Edwina Brahms 
Professor Yoshua Bengio, at the One Young World Summit in Montreal, Canada, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024 Famed computer scientist Yoshua Bengio — an artificial intelligence pioneer — has warned of the nascent technology’s potential negative effects on society and called for more research to mitigate its risks. Bengio, a professor at the University of … Read more
THIS is the dramatic moment Ukraine reportedly used UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles to target a Russian facility allegedly housing top North Korean commanders. Aerial footage purporting to show the strike captured rockets exploding a site in Russia’s Kursk region, which includes a presidential facility with an underground control room, Ukrainian defence experts said. 9 The moment … Read more
Former US President Donald Trump arrives during a “Get Out The Vote” rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, US, on Saturday, March 2, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory has ratcheted up concerns about higher prices, prompting strategists to rethink the outlook for global bond yields and currencies. It is … Read more
SCOTTISH and UK ministers are in talks to deport 600 foreign inmates to ease prison overcrowding, it emerged today. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed discussions were underway with Westminster chiefs over the future of overseas lags — as she was accused of “betraying” crime victims. 2 Ms Constance said Holyrood ministers were “actively engaging” with … Read more
Rising global trade tensions present a risk to the euro area economy, the bloc’s central bank found in its biannual Financial Stability Review out on Wednesday. The European Central Bank also said weak growth was now a bigger threat than high inflation in the 20-nation euro zone. The latest figures recorded euro zone economic growth … Read more
A SUSPECTED serial killer has been sentenced to death for poisoning her pal on holiday as she continues to face a string of murder charges. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, has been dubbed “Ms Cyanide” after she was accused of giving 14 of her friends the lethal chemical because she allegedly owed them money. 5 Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn has … Read more
Fabien Pinckaers, CEO of Belgian-based enterprise software startup Odoo. Odoo Odoo, a startup taking on SAP in the realm of enterprise software, boosted its valuation to 5 billion euros ($5.3 billion) in a secondary share round led by Alphabet‘s venture fund and Sequoia Capital. The Belgium-based company develops open-source enterprise resource planning software, with over … Read more
LIAM Payne’s funeral marks the sombre moment when those close to the much-loved One Direction star get the chance to say a final farewell. The private ceremony will be held in the Home Counties — here we look at who’s attending Liam’s funeral. 8 Liam Payne’s funeral is being held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024Credit: … Read more
Customers buy flowers on stalls at Columbia Road Flower Market in East London. Henry Nicholls | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. inflation picked up sharply to a higher-than-expected 2.3% in October, data from the British Office for National Statistics showed Wednesday, tempering expectations of a December interest rate cut from the Bank of … Read more
THE US Embassy in Kyiv has shut down as Ukraine braces for a huge airstrike. It comes a day after Ukraine used US-supplied ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory for the first time – and Moscow warned it would “react accordingly”. 2 Ukraine searches for drones over Kyiv during a Russian drone strikeCredit: Reuters 2 … Read more
