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today.com | 16 min. ago NEW

Anthropic Says it Blocked Efforts to Use AI for Biological Weapons

#AI #Anthropic #biological weapons #Claude #government #research #weapon #weapons

AI company Anthropic says it uncovered multiple attempts by researchers linked to foreign governments to use Claude and other tools for work that could lead to deadly bioweapons. That research was detected and blocked by Anthropic but experts say this kind of example is just the tip of the iceberg. NBC’s Christine Romans reports for TODAY.

thehindu.com | 38 min. ago NEW

Initiative to improve confidence of govt. school students launched in Perambalur

#government #launch #school #students #target

The six-month ‘Manathil Urudhi Vendum’ programme targets over 700 students of Classes IX to XII studying in three government schools; the structured sessions are to be conducted in batches

theguardian.com | 38 min. ago NEW

US lawmakers urge secretive British court to open up about Apple case

#Apple #Congress #government #Ohio #Oregon #Politician #politicians #power #Ron Wyden #UK

Democrat Ron Wyden and Republican Warren Davidson tell investigatory powers tribunal that secrecy over encrypted data case is ‘needlessly’ straining US-UK relationsA bipartisan pair of American politicians is telling Britain’s most secretive court to stop hiding its handling of Apple’s legal fight against a government demand to break into its customers’ encrypted data, warning that Whitehall’s taste for secrecy is “needlessly” straining relations between the two allies.The letter, shared with the Guardian ahead of being sent to the investigatory powers tribunal (IPT) on Friday, is signed by the Democratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon and the Republican congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio. Continue reading...

mirror.co.uk | 43 min. ago NEW

Families say government must fully implement findings of inquiry into killer nurse Lucy Letby

#crime #government #hospital #killer

The final report from the Thirlwall Inquiry, which examined how serial killer Letby was able to commit her crimes on a hospital neonatal unit, is set to be released next week

thehill.com | 51 min. ago NEW

USA united after 9/11; why unity is now improbable after a seismic event

#attack #government #polarization #politics #terrorist attack #Trust

An analysis of the twenty-five years following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks suggests that five fundamental shifts in media, politics, government trust, and the economy have created a level of national polarization that makes modern unity unlikely.

theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 11 min. ago

Memo to King Charles: you can’t stop the Sussexes’ reality show bandwagon. You only spice up the script

#deal #government #Hyde #King Charles #Military #monarchy #Page #Queen #script #target #UK

Marina Hyde | If the monarch thought his sniffy letter would put Harry and Meghan at a disadvantage, he doesn’t understand how the celebrity world worksOnce again, it has been a lively week for the Real Housewives of Windsor franchise, with Harry and Meghan back in the UK for precisely 12 days before the king fired out a letter via the lord chamberlain on Monday, reminding viewers that the Sussexes are “private citizens” and not to treat them as working royals. You have to say the producers on this unscripted reality show are truly at the top of their game with these targeted provocations. Harry and Meghan duly took the bait and issued an intemperately hurt rejoinder – but we’ll get to that in a bit.First, let’s deal with King Charles’s missive to “relevant senior stakeholders across government, the military and Lord Lieutenancies”. Ugh. Not to be too aesthetically sensitive, but I think we can all live without the sovereign being reduced to the ghastly language of “relevant senior stakeholders”. What next? Seeking “buy-in” for ribbon-cutting events and referring to posies as “high levels of audience engagement”? It does all rather reinforce the idea that the Windsors’ cringe-makingly self-styled “the firm” really is some dreary mid-range company with a wan Meet Our Team page on its website, in which Prince William – carefully photographed without a tie – explains that he “enjoys long walks with the dog and is a passionate Aston Villa supporter”.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

theguardian.com | 1 hrs. 12 min. ago

MPs debate assisted dying bill ahead of parliamentary vote – UK politics live

#crisis #end-of-life #Executive #fund #government #hospital #politics #research #UK #vote

Bill would allow terminally ill adults with less than six months to live to end their lives, after the approval of a panel of expertsWhile the debate continues, we have a comment from Sam Royston, executive director of research and policy at Marie Curie. He said the government must address the crisis in palliative care regardless of what happens with assisted dying, calling for a new framework and funding to ensure everyone has access to compassionate end-of-life care.He said:Whatever happens with assisted dying, the UK government must fix the crisis in palliative care.It is devastating that nearly one in three people die without the help they need. Too many spend their final days in pain or on busy, chaotic hospital wards, while families are left fighting for help instead of spending time with the people they love.I think it’s absolutely right that, for instance, the prime minister and the government have said that improving palliative care must be a priority for him and his government. I think that’s something that we can all support.I think everybody should have access to good quality palliative and hospice end-of-life care at their final moment.” Continue reading...

livemint.com | 1 hrs. 49 min. ago

DA news update: Punjab employees call off pen-down strike after state govt assures ‘no disciplinary action’

#government #Mass #PEN #protest #strike

DA news update: Punjab government employees called off their pen-down strike after the state assured that ‘no disciplinary action’ would be taken against those who participated in the mass leave protest on 27 August. 

koreatimes.co.kr | 1 hrs. 50 min. ago

PM stresses profitability of $350 bil. US investment pledge, rejects discrimination claims against Coupang

#bilateral #billion #cooperation #discrimination #government #Han #investment #Negotiations #PM #Seoul #United States #Washington

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Friday that Korea’s $350 billion investment commitment to the United States must be commercially viable and deliver tangible benefits to both countries. During a meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) in Seoul, she also said the Korean government does not discriminate against companies based on nationality. “Rather than benefiting only one side, it must bring substantive benefits to both countries while maintaining commercial viability,” Han said during the meeting at The Shilla Seoul hotel. “As this is an investment, discussions are also taking place on how to ensure profitability.” The prime minister added that negotiations were progressing smoothly and that establishing a successful model through the first project could pave the way for broader bilateral cooperation. Her remarks came in response to a question from AMCHAM Chairman James Kim, who said stakeholders he met during a recent visit to Washington repeatedly expressed concern that Korea’s investment pledge had yet to produce concrete results. Han’s co

iol.co.za | 1 hrs. 51 min. ago

Municipal debt threatens South Africa’s water system, webinar hears

#Africa #government #South Africa #sustainability #water

Experts and government officials discuss municipal debt and the sustainability of South Africa’s water sector during an SAHRC webinar.

globalnews.ca | 1 hrs. 58 min. ago

Parti Québécois leader says sovereignty referendum would cost $130M

#government #leader #sovereignty

The leader of the Parti Québecois says it would cost at least $130 million to pay for the sovereignty referendum he plans to hold in 2029 or 2030 if his party forms a government.

theguardian.com | 2 hrs. 17 min. ago

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

#AI #government #humanity #population #review #revolution #Roundup #space #war

Massif by Garth Nix; Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired By Ursula K Le Guin edited by Jonathan Strahan; An Immaculate Deception by Isabela Livino; Serenity Falls by CJ TudorMassif by Garth Nix (Gollancz, £25)The bestselling fantasy author’s first science fiction novel for adults is set three centuries from now, when humanity has spread out to the stars. The colonisation of other planets has been enabled by contact with mysterious aliens, and with much of the population split into competing economic spheres, war over territory is raging between the two biggest: United Earth Government and the Mars and Beyond Prosperity Sphere. This war in space is possible only because the godlike aliens continue to supply us with spaceships – but why? What do they want? Answers must await a sequel to this compelling, action-packed space opera with wonderfully weird aliens.Revolution in the Heart: Stories Inspired By Ursula K Le Guin edited by Jonathan Strahan (Titan, £22)The authors of these 15 original stories range from the well-established (Karen Joy Fowler, Kelly Link, Molly Gloss) to newer writers (Chana Porter, Ai Jiang, Vandana Singh). A few make direct reference to Le Guin, but most reveal her influence subtly, by shared interests in questioning established ideas and imagining other ways of living, whether among non-human beings, in the future, on other worlds, or in ours. My favourites include Sarah Pinsker’s Travelling, Home, about a young woman in present-day America seeking her place in the world, Ann Leckie’s Five-Eyed Jane, an ironic look at misunderstandings among aliens, and Karen Joy Fowler’s Blaumont, a dark fairytale that’s as disturbing and thought-provoking today as Le Guin’s The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. Probably the best original anthology of the year: a must-read. Continue reading...

iol.co.za | 2 hrs. 23 min. ago

KZN Premier Thami Ntuli questions foreign governments’ response to Durban refugee camp

#government #refugee #refugee camp

KZN Premier Thami Ntuli has called on foreign governments and international organisations to assist refugees living outside Home Affairs in Durban.

ft.com | 2 hrs. 24 min. ago

Time to start taking AI risks seriously

#agenda #AI #government #threats

Governments promise a light-touch regulatory agenda amid growing threats

euronews.com | 2 hrs. 25 min. ago

Spanish official resigns as questions grow over intelligence warnings ahead of Ceuta migrant influx

#Ceuta #declassified #government #intelligence #migrant

Gonzalo Sanz's resignation comes just two days after the government made public 40 declassified reports containing communications involving the National Intelligence Centre, the Government Delegation in Ceuta and the Civil Guard.

thehindu.com | 2 hrs. 48 min. ago

Madras High Court refrains from staying Tamil Nadu government’s move to roll out digital driving licences, RCs

#General #government #Justice

Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan accept Advocate General Vijay Narayan’s request to grant time for the government to file detailed counter affidavits

thehindu.com | 2 hrs. 48 min. ago

Palaniswami calls TVK government’s move to build new Assembly-Secretariat complex ‘unnecessary’

#fund #government #Palaniswami

EPS said that when the government was in the midst of severe debt and struggling with an acute shortage of funds, constructing a Secretariat complex, at a cost of ₹1,200 crore, was “not essential”

thenextweb.com | 3 hrs. 5 min. ago

Macron’s Paris space summit ends with €20bn in commitments and 51 signed deals

#deal #government #investment #launch #Macron #Paris #space #summit

The first International Space Summit closed at the Grand Palais in Paris on Thursday with about €20bn in announced investment and 51 deals signed, after two days in which European governments tried to convert a long-running argument about dependence on American launch providers into contracts. Euronews, which covered both days from the venue, reported the headline […] This story continues at The Next Web

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 20 min. ago

Major Telangana Acts to be amended to provide trust based governance and improve EoDB

#government #imprisonment #Trust

Telangana government says several State enactments contained criminal provisions prescribing imprisonment for procedural, technical and regulatory defaults

thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 20 min. ago

Make rain-damaged roads motorable immediately, directs CM Yogi

#government #hospital #Main

Roads near educational institutions, hospitals, main markets, government offices, and other places with heavy public movement should be taken up on priority, said Yogi Adityanath

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thehindu.com | 3 hrs. 52 min. ago

CPI(M) leader Shanmugam urges Tamil Nadu government to convene all-party meeting on new Secretariat site selection

#CPI #government #leader

Mr. Shanmugam said the fishing community living in the area, close to the identified location in Pattinapakkam, had been opposing the proposal to construct the new Secretariat there

euronews.com | 4 hrs. 1 min. ago

Economic growth: France lags behind its European neighbours

#economic growth #France #government

The government has cut its 2026 growth forecast from 0.7% to 0.5%, a day after an even more pessimistic estimate from Insee.

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 23 min. ago

Karnataka Upalokayukta orders suo motu probe into poor-quality shoes supplied to government schools

#corruption #government #school

Media reports had cited allegations of corruption in the procurement and supply of the footwear

mirror.co.uk | 4 hrs. 28 min. ago

12,000 parents set to turn down pay rises to keep free childcare hours

#childcare #England #fund #government

Eligible working parents in England can get up to 30 hours a week of government-funded childcare for children aged nine months up to four years old

livemint.com | 4 hrs. 29 min. ago

8th Pay Commission: How Level 6 basic salary may double in 7 years after DA merger; calculations explained

#commission #government #salary

8th Pay Commission: A proposed merger of DA with basic pay could boost central government employees’ salaries. Here’s how a hypothetical fitment factor of 2.1, 7% annual increments and DA revisions may impact Level 6 pay by 2033.

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 56 min. ago

HC seeks Delhi govt, Centre's stand on plea to constitute Delhi Waqf Board

#constitution #Delhi #government #Justice

Justice Anish Dayal issued notice to the governments on a petition seeking directions to them to complete the statutory process for constitution of the Board

iol.co.za | 5 hrs. 5 min. ago

‘Remove, replace or retain’: IEC gives parties until 5 pm today to resolve multiple-list candidates

#election #government #parties #PM

The IEC has given political parties and independent candidates until 5pm today to resolve cases involving candidates appearing on multiple lists ahead of the November 4 local government elections.

ft.com | 5 hrs. 6 min. ago

[$] Youth unemployment plan won’t fix Burnham’s Budget, says Milburn

#budget #government #review #Youth Unemployment

Head of government review to recommend that mayors are rewarded financially for getting young people into work

abc.net.au | 5 hrs. 11 min. ago

Former China ambassador warns Beijing is becoming 'smug' and closed

#ambassador #Beijing #China #Chinese #coalition #government #Morrison #target

A former ambassador to China has sharply critiqued elements of the Morrison government's response to Beijing's coercion, saying some in the Coalition "almost delighted" in being targeted and "paraded" the famous list of 14 grievances handed over by Chinese diplomats.

defence-blog.com | 5 hrs. 17 min. ago

Saudi-backed Yemen forces face second setback this year

#Force #government #Houthi #offensive #Saudi Arabia #UAE #Yemen

The Houthi seizure of Mocha this week lands on top of a difficult year for Saudi Arabia’s position in Yemen, one that already saw its allied government nearly collapse under a separate rebellion months earlier. A offensive by the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council swept across southern Yemen in December 2025, briefly seizing roughly half the […]

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smh.com.au | 5 hrs. 35 min. ago

Queensland hit with first credit rating downgrade in almost two decades

#credit #credit rating #government #Queensland

While reiterating his belief such a move was inevitable after the former government’s actions, Treasurer David Janetzki has conceded he could have done more.

iol.co.za | 5 hrs. 41 min. ago

ANC condemns killings of three IFP candidates ahead of KZN local elections

#election #government #killing #target #targeted killing #violence

The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has condemned targeted killings of councillor candidates, warning that political violence threatens democratic participation ahead of the November 4 local government elections.

euronews.com | 5 hrs. 44 min. ago

Norway’s Foreign Minister warns Netanyahu’s government driving Israel into a 'very dangerous place'

#attack #dangerous #government #Israel #Military #Norway

Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide tells Euronews that Israel has lost “tremendous support” because of how it has conducted its military response to the 7 October attacks.

thehindu.com | 6 hrs. 7 min. ago

Jharkhand High Court sets two month deadline for government to appoint JPSC Chairman, members

#arrested #commission #deadline #government #protest

Former JPSC chairman L. Khiangte was arrested on August 10, a day after all three members of the panel resigned amid massive protests by aspirants over alleged irregularities in recruitment tests conducted by the commission.

koreatimes.co.kr | 6 hrs. 15 min. ago

PM stresses profitability of $350 bil. US investment pledge, rejects discrimination claims

#bilateral #billion #cooperation #discrimination #government #Han #investment #Negotiations #PM #Seoul #United States #Washington

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook said Friday that Korea’s $350 billion investment commitment to the United States must be commercially viable and deliver tangible benefits to both countries. During a meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) in Seoul, she also said the Korean government does not discriminate against companies based on nationality. “Rather than benefiting only one side, it must bring substantive benefits to both countries while maintaining commercial viability,” Han said during the meeting at The Shilla Seoul hotel. “As this is an investment, discussions are also taking place on how to ensure profitability.” The prime minister added that negotiations were progressing smoothly and that establishing a successful model through the first project could pave the way for broader bilateral cooperation. Her remarks came in response to a question from AMCHAM Chairman James Kim, who said stakeholders he met during a recent visit to Washington repeatedly expressed concern that Korea’s investment pledge had yet to produce concrete results. Han’s co

smh.com.au | 6 hrs. 42 min. ago

438 rejections, $55,000 and a years-long-wait: How international talent is turned away

#federal government #government #population #target

While the federal government grapples with population targets, workforce shortages are exacerbated by complex approvals processes.

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 11 min. ago

Congress: Modi government sets new prorogation delay record, eyes ‘super-tainted’ 2/3rd majority

#Congress #government #Modi

Jairam Ramesh also asked why is the Modi government refusing to convene an all-party meeting to discuss its proposals for delimitation so as to build the broadest possible consensus

thehindu.com | 7 hrs. 42 min. ago

Uttar Pradesh Government to run ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ from September 17

#campaign #government #Modi #PM

Campaign will turn PM Modi’s 25 years of service and resolve of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ into a people’s resolve, says CM Yogi

livemint.com | 8 hrs. 18 min. ago

US-Canada trade war: Carney expects new tariffs to hurt some businesses, but Ottawa unlikely to retaliate

#Canada #Carney #government #Mark Carney #Ottawa #tariff #tariffs #trade war #war

Days after the US announced new trade measures against Canada, Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday said that his government is not planning to retaliate and is instead focusing on strengthening the domestic economy. 

euronews.com | 8 hrs. 22 min. ago

Hong Kong gives Tiananmen vigil activists between 5 and 7 year

#conviction #government #Hong Kong #human rights #law #national security #rights #security #UN

Three Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists were jailed for five to seven years under the national security law. Their convictions have drawn condemnation from the UN, human rights groups and foreign governments.

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