reduce carbon emissions, prohibits “regular public passenger air transport services.” However, the ban does not appear to extend to private jet travel. According to Greenpeace, private jet…
A fake image of an explosion near the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., may have been created by artificial-intelligence tools. But that didn’t stop it from being spread by dozens of accounts on social media — and the stock market briefly dipped as the fake news spread. An image appearing to show a massive cloud of…